Fourth of July

In the US, we are cel­e­brat­ing July 4th aka Inde­pen­dence Day (not the movie) and many folks will be bar­be­cu­ing, drink­ing alco­hol and cap­ping the evening off with fire­works. Whoops. That’s my house. Any­way, just for fun, I swiped this Pop Quiz about the Fourth of July from CBS News (hope­fully they don’t mind) and just for kicks, how well do you know your history?

  • Q: When was the actual vote on the res­o­lu­tion for independence?
  • Q: Who wrote the orig­i­nal Dec­la­ra­tion of Independence?
  • Q: Why didn’t George Wash­ing­ton sign the Dec­la­ra­tion of Independence?
  • Q: Who was the first per­son to sign the Dec­la­ra­tion of Independence?
  • Q: What coun­try helped Amer­ica win the Revolution?

No cheat­ing! You can find your answers here.

Also worth a read is The Mean­ing of July Fourth for the Negro by Fred­er­ick Dou­glass if you’re inter­ested in read­ing a bit of history.

Happy July Fourth!