Fourth of July origins and early Philadelphia celebrations
A historical recount shows the common belief of a July 4 1776 "ringing" Liberty Bell is false. The Lee resolution passed July 2 1776 with July 4 adoption. First public Philadelphia celebration occurred July 8 1777 with a cannon salute, Hessian band, and fireworks as congress and locals marked independence and liberty.
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Assembly of Congress
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Congress
United Colonies
Lexington and
Concord
Mecklenburg County
North Carolina
Thomas Paine
Richard Henry Lee
Virginia
Continental
Great Britain
Lee
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Massachusetts
Benjamin Franklin
Pennsylvania
Roger Sherman
Connecticut
Robert L. Livingston
New York
Jefferson
America
God
John Hancock
Charles Thompson
Mww
Colonel McKenn
Philosophical Society Seven Venus
Rittenhouse
John Nixon
Deborah Logan
Norris Homestead
Customs House
Beth
Charles Biddie
John Dickinson
Edward Bide
Thomas Willing
State House
Christ Church Bell
Association Battery
Old Swedes Church
Pennsylvania Gazette
John Dunlap
United States
Trenton
Georgia
Hberty
Second Street
Cost of Growing Tobacco in Kentucky Report
Kentucky farmers surveyed across 81 barley farms in Fayette Scott Jessamine and Woodford counties and 38 dark tobacco farms in Christian county report costs. Average per pound and per acre costs differ by region with horse labor, land rent, inputs and insurance included. Dark tobacco shows lower per pound costs but similar acreage costs to barley in the study.
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Lexington
Kentucky
Fayette
Scott
Jessamine
Woodford
Christian County
State Experiment Station
Judge Draws Lots to Divide 196 Acres in Indiana Estate
In Shelbyville Indiana a court allocated 196 acres of Angie Hawkins estate among four siblings by drawing lots after they failed to reach agreement. A judge placed the four division numbers in a hat and the children drew, yielding a mutually satisfied result.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Angie Hawkins
Italian Ace Col Piccio Visits United States
Col. Colon Piccio famed as Italy's top ace visits the United States. He is credited with shooting down 40 German and Austrian planes and three dirigibles.
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Col. Colon Piccio
Italy
United States
Forgery Crackdown by Louis Hitt Nips Checks
Government pay checks faced more than 300 forgery cases last year, halted by Louis Albert Hitt using a magnifying glass.
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Louis Albert Hitt
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Kentucky Experiment Station
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Schenectady
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Ancient and Honorable Artillery of
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Reims
White House
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