Fun Fourth Facts
The food most commonly consumed on the Fourth of July.
Hot dogs
Date that independence from Britain was declared
July 4, 1776
The three branches of government
Executive, legislative, and judicial
Number of terms a President may serve
Two
Main author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Average amount spent on fireworks each year in the US
$600 million
Nickname given to the colonial militia
Minute men
The two houses of Congress
Senate and House of Representatives
This president was born on the Fourth of July
Calvin Coolidge
The first person to sign the Declaration of Independence
John Hancock
Average amount Americans spend on food on the Fourth of July
$10 billion
First battles of the American Revolution
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The branch of government that has the power to declare war
Legislative branch
The only president to never be elected
Gerald Ford
Author of the Star Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key
Location of the country’s largest firework display
New York City
The city that hosted the Continental Congress
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Name of the current speaker of the house
Mike Johnson
The number of First Ladies born outside the United States
Two
President who added the phrase “under God” to the pledge of allegiance
Dwight Eisenhower
Number of pounds of watermelon consumed on the Fourth of July
155 million pounds
Name of the treaty that officially ended the American Revolution
Treaty of Paris
Names of the Supreme Court justices
John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, Sonia Soyomayor, Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson
Number of positions in the president’s cabinet
Sixteen (fifteen executive department heads plus the vice president)
The three unalienable rights mentioned in the Declaration
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness