• Over 66 million Americans attend a 4th of July barbecue each year.
• The beef you cook on your barbecue on the 4th of July has a one in six chance of coming from Texas. It is the biggest beef producing state in the US.
• Eleven places in the US have the word independence in their name. Five places have the word freedom and one place is called Patriot.
• The first 4th of July celebration at Yellowstone National Park took place in 1867.
• Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. He was also the first man to sign it.
• Thomas Jefferson was one of the men who helped win independence for the US. He died on July 4, 1826.