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Show I Fun For Your Family dents who pride themselves on their knowledge of historical facts. The majority of them are associated with the month of July. 1. What date does July 14 commemorate? com-memorate? Bastile day. 2. What famous Americans fought a duel in 1804? Aaron Burr and Alexander Al-exander Hamilton. 3. Who was the first vice president? presi-dent? John Adams. 4. How many signers were there to the Declaration of Independence? 56. 5. What is theSt. Swithin's Day legend? If it rains on July 15, the heavens will continue to weep for 40 consecutive days. 6. For whom was the month July named? Julius Caesar. Flags. Two entertaining. July Fourth games put the amount of the guest's information regarding the national ensign to the test. Even boys and girls of the primary grades will enjoy the drawing game on this plan. White cards having pencils attached at-tached to them with tri-color ribbon rib-bon are distributed and players are requested to draw an American flag correct in every detail. This means that the exact position posi-tion of the red and white stripes must be indicated, the number of stars correctly given and so on. It won't prove an easy matter! A humorous version of the same frolic consists in seeing who can draw the best representation of an American flag with his eyes shut. Released by Western Newspaper Union. By MISS ABBIE CONDIT National Recreation Association. Here are some more games for your Fourth of July party. When you have the youngsters busy with their party in the backyard, try these games on the grownups: Games. Who Was I? Pin the name of some famous Revolutionary war character to the back of each player. He is then required to guess his identity by means of conversational hints from various sources, preferably by the other players, one after another, beginning at the head of the room. Jumbled Presidents. Here is an appropriate paper and pencil game. Distribute slips with the jumbled names already typed, and give the players seven minutes to work out the names of the Presidents, and write them opposite the correct series se-ries of scrambled letters: 1. Tahsom Ffnseejro (Thomas Jefferson) 2. Fatt Warhod Llamiiw (William Howard Taft) 3. Lodean Knanrfil Soretolve (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) 4. Nachanbu Mejas (James Buchanan) 5. Overho Bertreh (Herbert Hoover) 6. Odelogic Vinlac (Calvin Coolidge) 7. Bannrvueb Tanmlr (Martin Van Buren) 8. Vetoloser Doorethe (Theodore Roosevelt) 9. Limckeny Limwail (William McKinley) 10. Rashiron Ryne Ilalwim (William Henry Harrison) Questions and Answers. Here's another an-other paper and pencil game for stu- |