July 4th Independence Day
Question 1: Which Founding Father's impassioned writing made the case for American independence before the Continental Congress?
Question 2: What was the original name proposed by John Adams for the new nation before it became the United States of...
Question 1: Which Founding Father's impassioned writing made the case for American independence before the Continental Congress?
Question 2: What was the original name proposed by John Adams for the new nation before it became the United States of America?
Question 3: On what street in Philadelphia did the first public readings of the Declaration of Independence take place in 1776?
Question 4: Which former U.S. President was born on the 4th of July, going on to have a striking career bookended by that coincidence?
Question 5: Amazingly, how many living U.S. Presidents in 1826 died on the 50th anniversary of Independence Day that year?
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Calogus Shark Media Happy two hundred and
forty eighth Independence Day America Journey. Joe
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Mitchell here and on this fourth of
July were celebrating the patriotic spirit and revolutionary
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history that birthed our great nation with
five daily trivia questions from the founding fathers
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to symbolic traditions. Let's put your
knowledge of this star spangled holiday to the
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test. Question one, which founding
father's impassioned writing made the case for American
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independence before the Continental Congress? Question
two? What was the original name proposed
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by John Adams for the new nation
before it became the United States of America?
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Question three? On what street in
Philadelphia did the first public readings of
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the Declaration of Independence take place?
In seventeen seventy six? Question four?
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Which former US president was born on
the fourth of July going on to have
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a striking career bookended by that coincidence? Question five, amazingly, how many
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living US presidents in eighteen twenty six
died on the fiftieth anniversary of Independence Day
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that year? Take a patriotic pause
to share your uncle's legendary hot dog eating
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abilities and ponder those questions When you're
done choking down that dry bun, I'll
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be back with the Star spangled answers. Welcome back, my fellow Americans.
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Let's salute those hard hitting Independence Day
trivia answers with full throated, bald eagle
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cries of USA. Question one asked
which founder's writing made the case for independence.
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Answer Thomas Paine's Common Sense pamphlet.
Pain's influential seventeen seventy six publication forcefully
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advocated for the American colonies to break
away from Britain. Question two asked what
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name did John Adams originally propose for
the new nation. Answer Fredonia or the
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United States of Fredonia. Adams favored
that name, only to be overruled in
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favor of the United States of America. Question three asked on what Philadelphia street
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did the declaration's first readings occur.
Answer along the city's main thoroughfare of Chestnut
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Street. After being approved on July
fourth, the Declaration was first publicly read
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aloud all along Chestnut Street. Question
four asked which president was born on the
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fourth of July itself. Answer Calvin
Coolidge, the thirtieth president, was born
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on July fourth, eighteen seventy two, and took the oath of office upon
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President Harding's death on July fourth.
As well. Question five asked how many
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living presidents died on July fourth,
eighteen twenty six, the fiftieth Independence Day.
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Answer two John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Amazingly, the second and third
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presidents died just hours apart on America's
fiftieth birthday. Considered one of history's most
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incredible coincidences. You have it,
a full clip of fun facts, coincidences,
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and historical happenings to honor and appreciate
the birth of this amazing experiment in
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democracy. We call the United States
of America. Thanks for joining me journey
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Joe Mitchell in celebration of our independence
