Fourth of July stuff

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The Fourth of July weekend was approaching, and Miss Pelham, the nursery school teacher, took the opportunity to tell her class about patriotism. “We live in a great country,” she announced. “One of the things we should be happy is that, in this country, we are all free.”

Trevor, who was a little boy in her class, came walking up to her from the back of the room. He stood with his hands on his hips and said loudly, “I'm not free. I'm four.”

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Factoid: John Hancock was the only person to actually sign the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The other 55 signers did not sign it until August 2 or even later.

Factoid: Three U.S. presidents have died on July 4. Both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the singing of the Declaration of Independence. Five years later, James Monroe died on July 4, 1831.

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Factoid: The origin of Uncle Sam probably began in 1812, when Samuel Wilson was a meat packer who provided meat to the US Army. The meat shipments were stamped with the initials, U.S. Someone joked that the initials stood for “Uncle Sam”. This joke eventually led to the idea of Uncle Sam symbolizing the United States government.

Factoid: More than 150 million hot dogs are consumed on the July 4. That's roughly 1 dog for every two people in the U.S.