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The Fourth of July Through an Era of Public Sanity
A 1909 feature argues for humane Independence Day celebrations, noting bans on dangerous fireworks and urging safe patriotic displays. It relays history from the signing of the Declaration on July 4 1776 to the July 2 and August 2 signings, and recalls the preservation of the Declaration dating to the 1893 Columbian Exposition and later efforts.
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Washington
United States
America
Guy Vuurriul
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Cornwallia
Yorktown
Col. McKean
Delaware
Jefferson
Continental Congress
House
Dickinson
John Hancock
Congress
Charles Thompson
Japan
Virginia
Richard Henry Lee
Benjamin
Harrison
New York
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Massachusetts
Rhode Ieland
Connecticut
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Maryland
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
George Reed
Caesar Rodney
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Ricking
In & Gen
Fathers of Liberty
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Elbridge Gerry
Oliver Wolcott
Samuel Chase
John Adams
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Chase
Bloridge Gerry
Anzigu
John
Chicago
State Department
John Hay
Nazi Academy of Science
Pres! Agassiz
National Academy
John 8. Billings
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Charles F. Chandler