10 Mistakes People Make with the Fourth of July / Independence Day / the Declaration of Independence (plus 1 bonus)

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10 Mistakes People Make with the Fourth of July / Independence Day / the Declaration of Independence (plus 1 bonus):

1. Have forgotten what the Fourth of July is really all about (it was on July 4th in 1776 that 13 colonies of an infant United States declared its independence from Great Britain).
2. Have never read the Declaration of Independence (the main document connected with Independence Day) or haven't read it in a long, long time.
3. Don't realize that three U.S. Presidents died on July 4th: James Monroe (1831), John Adams (1826) and Thomas Jefferson (1826). (The latter two were signers of the Declaration of Independence.)
4. Have never heard that there was one President born on Fourth of July (Calvin Coolidge in 1872).
5. Don't realize what the population of the United States of America was at the time of the first Fourth of July compared to today (there are currently approximately 310 million people living in the United States of America; there were 2.5 million people living in the 13 colonies in 1776).
6. Don't realize that Thomas Jefferson was the principle author of the Declaration of Independence.
7. Are ignorant of the fact that the Declaration of Independence was adopted in the city of Philadelphia.
8. Are oblivious to the origin of the idea of celebrating Fourth of July with fireworks (it all started with a letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams).
9. Don't realize that the very first Independence Day firework celebration took place on July 4th, 1777.
10. Don't realize that above watching fireworks, staying in/watching fireworks on TV and taking part in a barbecue/picnic, most Americans responded that they will celebrate 4th of July as follows: by setting off fireworks (according to a non-scientific online poll).

BONUS Have come to resent the founding of America (and any celebration of it) due to a belief in a false narrative generated by a revisionist portrayal.

(Declaration of Independence via wikipedia; PD-US)

by Mike C (aka blog boy)

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