Family History by the Numbers: Fourth of July

By Diane Haddad Premium

History of Independence Day
 

232 years (including 2017) Bristol, RI, has held a Fourth of July celebration, the nation’s longest-running Independence Day party

56 signatures on the Declaration of Independence

2 signatures on the Declaration of Independence July 4,1776

4 stanzas in “The Star-Spangled Banner”

27 official incarnations of the US flag

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