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Fourth of July and the American celebration through history
The column traces Independence Day from the Lee resolution of 1776 to early Civil War observances in Buffalo and later reforms toward safe and sane celebrations. It argues the day should honor freedom and readiness to fight for it, while noting changing practices and global patriotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Virginia
Richard Henry Lee
Colonies
Great Britain
John Adams
America
Evermore
Washington
Lincoln
John Bull
Uncle Sam
Monroe
Buffalo
N. Y
Buffalo Journal
Eagle
Main Street
Court and
Eagle Streets
Washington and Frontier Guard
Western Literary and Scientific Academy
Buffalo Band
Sheldon Smith
Baptist Church
Mr. Shelton
St. Paul's
Buffalo House
Sylvester Mathews
Chippewa
Mr. Eaton
Presbyterian Church
Sixty-fifth
Fillmore House
Yorktown
Lexington
Sons of
St. Patrick
Erin
German Young Men’s Association
Johnson's Park
H. K. Smith
Fillmore
Sons of Temperance
John B. Gough
Lee
The
American Medical Association
Springfield
Mass
Chauncey M. Depew
United States of America