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INDEPENDENCE DAY
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INDEPENDENCE DAY  Today - the Fourth of July - is Independence Day commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on 4 July 1776, by which the US announced its independence from Britain. Many historians claim that the Declaration was signed a month later on 2 August 1776. The Philippines also celebrates the same day as it became independent from the US on 4 July 1946. Here are ten bits of trivia about the USA: 1. The Statue of Liberty was given to the American people by the French to commemorate the American Declaration of Independence. A ceremony of dedication was held on 28 October 1886 on Bedloe’s Island, which later became known as Liberty Island. The Statue of Liberty is widely seen as the symbol of America, but it was not always seen in this light. Given to the Americans by one imperial power for defeating another imperial power, the statue was met with indifference by many Americans. It was only much later, with the mass arrival of immigrants at Ellis Island in New York, that the statue embodied America and the promise of a new and free life. 2. Texting while driving causes about 6,000 American deaths every year. 3. A CBS News survey found that half of guests staying at Hilton, Holiday Inn, Hyatt, Marriott and Sheraton hotels in the US purchase a so-called adult movie, contributing to 70 per cent of in-room profits for the hotel chains. It is claimed that the country’s porn industry generates income of well over $10 billion, of which only a half is legally generated. American porn is one of the country’s most successful exports. 4. The US imprisons a greater share of its population than any other country in the world. 5. The World's Championship Duck Calling Contest is held annually in Stuttgart, Arkansas. 6. Of all the countries in the world, the US has by far the highest divorce rate. 7. Only 30 per cent of Americans have passports. 8. The World Series, championed by Major League Baseball, is an annual baseball series of games between the winners of the American League and the National League. Toronto Blue Jays are the only non-US baseball team to win the World Series! 9. Lyndon B Johnson, the US President in the 1960s, called his penis, ‘Jumbo’. 10. Americans seem to like conspiracy theories: 37 per cent of Americans believe climate change is a hoax, 27 per cent believe Americans never landed on the moon, 11 per cent believe that the US government knew about 9/11 before it happened, 6 per cent believe Osama bin Laden is still alive, and 5 per cent believe Paul McCartney died in 1966 and was replaced by a doppelganger. What does the US mean to you? If from the US, what is the best thing about the US? If not from the US, have you visited the US? If so, what tips would you give to a first-time visitor to the US? To me, the US means many things: big cars, big food portions, big tips, big corporations, Hollywood, JF Kennedy and Ronald Reagan, guns, golf courses, Lance Armstrong and Tiger Woods, soccer moms and rednecks, the Cold War, Boston Tea Party, Frank Sinatra, Apollo 11, US foreign policy, Google and Facebook, American football and baseball, The Beach Boys and The Doors, 9/11 and the War on Terror, Frasier, New York skyscrapers, Texas oil and J R Ewing, Michael Jackson, Chicago Blackhawks and New York Yankees, Columbo and Kojak, ranches and rodeos, Marilyn Monroe, disco and music, Grand Canyon and Redwood trees, Las Vegas, Florida, American Civil War and slavery, California's Silicon Valley, gangs and cults, Route 66, Elvis Presley and Dolly Parton, Walt Disney, the civil rights movement, cowboys and Indians, George Bush and Sarah Palin, Bruce Springsteen, Roe v Wade, and phrases like ‘have a nice day’ and ‘happy holidays’! I have visited the US several times, mainly New York, Philadelphia and Washington DC. My three tips to people going to America for the first time are: don’t forget to tip (and tip big); don’t have a starter if you want a dessert at a meal, and Americans don’t do irony! |
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I am a Canadian living 60 miles from the US border. I have been there several times. My only wish would be we use the same dollar...either theirs or ours.
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I am Canadian too but Have an awesome day! ty for sharing with us. Some very good info.    Become a blog watcher sweet_vm
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To me, the United States is home.  I think we export innovation and ideals.  (But we also export a lots of weapons.  )I would tell a visitor to make sure they check out our National Parks! 
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I am a Canadian living 60 miles from the US border. I have been there several times. My only wish would be we use the same dollar...either theirs or ours. 
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I am Canadian too but Have an awesome day! ty for sharing with us. Some very good info.
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To me, the United States is home. I think we export innovation and ideals. (But we also export a lots of weapons. )I would tell a visitor to make sure they check out our National Parks!
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