JULY FACTS

…..The Ruby is the Gem for July and the Water Lily is the flower for the month of July!

President James Garfield was shot, July 2, 1881

Idaho became the 43rd state, July 3, 1890

Continental congress adopted the Declaration of Independence and John Hancock signed it, July 4, 1717

Amendment 26, which sets the voting age at 18 in the United States was proclaimed, July 5, 1971

The Republican Party held its first state convention at Jackson, Michigan, July 6, 1854

Wyoming became the 44th state, July 10, 1890

Scientists set off the first atomic bomb, Alamogordo, New Mexico, July 16, 1945

U.S. Astronaut, Neil A. Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon, July 20-1969

George Stephenson first successfully demonstrated a steam locomotive , July 25, 1814

Truce signed, ending Korean War, July 27, 1953