Find the following words and phrases hidden in the puzzle above

• parade
• starspangeldbanner
• truths
• independence
• republic
• benjaminfranklin
• declaration
• createdequal
• fireworks
• benjaminrush
• johnadams
• samueladams
• constitution
• johnhancock
• picnic

Can you answer the following questions about our nation's history?

1. How many signatures are on the Declaration of Independence?
    
2. Who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence?
    
3. Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?
    
4. How many colonies were represented at the signing?
    
5. Who was the oldest signer?
    
6. How old was the youngest signer?
    
7. Two of the signers died on July 4, 1826— 50 years after the signing!
   Who were they?
    
8. Four other signers assisted Jefferson in the final editing of the Declaration. Name two.
    
9. On what day did the Continental Congress vote to declare independence?
    
10. How old was Thomas Jefferson when he wrote the Declaration?

Answers: 1. 56; 2. Thomas Jefferson; 3. On the bottom! — ok. . . It was in Philadelphia; 4. 13; 5. Benjamin Franklin—age 70; 6. Thomas Lynch, Jr. 27; 7. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson; 8. The “Committee of Five” included Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston and John Adams; 9. July 2, 1776; 10. 33