"A group of distinguished citizens of the black race assembled last Sunday under interesting and intelligent auspices at one of the local schools to celebrate Pre-Independence day. The Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth articles of the Constitution…
"The outcome of the Virginia Democratic primaries may not be cause for a fourth of July jubilation, but it does indicate that not all the inhabitants of the Old Dominion are on the lunatic fringe.
Gov. Almond’s legislative retreat from massive…
"Mr. Editor:— Why did not the colored people celebrate the Fourth of July? — You want the right of suffrage; you wish to be recognized as American citizens :— then why did you not celebrate the National Birthday as all true Americans should? In 1865,…
“The Fourth - Our neighbors, the Advertiser and Gazette, reported most fully the proceedings of the Fourth of July. The American portion of the foreign community made most generous provision for the due observance of the day. Never was the day…