Trivia: What was the first state to make July Fourth an official holiday?
New York
Virginia
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
The correct answer is Massachusetts
So why is this answer correct? : Massachusetts was the first state to turn the Fourth of July into an official state celebration in 1781. Almost 100 years later, in 1870, the date became an unpaid federal holiday. It wasn’t until 1941 that Congress decided it should be a paid holiday.