Across
- 1. The most "American" dessert
- 5. Represented on the American flag by the color white
- 6. "...---..." is a universal distress signal
- 8. Official national bird of the United States
- 9. Represented on the American flag by the color red
- 10. A famous video game character that made his debut in Donkey Kong in 1981
- 11. Fireworks were invented here
- 13. Statue of _____
- 17. July's birthstone
- 18. July event for comic and film lovers
- 20. Typically the hottest U.S. state in July
- 22. popular canned lunch meat introduced on July 5, 1937
- 24. Number of original colonies represented by the stripes on the flag
- 25. Traditional backyard July 4th cooking method
- 26. Now known as "X" originally launched in July 2006
- 28. The fruit famously consumed on July 4th
Down
- 2. July's birth flower. Also called Delphinium
- 3. Represented on the American flag by the color blue
- 4. Famous theme park opening in July 1955
- 7. July's other birth flower
- 12. State Famous for hotdog eating contest
- 14. A famously busy park known for geysers
- 15. Document adopted on July 4, 1776
- 16. July 4th
- 19. Zodiac sign for July
- 21. Sky-illuminating holiday explosives
- 23. The national bird suggested by Benjamin Franklin
- 27. The other Zodiac sign for July
