Fun Facts July 4
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Fourth of July Picnics 78 million Number of Americans who said that they taken part in a barbecue during the previous year. It’s probably safe to assume that most of these took place on Independence Day.

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More than 1 in 4 The chance that the hot dogs and pork sausages consumed on the 4 th July originated in Iowa, w hich was home to 19.0 million market hogs and pigs on March 1, 2009. This represents more than one-fourth of the nation’s total. North Carolina (9.4 million) and Minnesota (7.3 million) were second and third place.

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6.8 billion pounds Total production of cattle and calves in Texas in 2007. Chances are good that the beef hot dogs, steaks and burgers on your grill came from there, which accounted for about one-sixth of nation’s total production. And if the beef did not come from Texas, it might have come from Nebraska(4.7 billion pounds) or Kansas(4.1 billion pounds).

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About 4 in 10 The odds that your dish baked beans originated from North Dakota, which produced 39% of nation’s dry, edible beans in 2008. Another popular Fourth of July dish is corn and cob. Florida, California, Georgia and New York together accounted for 61% of sweet corn produced nationally in 2008.

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Please Pass the Potato Salad Fireworks $193 million The value of fireworks imported from China in 2008 , representing the bulk of all U.S. fireworks imported ($202 million). U.S. exports of fireworks, by comparison, came to just $28.1 million in 2008. Potato salad and potato chips are popular at July 4 th barbecues. Half of the nation’s spuds were produced in Idaho or Washington state in 2008.

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More than 7 in 10 The chances that the fresh tomatoes in your salad came from Florida or California, which combined accounted for 71% of U.S. tomato production. The ketchup on your burger or hot dog probably came from California, which accounted for 96% of processed tomato production in 2008.

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Flags $3.4 million In 2008, the dollar value of U.S. imports of American flags. Most of this amount ($3.0 million) was for U.S. flags made in China. $569,400 Dollar value of U.S. f lags exported in 2008. Belgium was the leading customer, purchasing $186,400 worth.

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The British are coming! $112.4 billion Dollar value of trade last year between the United States and the United Kingdom, making the British, our adversary in 1776, our sixth-leading trading partner today.

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D i d y o u k n o w t h a t …

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Independence Day is one of ten federal holidays? The other federal holidays are New Year Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, President’s Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

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Independence Day should been July 2? July 2, 1776 is the day that the Continental Congress actually voted for independence. The written Declaration of Independence was dated July 4 but wasn’t actually signed until August 2. Fifty-six delegates eventually signed the document, although all were not present on the day in August.

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On Independence Day the US consisted of 13 colonies under the rule of England King Georg III? At the time, there were approximately 2.5 million people living those 13 colonies.

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12 places are named for Independence, including Independence, Missouri(population 109,400)?

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There are nine places named “freedom” including the most populous city on the list: Freedom, California(population 6,000 residents)?

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The 1 st American flag was sewn by seamstress Betsy Ross in May 1777, at the behest of Continental Congress? The original version of the flag had thirteen stripes and thirteen stars, representing the original thirteen colonies that signed the Declaration of Independence.