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Excerpt from How the "Fourth" Was Celebrated in 1911: Facts Gathered From Special Reports
Many of the communities emphasize the need for starting the day early. One of the New England villages started at six in the morning with a Grand Salute, lasting for two minutes, of cannon, whistles, church bells, etc. Another town, less noisy, woke. To the sound of patriotic airs played on the chimes Of the churches. In Madison, Wis, they began the day with water sports, taking the place Of the early morning rackets. Patriotic exercises, parades, athletic sports, baseball games, plenty of band concerts: and music, and fireworks were included' in practically all of, the programs. Floats representing im portant events in American history were features of. Many of the parades, and _in some cities the school children, G. A. R. Veterans, and various local organizations rode in decorated automobiles. The Boy Scouts figured actively in the celebra tions, doing police duty, taking part in the parades, giving drills, etc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
