U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for July 5: A Favorite First

USA Profile Username: jon@newsinnovations.com / edit profile U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for July 5: A Favorite First PR Newswire WASHINGTON, July 5, 2016 WASHINGTON, July 5, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: A FAVORITE FIRST Profile America — Tuesday, July 5th. The origins of the humble hamburger are unclear, but a precursor traces back as far as the fifth century in Imperial Rome. There are several claimants for the distinction of serving the first recognizable, made in the USA hamburger. One of them was Oscar Weber Bilby of Oklahoma. He is supposed to have served the first burgers at his Fourth of July cookout in 1891. Some forms of ground or chopped beef had previously been served on or between slices of bread. But the bun is the capstone to the hamburger project, according to Bilby partisans. In 1995, the then-governor of Oklahoma issued a proclamation designating Tulsa as the birthplace of the true hamburger. The U.S. market for beef destined in good part for hamburgers, and not sausages or canning, is over $59 billion annually. Profile America is in its 20th year as a public service of the U.S. Census Bureau. Sources: Roman recipe/accessed 4/29/2016: http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art527224-the-1500-year-old-recipe-that-shows-how-romans-invented-the-beef-burger  Bilby and buns /accessed 4/29/2016:   http://grubamericana.com/2012/08/16/americas-favorite-sandwich-the-hamburger/  Oklahoma proclamation/accessed 4/29/2016:  http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/HamburgerHistory.htm  Beef market/Product and services code 3116111: http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ASM/2014/31VS101//prodsvc~3116111  Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotion of the U.S. Census Bureau. Statistics and accounts drawn from cited non-Census sources are employed for illustrative or narrative purposes, and are not attested to by the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Audio" in the "Library" pull-down menu).  Logo -  http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO    SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau CONTACT: Rick Reed, 301-763-2812; or e-mail: richard.thomas.reed-at-census.gov Web Site: http://www.census.gov Follow Us To change the settings for your profile(s) or email delivery, go to https://prnmedia.prnewswire.com/profile/?action=editProfile and select the profile you would like to edit. You can select the industries, subjects, languages, geographical areas, companies, delivery options and delivery frequencies of your choice. In addition to current press releases, you can also find archived news, corporate information, photos, tradeshow news and much more on the PR Newswire for Journalists website: https://prnmedia.prnewswire.com To contact us, email: mediasite@prnewswire.com Please do not reply to this email; this is an automatically generated message. Copyright © PR Newswire Association LLC. All Rights Reserved. A UBM plc company. Our mailing address is: 350 Hudson Street, Suite 300 New York, NY 10014-4504