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Sesquicentennial plans overshadow Independence Day 1925
The piece outlines 1925 and 1926 as pivotal anniversaries, the push to designate Defense day with a national muster, and Philadelphia's 1926 exposition on League Island park. It details the Sesquicentennial Commission plans, federal participation requests, and debates over Armistice Day alignment, plus farm bureau led Fourth of July celebrations and evolving national security planning.
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St. Mihiel
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Sesquicentennial Commission of Independence of the
United States
Philadelphia
League Island Park
Coolidge
Congress
Kendrick
Secretaries of States and Commerce
Lexington and Concord
Boston
Dawes
General Pershing
General Dawes
William Dawes, Jr
Paul Revere
Lexington
Concord
Viconderoga
Allen
Arnold
Mecklenburg
Charlotte
N. C
Kentucky
Daniel Boone
Bunker Hill
George Washington
Cambridge
Mass
Farm Bureau
Bradfute
Concord Bridge
Massachusetts
Army General Staff
White House
Europe
America
War Department
National Guard
Regular Army
California
New York
United States of America
Thirteen Colonies