Tonight saw the start of the Rotary Club of Motherwell and Wishaw's summer speaker programme when Club members select a topic to speak on.
Tom Agnew started the ball rolling, and, as it was the 4th of July, U.S. Independence Day, his talk was about the 10 things you didn't know about the Fourth of July.
Tom listed the ten, giving a brief summary of each, as follows:
1. The DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WASN'T SIGNED ON JULY 4 (OR IN JULY AT ALL)
2.The First celebrations weren't much different than today's
3. Eating salmon on the fourth of July is a Tradition in New England
4. Massachusetts was the first state to recognise the holiday
5. The oldest annual fourth of july celebration is held in bristol, rhode island
6. THE SHORTEST FOURTH OF JULY PARADE IS IN APTOS, CALIFORNIA.
7. THERE ARE AROUND 15,000 INDEPENDENCE DAY FIREWORKS CELEBRATIONS EVERY YEAR.
8. AN OBSCENE AMOUNT OF HOT DOgs will be eaten.
9. BILLIONS of dollars will be spent ON FOOD.
10. THREE u.s. PRESIDENTS HAVE DIED, AND ONE WAS BORN, ON THE FOURTH OF JULY.
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