225 years (including 2010) Bristol, RI, has held a Fourth of July celebration, the nation's longest-running Independence Day party
56 signatures on the Declaration of Independence
2 signatures on the Declaration of Independence July 4,1776
15,000 US citizens naturalized during July 4 ceremonies in 2005
150 million hot dogs Americans will consume on Independence Day
4 stanzas in “The Star-Spangled Banner”
221 million pounds of fireworks purchased in the US during 2003
27 official incarnations of the US flag
17 age of Robert Heft when he designed the current US flag, adopted in 1960
From the August 2006 issue of
Family Tree Magazine.