[Nfb-krafters-korner] Want To Know Wednesday 7/5/17

[Nella Foster]

Happy Wednesday to everyone at KK.  I hope you all survived yesterday and
were not kept up to late by the fireworks.

 

So I thought it would be fun to exercise everyone's mind with a little
Independence Day trivia.  I found the following facts on several different
websites, so hope they are accurate.  These are little known and interesting
facts that you may not learn in history class.

 

Do you think the following statement is true or false?

. "Yankee Doodle," one of our patriotic songs, was originally sung by
British military officers before the Revolution as a means to mock
disorganized American patriots, who fought alongside them during the French
and Indian wars.

 

Do you know which two presidents died within five hours of each other in
1826 on July 4?

Thomas Jefferson 

James Garfield

John Adams

George Washington

James Monroe

Calvin Coolidge

 

If it had been up to Benjamin Franklin which bird would have been the
national symbol?

Wild turkey

Hawk

Passenger pigeon

Red bird

Owl

 

Due to cracking the two thousand pound Liberty Bell hasn't been rung since
which year?

1833

1841

1846

1857

 

Do you know in which year July4th became a legal holiday?

1793

1812

1848

1941

 

Which of the following presidents was born on July 4th.

Thomas Jefferson 

James Garfield

John Adams

George Washington

James Monroe

Calvin Coolidge

 

How many men signed the declaration of independence?

76

63

47

56

 

Please share your answers with us.  I look forward to finding out who are
the history buffs in our group.

 

Nella