Independence Day Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. We go to watch the fireworks do this
  2. 3. We signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, but didn't sign this American document until September 1787
  3. 5. Despite getting credit for it Betsy Ross didn't actually make the first American what
  4. 13. John Hancock was only one of fifty-six people who signed this document in 1776
  5. 14. We hold these ___ to be self-evident
  6. 19. Typically when we talk about the men who signed the Declaration of Independence we call them our ___, an older word for ancestors
  7. 20. And the pursuit of ___
  8. 21. That among these are ___, ___
  9. 23. That all men are created ___
  10. 24. On the American flag, these represent the 50 states and the 13 original colonies
Down
  1. 1. That they are endowed by their Creator with certain ___ ___
  2. 4. The year we signed the Declaration of Independence
  3. 6. There are typically lots of these slow-moving processional celebrations on Independence Day and other holidays
  4. 7. On the American flag, this color is believed to symbolize vigilance, perseverance, and justice
  5. 8. The first Independence Day ___ display was in Philadelphia on July 4, 1777
  6. 9. We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect ___
  7. 10. Almost three years before the Declaration of Independence, American colonists protested taxation without representation by dumping 342 chests of this into the Boston Harbor
  8. 11. On the American flag this color is believed to symbolize hardiness and valor
  9. 12. We typically wear ___ colors on the 4th of July
  10. 15. Oh, say does that ___ yet wave
  11. 16. And the home of the ___
  12. 17. People often celebrate this holiday by going to this 8-letter word for a large community party
  13. 18. On the American flag, this color is believed to symbolize purity and innocence
  14. 22. O'er the land of the ___