Celebrate Fourth of July with Some Fun Facts
Find out where our fireworks come from, what state probably produced the beef on your grill and which towns have the most patriotic names.
As you begin to fire up the grills, take a few minutes to remember the history of the Fourth of July and what it means for our country. The Declaration of Independence was officially adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. The draft and signing of the document set the 13 colonies on the road to freedom as a sovereign nation. To observe the Fourth of July holiday and to help celebrate its history, Patch has compiled some fun facts about the day. Then and Now In July 1776, the newly independent nation had an estimated 2.5 million people living in its borders. Source: Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970. The estimated number of people living in the U.S. on this Fourth of July is about 311.7 …
