BBQ på 4th of July

WASHINGTON Nationaldag – grill- och picknickdag. Det är ingen brist på tips och recept.

Till exempel på Bon Appétit eller på The Food Network med tårtor som ser ut som Stjärnbaneret, löften om bästa grillade kycklingen någonsin, godaste BBQ-såsen, nio olika potatissallader m m.

Och nedan lite fakta från statistikbyrån:

Profile America – 

The Fourth of July 2014

On this day in 1776, the Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence, setting the 13 colonies on the road to freedom as a sovereign nation. As always, this most American of holidays will be marked with red, white and blue flags, fireworks, parades and backyard barbecues across the country.

2.5 million

In July 1776, the estimated number of people living in the newly independent nation.  Source: Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970

http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/documents/HistoricalStatisticsoftheUnitedStates1789-1945.pdf

318.4 million

The nation’s estimated population on this July Fourth.

Source: U.S. and World Population Clock http://www.census.gov/popclock/

The Signers

56

Numbers of signers to the Declaration of Independence.

Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston comprised the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration. Jefferson, regarded as the strongest and most eloquent writer, wrote most of the document.

And the Rocket’s Red Glare

$203.6 million
The value of fireworks imported from China in 2013, representing the bulk of all U.S. fireworks imported ($213.8 million). U.S. exports of fireworks, by comparison, came to just $10.2 million in 2013, with Israel purchasing more than any other country ($2.7 million).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Statistics, Code 360410 https://usatrade.census.gov/

U.S. Flags
$4.0 million
In 2013, the dollar value of U.S. imports of American flags. The vast majority of this amount ($3.9 million) was for U.S. flags made in China.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Statistics, Code 6307909825
https://usatrade.census.gov/