Our Flag
This lady is credited with sewing the first U.S. flag
Betsy Ross
This number of original colonies formed the United States
13
This future third president wrote the declaration
Thomas Jefferson
This future first president was actually at war when the declaration was signed
George Washington
Future second president said that Independence Day should be celebrated with “parades and illuminations”
John Adams
These three colors appear on the U.S. flag
Red, white, and blue
The colonies declared their independence from this country
Great Britain (England)
The writer of the declaration was from this original colony
Virginia
Local residents learned that a declaration had been signed from this musical event
Ringing of a giant bell
“Illuminations” are now called this
Fireworks
One for each colony, this many stars were on the first U.S. flag
13
The colonies declared their independence in this year
1776
The declaration was signed in this colony
Pennsylvania
The musical instrument that rang in the tower of Independence Hall is now called this
The Liberty Bell
Fireworks were invented thousands of years ago in this country
China
The first flag had white stars on a blue field arranged in this pattern
Circle
The king of the country that claimed the colonies was this man
King George III
The declaration was signed in this city
Philadelphia
It is no longer rung because this happened
The bell cracked
The oldest signer of the declaration also proved the electrical nature of lightning
Benjamin Franklin
Our current flag has this number of stars, one for each state
50
The document the colonies created to declare their independence was called this
Declaration of Independence
The smallest colony to sign became our smallest state
Rhode Island
The largest signature came from the first signer who said the king wouldn't need his spectacles
John Hancock
The bald eagle became our national bird, but Benjamin Franklin suggested this other bird