pyrotechnic . barbecue . Trips to the ER . Sick of doing the same quondam thing every Fourth of July ? Abandon the quotidian and celebrate like our president do . Here ’s how .
1. Purchase a Broom
2. Push up some daisies
Not one , not two , but three President have immortalize the Fourth of July by kicking the bucket .
John Adams passed out on July 4 , 1826 , at the eld of 90 . His last words , it ’s said , were , " Thomas Jefferson survives . " Adams was incognizant that Jefferson had died just 60 minutes before .
Both serviceman had America on their judgment in their final moments . Among Jefferson ’s final words : " I have done for my country , and for all world , all that I could do , and I now relinquish my soul , without fright , to my God,—my girl to my res publica . "
In addition to mention Jefferson , Adams also enunciate , " independency survives . "
Five years later , James Monroe yield to heart failure and tuberculosis on July 4 , 1831 .
3. Drink double rations of rum
To celebrate Independence Day in 1778 , then - General George Washington issued his regular army bivalent leeway of rum . Does this guy know how to party , or what ?
4. Recover from an assassination attempt (or try to)
On March 30 , 1981 , PresidentRonald Reaganwas leave the Washington Hilton Hotel when John Hinckley , Jr. , fired six shots . None of them flat reach Reagan ; his close - fateful injury was sustained when a bullet bounce off of his waiting limousine . By July 4 , the President was doing well enough to host a picnic for a few thousand people ( see principal picture above ) on the South Lawn of the White House .
Reagan is n’t the only prexy to be in assassination recovery on July 4.James Garfieldwas shot by Charles Guiteau on July 2 , 1881 . Sadly , his recuperation did n’t go as well as Reagan ’s . He lingered all summertime , and though many attack were made to save his life ( some that did more harm than skilful ) , he perish on September 19 .
5. Celebrate the birth of your child
In 1998 , Barack Obama was surely at the University of Chicago Medical Center celebrate the birth that day of his first child , Malia .
6. Go on vacation
After service in their official content by giving speech and attending the White House picnic , many president utilize the Fourth of July to complain off a holiday . Ulysses S. Grantset the precedent back in the late nineteenth century by retreating to the Jersey Shore for some R and R.
7. Eat some rancid cherries
8. Blow out some candles
Calvin Coolidgeis , thus far , the only U.S. President to be born on July 4 .
9. Light a few firecrackers
Not even the Commander in Chief can refuse being a pyromaniac on the Fourth of July . But , as you might expect , their fireworks are a little more telling than yours . In 1947,Harry Trumangleefully accept a monolithic cracker with his initials on it .
