Part of the correct answer to EVERY question is the 4th of July. What is
missing, however, is the YEAR. Of course, THAT is the hard part!! And YOUR
task . . .
HARD
1. Independence Day became a legal holiday = July 4th, ____
2. Our present 50-star flag was first flown = July 4th, ____
3. The words “under God” were added to the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
= July 4th, ____
4. 2nd President of the United States John Adams died = July 4th, ____
5. Chemist Marie Curie, Nobel Prize winner for discovering radium, died of
leukemia (brought on by her own x-rays) = July 4th, ____
6. Lewis Carroll first told the story of ‘Alice’s Adventures Underground’ to
the Liddell sisters = July 4th, ____
7. Nathaniel Hawthorne, writer of the Scarlet Letter, was born = July 4th,
____
8. The last time the Liberty Bell was rung = July 4th, ____
9. Congress revised the resolution of Independence and made it public = July
4th, ____
10. Massachusetts General Court declared this the first state holiday and
celebration = July 4th, ____
(just wait – July 2nd and 3rd will have even HARDER 4th of July trivia.
Answers on July 4th, of course)
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Dr Bob Griffin
“Jesus knows me, this I love”