Who gave our country the name, the United States of America?
A: Thomas Paine.
How did the Pilgrims celebrate New Year's Day?
A: They didn't. They considered it a blasphemous reverence for the Roman god Janus, for whom the month of January is named. The Pilgrims referred to January as First Month.
What were the dimensions of the "Star Spangled Banner" Francis Scott Key saw flying over Baltimore's Fort McHenry "by the dawn's early light" almost 185 years ago?
A: 30 feet by 42 feet. The fort's commander had it made that large so "the British will have no difficulty in seeing it from a distance."
In what year did the average American salary pass $100 a week?
A: In 1963.
How many crates did it take to transport the Statue of Liberty from France to New York in 1885?
A: 214.
When World War II ended in 1945, How many enlisted men and women were in the nation's armed services?
A: Almost eleven million (10,795,775).
What American billionaire tried to airlift 28 tons of medicine and Christmas gifts to American POWs in North Vietnam in 1969?
A: Ross Perot.
What President was ticketed for speeding in Washington, D.C., while he was in office?
A: Ulysses S. Grant, in his horse and buggy. He was fined $5.00.
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1 comment:
11 million! WOW! i HAD no IDEA.
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