Listed below are 5 Fun Facts that you may or may not know! I will try to do this every Friday now as something fun to end the work week. Be sure to check out the rest of the site, have a fantastic day, and remember to smile! Tom.
s made Independence Day an official unpaid holiday for federal employees in 1870. – See more at: http://interviewangel.com/17-fun-facts-about-the-fourth-of-july/#sthash.T7pIQumD.dpuf
- The 4th of July only became a national holiday in 1941
Congress made Independence Day an official unpaid holiday for federal employees in 1870. – See more at: http://interviewangel.com/17-fun-facts-about-the-fourth-of-july/#sthash.T7pIQumD.dpuf
- The US imports about $3.6 million of American flags each year, most of them from China.
- Presidents John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe all died on the Fourth. Adams and Jefferson died on the same day within hours of each other in 1826.
- The Earth’s year has 365.2564 days. Thanks to this extra .2564, every four years, the leap year appears, which has an extra day.
- There are more than 30 towns nationwide that have the word “Liberty” in their names.
Karine Traverse says
Wow I did not know any of those! Thanks for the share.
Alicia K says
i didnt know any of these!
Gigi says
Hi Tom—great little collection of facts about the 4th here(a couple of days late, but knowledge has no timetable. 🙂
Robin Wilson says
I love trivia, fun facts or whatever you wish to call them! Please do keep offering these on Friday ~ it is always fun to read them and I love to pass them on! Have a great Friday and I am smiling now!
Tom Shewbridge says
Thanks Robin, I am going to try. Just wish more people visited the site, but thanks for being one to comment, and be part of it, thank you! 🙂