AMERICAN SONGS
What is the national anthem of the USA?
What is the Star-Spangled Banner.
The flag is flown at half-staff to show this.
What is mourning or respect for someone who has died?
This historic document was adopted on July 4, 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
I wave but I have no hands. I stand tall but have no feet. I represent freedom and unity. What am I?
What is the American flag?
This iconic statue was a gift from France and is often associated with American freedom.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
How old was the youngest person to sign the Declaration of Independence?
A.) 26
B.) 31
C.) 33
What is 26?
This song, originally a poem written during the Civil War, includes the famous line: "His truth is marching on."
What is "The Battle Hymn of the Republic?"
Fill the missing lyrics:
__________ how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me.
What is Amazing Grace?
This holiday, celebrated every June 14th, honors the adoption of the U.S. flag.
What is Flag Day?
This city was the site where the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is Philadelphia?
I'm cracked but not broken, historic but not loud. I rang for freedom, now I'm proud. What am I?
What is the Liberty Bell?
This popular pie, made with red fruit, is a classic 4th of July dessert.
What is a cherry pie?
Who always wears a stars and stripes hat and suit.
Who is Uncle Sam?
O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties. Above the fruited plain!
What is America The Beautiful?
The 13 stripes on the flag represent these.
What are the original 13 colonies?
In 1870, Congress made the Fourth of July this kind of official holiday.
What is a federal holiday?
Red, white, and blue, I soar high. You'll see me in parades or up in the sky. I sparkle at night and light up July. What am I?
What are fireworks?
This company consumes the most fireworks.
A. Macy's
B. Walt Disney
C. Universal Studious
What is Walt Disney?
Roughly how many hot dogs are eaten on the 4th of July?
A.) 4 Million
B.) 150 Million
C.) 540 million
What is 150 Million?
From California to the New York island
From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me.
What is "This Land is Your Land"?
How many stripes are red?
A. 10
B. 7
What is 7?
This famous bell was rung to celebrate the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
What is the Liberty Bell?
I'm a national bird but don't fly planes. Strong and fierce, freedom's my name. What am I?
What is the bald eagle?
The Declaration of Independence says all men are entitled to these rights.
A. Love, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
B. Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
What is Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness?
This musical instrument was used to rally troops and celebrate victories during the American Revolution and is still seen in parades today.
What is a drum (or fife and drum)?
"In this 1969 hit, John Denver sings about life in the mountains of West Virginia."
What is Take Me Home, Country Roads?
The U.S. president signed an executive order in 1959 adding the 50th star to the flag for Hawaii.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
These two U.S. Presidents, who were Founding Fathers, both dies on July 4, 1826. Name one.
Who are John Adams and Thomas Jefferson?
I'm the place where liberty rings, where freedom had its start. I'm in Pennsylvania, and I hold a lot of heart. What am I?
What is Philadelphia?
Executive Order of President Eisenhower dated August 21, ____ , provided for the arrangement of the stars in nine rows of stars staggered horizontally and eleven rows of stars staggered vertically.
A. 1959
B. 1960
What is 1959?
Although Independence Day is celebrated on July 4th, the Continental Congress actually voted for independence on this date in 1776.
A. August 2nd
B. July 2nd
C. June 2nd
What is July 2nd?
"This Lee Greenwood ballad became a symbol of American pride in the 1980"s.
What is God Bless the USA?
The blue rectangle in the top left corner of the American flag is called this.
What is the Union?
This U.S. president was born on July 4th, 1872.
Who is Calvin Coolidge.
You'll find me on a coin, honest and tall. I led through a war and stood for all. Who am I?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The number of people that signed the Declaration of Independence.
A. 55
B. 57
C. 53
What is 53?
What was the first state to declare the 4th of July a state holiday?
What is Massachusetts?