Did You Know that......

                 During the American revolution, more inhabitants of the American colonies fought for the British than for the Continental Army.                 
                 The Declaration of Independence was not signed on July 4th.  It was signed in Philadelphia on July 8th, and was first read before Washington's army the following day.
                
                 Only 16 percent of the able-bodied males in the American colonies participated in the Revolutionary War.
                
                 Benjamin Franklin was America's first political cartoonist.

                 In 1790 only 5 percent of the American population lived in cities.