TODAY’S MEETING (July 2nd)

Installment of Officers and Awards.

COMING ATTRACTIONS

July 9 … Mary Sue Bartlett with the College Hill Arts Festival will speak to the Club about their upcoming event.

July 16 … TBA

LAST MEETING (June 25th)

Steve Carignan and Nicole Burns provided the Club with information regarding the upcoming season at the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center and other UNI venues. The duo suggested that football and basketball season tickets be purchased early and indicated that this year there will be special pricing for women’s basketball games. Gallagher-Bluedorn is also continuing their youth Kaleidoscope Series this year. Other highlights include: Clint Black (who usually does not perform at smaller venues such as Gallagher-Bluedorn), Evita, The Nutcracker, Annie, etc. There are special family prices available along with discounts for groups larger than 15 people. Also, many events have pre-show meals available. For more information, point your web browser to: www.gbpac.com

BIRTHDAYS ANNIVERSARIES

Nate Garbes – July 2nd Dave & Karen Page – July 3rd

JULY 4th TRIVIA, FACTS and HISTORY

¡ The major objection to being ruled by Britain was taxation without representation. The colonists had no say in the decisions of English Parliament.

¡ In May, 1776, after nearly a year of trying to work our their differences with England, the colonies sent delegates to the Second Continental Congress. Finally, in June, admitting that their efforts were hopeless, a committee was formed to compose the formal Declaration of Independence. Headed by Thomas Jefferson, the committee also included John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Philip Livingston and Roger Sherman. On June 28, 1776, Thomas Jefferson presented the first draft of the declaration to Congress.

¡ Betsy Ross, according to legend, sewed the first American flag in May or June 1776, as commissioned by the Congressional Committee.

¡ Independence Day was first celebrated in Philadelphia on July 8, 1776.

¡ On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress, looking to promote national pride and unity, adopted the national flag. "Resolved: that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation."

¡ The first public Fourth of July event at the White House occurred in 1804.

¡ In 1941, Congress declared July 4 a federal legal holiday.

¡ The 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence did not sign at the same time, nor did they sign on July 4, 1776. The official event occurred on August 2, 1776, when 50 men signed it. Later that year, five more signed separately and one added his name in a later year. Thomas McKean was the last to sign in January, 1777.

IT'S GREAT TO BE A LION!