Navy visits anchor Bristol Fourth of July tradition since 1910
A Bristol History note traces 1910 as the start of Navy ship visits for Fourth of July festivities. Over 40 years, battleships, destroyers, cruisers, submarines and even an aircraft carrier have docked in the harbor, with crews joining parades contests and public inspections, interrupted only by war years and brief gaps.
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Tacoma
Bristol Harbor
Col. Colt
Linden Place
Navy
Bristol
Kansas
Humphries
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr
O’hare
Korea
América
Newport
Army
Spars
WAACS
RAF
Uss Johnston
Uss Rich
Perry
Volgesang
Steinaker
Hyman
Exhibit Opens In Historical Society Rooms
The Bristol Historical Society hosts an exhibit at its Rog ers Free Library headquarters with visiting hours 2:30 to 5 each afternoon this week including Sunday. Bronze name plates at the front entrance honor the library and the society, thanks to Wallis E Howe. Miss Charlotte Young notes residents have donated items on old firemen and patriotic themes for loan over the holiday.
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Bristol Historical Society
Rogers Free Library
Wallis E Howe
The
Historical Society
Charlotte Young
Antique Car Parade To Feature Noted Collectors In Bristol
Ralph Kinder announces Bristol parade showcasing a 1902 International Harvester one cylinder buggy driven by John Hebden and a 1912 custom sportscar owned by Webster Knight. Several owners from Warren Barrington Cranston and Wickford bring 1910 to 1927 models including a 1908 Ford a 1926 Cadillac and a 1919 Studebaker among others.
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Bristol
Ralph F. Kinder
John Hebden
Webster Knight
Cranston
America
James French
Ralph Kinder
Ford
Charles Mello
Cadillac
James St. Angelo
Larry Dionne
Warren
George Lamb
Studebaker
R. I Stanley
Earl Robinson
Barrington
Paul Jackson
Romeo Asselin
J. Rice Moody
George Gray
Zoning Board to hold public hearing on Industrial zone change
The Zoning Board of Review will meet at 7:30 PM on Thursday July 10 1952 in Town Council Chambers for a public hearing on an application by Antonio Souza and Francis Souza to change zoning from Residential C to Industrial H for a three acre rectangle in Bristol R L The area borders Gooding Avenue Naomi Street and lands of Alexander G Fales and the petitioners with boundaries described. Anthony DaPonte Secretary. 6/17-24 T/L
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Zoning Board of Review
Town Council
Seta Hen
Ates
Antonio Souza
Francisco Souza
Gooding Avenue
Bristol
R. L
Naomi Street
Alexander G Fales
Zoning Board of
Reew
Public Hearing on Zoning Variance for Sousa Store
Public hearing set for July 10 at 7 30 PM in the Burns de Memorial Building to consider an application by Mary V Sousa of 24 Catherine Street Bristol for a variance to allow a 14 by 21 foot building for a goods and variety store on Narrows Road in Residential C assessors Plat 138 Lot 12. The hearing is before the Bristol Zoning Board of Review.
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Zoning Board of Review
Burns de Memorial Building
Mary V. Sousa
Catherine Street
Bristol
Narrows Road
Bristol Girl Scouts Tag Day Raises 77.33 for July Fund
The first of two tag days by Bristol Girl Scouts for the Fourth of July fund yielded 77.33, led by chairman Mrs. Earl G. Sturdevant. A second day is planned with girls out until 5 pm to reach the nearly 500 dollars still needed to meet the quota. Last year the tag days raised about 150 dollars.
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Bristol
Earl
Fourth of July program praised with Green reading Declaration
The note recalls a lively 1880 celebration with noise and crackers but minimal patriotic exercises. The writer looks forward to U S Senator Green reading the Declaration of Independence, praising his background and urging a vital, meaningful observance.
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U. S
Green
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Louisianna
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Eveready
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Putnam
Eveready Fire Company
Trenton
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Uss Wright
Mass Army
Richmond
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New Orleans
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Thames St
Choice
Alex Wines
Hal's Sea Food Market
State St. Wharf
Somerset
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FRL
van Heflin
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Somerset Bae
Sam Gee
Elis Buick Co
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Hear- Bruno
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Saiso
Ietlen
Jann
Independent Hall
Bristol County Court House
Burnside Memorial
Guileras School
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Board OF Canvassers
John W. Church
Hupfy
Detroit Ave
East Warren
Tel
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Allens Ave
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