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Sesquicentennial plans loom over Independence Day 1926
The article outlines a nationwide celebration for 1926 marking the Declaration’s 150th anniversary with the Sesquicentennial Commission of Independence. It details Philadelphia expositions on League Island, a national defense day debate, and federal participation proposals, plus Farm Bureau led festivities and War Department demonstrations.
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St. Mihiel
Sesquicentennial Commission of Independence of the
United States
Philadelphia
League Island Park
Coolidge
Congress
Kendrick
Lexington and Concord
Boston
Dawes
General Pershing
General Dawes
William Dawes, Jr
Paul Revere
Lexington
Concord
Ticonderoga
Allen
Arnold
Mecklenburg
Charlotte
N. Y
Kentucky
Pantel Boone
Bunker Hill
George Washington
Cambridge
Mass
American Farm Bureau Federation
O. E. Bradfute
Farm Bureau
Bradfute
Concord Bridge
Massachusetts
War Department
National Guard
Regular Army
California
Army
New York
United States of America
Thirteen Colonies