1. True or false: The first public reading of the Declaration of Independence was in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776, by Col. Richard Nixon.

2. For July 4, 1778, Gen. George Washington orders his troops to put "green boughs" in their hats, authorizes an artillery salute, and issues soldiers a double ration of what?

a. Bread.

b. Grits.

c. Rum.

d. Beer.

3. In 1791, George Washington gave his only July Fourth address. Where did he speak?

a. Philadelphia.

b. New York.

c. York.

d. Lancaster.

4. What president hosted the first July Fourth reception in the Executive Mansion?

a. Thomas Jefferson.

b. Andrew Jackson.

c. Abraham Lincoln.

d. Theodore Roosevelt.

5. At an Independence Day celebration at the site of the Washington Monument, this president ate a bowl of cherries and milk and then died a few days later.

a. William Henry Harrison.

b. Zachary Taylor.

c. James Garfield.

d. Benjamin Harrison.

6. Who said this: "What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciations of tyrants, brass fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery . . ."

a. Harriet Beecher Stowe.

b. Harriet Tubman.

c. Frederick Douglass.

d. William Lloyd Garrison.

7. On July 4, 1827, this state marked the occasion by emancipating its slaves.

a. Pennsylvania.

b. Massachusetts.

c. New Jersey.

d. New York.

8. These two presidents spent a July Fourth holiday at Cape May while in office.

a. Millard Fillmore and Grover Cleveland.

b. Franklin Pierce and Benjamin Harrison.

c. Ulysses Grant and Calvin Coolidge.

d. Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson.

9. The "Star-Spangled Banner National Peace Chime" was dedicated on July 4, 1926, the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration. Where is the peace chime?

a. Independence Hall.

b. Yorktown, Va.

c. Valley Forge

d. Lexington, Mass.

10. One memorable July Fourth saw the president of the United States start his day at Valley Forge, followed by a visit to Independence Hall for recitation of "The Pledge of Allegiance."

a. Gerald Ford.

b. Ronald Reagan.

c. Bill Clinton.

d. George W. Bush.

Answers: C3.