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Early Fourths
of July Set
Patriotic Pattern
The first July 4 celebrations set a pattern that has made the fourth glorious ever since. » Parades, fireworks, speech es, band music, and general jubilation marked the early observances, the National Geographic Society says. On July 8, 1776, a large crowd of Philadelphians gathered in Independence Square to listen to John Nixon fead the Declaration of Independence, adopted four days before. Nixon stood on a platform that the American Philosophical Society had erected a few years earlier to obLee
Thornton, inos. Taylor - tree fruits. Bishop at Viewtown - Estimate cost of pasture establishment. Visit 4-H Pig Project. Kuhn - Farm plan conference. Mesdames Lewis and Snead - Ornamental Horticulture. 45 miles. 7th. G. B. Miller and Luther Jenkins - discuss plans Hort Tour - Tree Fruits, etc. 31 miles. 8th. Broadcast WCVA. 52 miles. 9th. Fauquier - Orchard Grass Seed Production Clinic (four local producers attended). 56 miles.
10th. Jim Massie, Billy WaylandLNewbill Miller - inspect corn demonstration .. with Extension Agronomist - 20 miles.
11th. B. Wood, Ned Johnson, Ned Jones and Mrs. Ed Harris - tree fruits. 4-H Forestry Camp .. take certificates and screen. 53 miles.
14th. SCS Board Supervisors Regular ..'Monthly Meeting at MadiSon^plufe side trip failed to record. 67 miles.
15th. WCVA Broadcast - 52 miles. 16th. Culpeper Co-op Wool Pool postponed account of rain 53 miles.
17th. Culpeper Co-op Wool Pool - stenciled bags (weight grade, owner no., etc.) 53 miles.
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