Wishing you and your family a happy and safe July 4th holiday. We are so thankful that you trust us as your property management software partner.
Our client care group will be responding to client requests on both Wednesday (July 3) and Friday (July 5) from 8am to 5pm. We are closed for business on July 4th.
10 Fun Facts About Independence Day
- The Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence while meeting in Philadelphia at the Pennsylvania Statehouse (now Independence Hall) on July 4, 1776. The Congress declared the American colonies free and independent states. (“Sign Your John Hancock” comes from an actual guy named John Hancock who signed on July 4th, the rest signed on August 2, 1776.)
- The first Independence Day celebration took place in Philadelphia on July 8, 1776. This was also the day that the Declaration of Independence was first read in public after people were summoned by the ringing of the Liberty Bell.
- The Declaration of Independence was first presented to Congress on June 28, 1776, after more than a year of trying to appeal the practice of taxation by England without representation in the English Parliament.
- 50 flags are flown 24 hours a day at the Washington Monument.
- Originally, the stars on the flag were arranged in a circle to denote the equality of all the colonies.
- The White House held its first 4th of July party in 1801.
- Barbecue is big on Independence Day, with more than 74 million Americans planning one. We eat around 150 million hot dogs and buy around 700 million pounds of chicken.
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In 2010, the United States imported nearly $200 million worth of fireworks.
- The 4th of July only became a national holiday in 1941.
- The first week of July is typically the busiest travel week of the year in the United States.
- President Calvin Coolidge was born on July 4, 1872 and three Presidents died on July 4th.
- Thomas Jefferson and John Adams (both signed the Declaration) – July 4, 1826 (50th anniversary)
- James Monroe – July 4, 1831