The Holiday

• Visit USA CityLink's 4th of July Page
  Check out their links to U.S. government and historical resources, the Declaration of Independence, fireworks safety, more...
• 4th of July Fireworks Safety
  
  Included is a safety guide for kids.

The Flag

• Visit the Betsy Ross Home Page
  Learn about the history of the U.S. flag; tour Betsy's house; read about Betsy's life; check out some flag trivia, more...
• Flag Trivia
• The U.S. Flag Throughout the Years
• U.S. Flag Animated Cursor
  Very nice freeware animated Win '95 cursor (4K). Download, unzip, and copy into your \WINDOWS\CURSORS\ directory. Go into your Control Panel, then into Mouse, and browse the above directory to find the cursor. Select the U.S. Flag for any of the pointer/wait cursors.

History, Monuments, Documents

• Take a Tour of Historic Philadelphia
• The Statue of Liberty
• The Liberty Bell
• Honor America and the Liberty Bell Memorial Museum
• The Uncle Sam Image Gallery
• Uncle Sam's Kids' Stuff
• Download a Copy of the Bill of Rights
  "Thanks to technology, everyone can own a digital copy of the Bill of Rights - scanned from an original print of the historic U.S. document." Download in .PDF format, using Adobe's Acrobat Reader.

Food and Activities

• Barbecues/Outdoor Cooking
  A plethora of barbecue and other outdoor cooking recipes, grilling techniques, food safety, and more, from The Kitchen Link.
• Bake a 4th of July Flag Cake
• Independence Day Flag Cake
• Red, White, and Blue Chocolate Cupcakes
• Brush Up on Picnic Etiquette
• Independence Day (the movie)
  Catch a movie on the 4th.
• View Some 4th of July ASCII Art
• Make a 4th of July Cracker