"Everyone and his brother, from the White House on down, sought to tie his moral convictions, his politics or his identity to the Fourth of July. The leaders of some of the many protests against the war in Vietnam scheduled a gathering in Washington,…
"At a Fourth of July demonstration at Gwynn Oak Amusement Park in 1963, 22 ministers were arrested protesting racial discrimination at the park: among them was Monsignor Austin Healy who represented the Cardinal and the Archdiocese of Baltimore.…
"Detroit (UPI) – A contingent from the Tuskegee Airmen, the nation’s first black fighter squadron from World War II, participated in Fourth of July observances at the Harry S. Truman library and museum.
"Washington D.C.- Far ranging support from black Americans for “Honor America Day,” the massive fourth of July celebration planned for Washington and throughout the nation, was announced recently by the sponsoring committee.
Washington (UPI) Vice President Spiro T. Agnew says he has no agreement with President Nixon on the question of his assuming the presidential duties should Nixon be disabled, and that the two have never discussed it.…
"Mr. Bryan had much to say of 'imperialism', on 'Emperor' and the abolition of the Fourth of July. Yet he was the first to inaugurate and maintain a supreme dictatorship over an American political organization.
If the 15 to 1 proposition is not…
"Among other things that have been now laid away among the dust and ribbons, is the old “autograph album” of post bellum days. It was a fad of our mothers and fathers, and it numbered many of us among its devotees in our salad days. But it is an…
"Hopewell Md. July 22- Pev. Spellman preached a Hopewell M. E. Church Sunday morning and night.
Sunday School at 2 o’clock
Havre De Grace, Md. July 22- Mrs. Mary E Holmes of Philadelphia, spent the Fourth of July with her mother Mrs. Harriet A.…
"Towson Md., July 10.- Miss Mary Ellen Johnson who is a student at St. Francis Convent spent the Fourth of July with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson of Railroad Ave. Rev. W. N. Edwards left the town this week for Norfolk, Va. where he will…
"What to the American Slave is the Fourth of July? I answer a day that reveals to him, more than all other days of the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is a constant victim. To him your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty an…
"Scoutmaster James Patterson, leader of the Boy Scout troop of Ames Memorial M. E. Church, that for the past two years carried off the banner for drilling in the Annual Safe and Sane Fourth of July Celebration, was presented a medal as a source by…
"An overcast sky for the Fourth of July did not keep large numbers of Baltimoreans from the river and resorts in the suburbs. By far however the largest attendance was noted at the celebration at Druid Hill Park, where a committee under the…
"The Fourth of July was celebrated at all the churches around the city.
Miss Antoinette Henry, of Baltimore Md., is spending her vacation here with her mother, Mrs. Lovie Henry, who is still confined to her room.
The Unionville Lodge of Masons…
"Annual Fourth of July Event At Druid Hill Park Will Be The Largest Of Its Kind Ever Held
The Safe and Sane celebration of the Fourth of July will be started at one oclock on Tuesday afternoon at Ames Memorial M. E. Church, Carey and Baker…
"MAJOR MOTION IN THE CITY
Major R. R. Moton, principal of Tuskegee Institute, spent a few hours in the city Thursday. He had talks with a number of friends, of whom wished him every success in his new position.
“GOOSE-NECK BILL” ROBBED…
"So hope, so pray that the sun of Christmas blessing may shine upon the snow of your discontent, that it melt and in rivulets run away.
To all our subscribers, readers and advertisers we are wishing a Merry Christmas and many happy returns of the…
"The Excelsior Aid and Social Club will spend the glorious 4th of July on Daufuski Island with their friends and well-wishes, where they will enjoy the cool refreshing ocean breeze. There will also be excellent music and dancing, also a hotly…
"The Blue and Gray Association of Fitzgerald, composed of union and confederate soldiers, is arranging for a big 4th of July celebration, to which prominent men will be invited."
"Those useful persons, the statisticians, whose work usually makes us wiser, if not always happier, have figured up that our lst Fourth of July celebration cost this country the lives of not less than 377 men, women and children, the wounding and…
"Don’t fail to attend the grand fourth of July picnic and barbecue to be given by the Laundry Drivers at Scott’s Pavillion, Bonaventure, Tuesday, July 4th. Tickets 15¢."
"When modern England and modern America touch and influence each other is it the right England and the right America that touch? It is the best meaning of the one nation that is meeting the best meaning of the other?
Doubtless America has really…
"At a Fourth of July celebration in a Canadian town where both English and American guests were assembled the flags of the two countries were in decorations. A frivolous young English girl, loyal to the Queen, but with no love for the Stars and…
"A Washington dispatch says: Employees of the isthmian canal commission on the canal zone will have a regular old-fashioned Fourth of July celebration in Panama. Special excursions are to run to Panama for the accommodation of persons desiring to…
"The man who secretly arms himself with a murderous revolver or some other deadly weapon and goes out among people who have gathered for a day’s pleasure starts out wrong. It is in the very air for every American citizen to feel a swelling of the…
"William J. Bryan and Mrs. Bryan arrived in London from Norway late Tuesday afternoon.
Wednesday Mr. Bryan was the central figure at the annual independence day dinner of the American Society dinner of the American Society at the Hotel Cecil.…
"At Wanamie, a mining town five miles from Wilkesbarre, Pa., five boys were killed and nine others injured by celebrating the 4th of July.
They had placed powder in a pipe, and it failed to go off. They then forced a stick of dynamite into the…
"Several groups supporting the construction of a memorial to honor black patriots who fought in the American Revolution will march to the proposed site in Constitutional Gardens today. Independence Day.
This event is but another step in the battle…
"July Fourth - Independence Day- was just celebrated.
But maybe we should call it off in the future.
The celebration of the 4th of July today is a monumental act of hypocrisy and gross disrespect for our Founding Fathers who had the greatest…
"NEW YORK (UPI)- A pregnant woman shot through the hand at Yankee Stadium July 4th was in good condition Saturday, but said she was not likely to attend another baseball game.
Joan Barrett, 34, was shot by an unknown assailant as she sat in the…
"There is a high and vibrant sense of expectancy that fills the languid days of summer as our nation awaits the garand and multifaceted rites associates with Independence Day.
The cares and tribulations of the day are lost, at least temporarily, to…
"Our favorite patriot was the nation’s first president (two terms yet), George Washington AKA (police symbol for also known as) the “father of his country”.
Which, according to his devotees, is not because many inns and guest houses across the…
"Chicago, July 23—J.G. Holmes. A white man of Cedar Rapids Iowa hits one “Frank Harris” a stinging blow, in a special letter to the Chicago Tribune. If one is looking for a statement with a “Kick” in it, here it is:
Says Mr. Holmes: “I see that…
"Without a ripple of trouble, the faithful members of the YMCA gave its first out door [sic] entertainment last Monday under the supervision of Capt. W. J. Hutchinson. He called it an Old Fashioned Barbeque; and, of Old Fashion means something good:…
"The Fourth of July celebration started at Mckinley Park. Mr. Burel N. Nealy, [ill] the social and recreational life of the Community. There was plenty to eat and drink.
The swimming events, under the direction of Young Van Leu was a credit to the…
"If the cannons roared and the guns shot any regular than they did here on July 4th, when this country was fighting for independence in the [ill], were going south. Thousands of lives may have been lost in the fight of the 70’s, but Thousand Dollars…
Instead of staying at home and celebrating the Fourth of July as a holiday, Pary McCrary 35 years old chose Saturday to work for his church, the Zion Baptist. Of which the Rev. A. M. Martin is the preacher.
"Colored Man Selected to Deliver Address and Ganeuil Hall
Boston, Mass, June 6-Mr. James H. Wolf, past department commander of the Massachusetts G. A. R., has been selected by Mayor Fitzgerald to deliver the oration at the exercises in Fanmel Hall…
"Spring Valley, Ill. July 9- An automobile party motoring here from Chicago and consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Speedy, Mrs. Laura Washington- Cyrus, Herman Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Orval Calimese of Cincinnati, Ohio, Miss. Jessie A. Davis of Lake…
"Redding, Cali - The town, in upper in the Sacramento valley, hung up a new Independence day heat record. The high mark of the mercury was 124. The heat has sent thousands to cool camps in in the Sierras."
"Several accidents were the toll of the Fourth of July celebrations in Harlem. Peter Rodriguez, 11, 2143 Seventh avenue, sustained abrasions and powder burns on the right leg from the discharge of a pistol at close range by an unidentified boy. The…
"“Don’ts’” for a safe and sane Fourth of July celebration have been listed by Arthur H. Young president of the National Safety council, in appeaking for “a glorious day and not a disastrous one.”
Children particularly should be guarded, he said,…
"Physical Director Crawford has been busy all week circulating hundreds of entry blanks among the athletes of the city, signing them up annual Y.M.C.A. track and field meet at the Beutner grounds on July 4. Word from Capt. Pitts of the English…
"Considerate excitement was caused Friday when James E. Posey, 21 years old, 1332 Union St. S. W., started firing a revolver to celebrate the Fourth. The shots caused residents in the vicinity to flee in all direction. While 7-year-old Mary Lee, who…
"Orangeburg S. C., June 15 19- More than 5,000 pleasure-seekers are expected at the all-day Fourth of July celebration to be held at Harmon field, Cott Ave. for the benefit of the Community Center. Churches, Sunday schools and fraternal organization…
Can there anything good come out of Reno? Let’s see. On the fourth day of July, two bruisers met-one wrapped in black skin and the other wrapped in white skin. The bruiser in black skin whipped…
"The Christian Endeavour convention which meets in Boston, Mass., July 10th-15th, has already aroused a great deal of interest. The committee of arrangements have been granted the use of Boston common for a big open air meeting of patriotic meeting…
"A great outing on the Fourth of July was given by the Rod and Gun Club of Baltimore and Ladies Auxiliary of the Club. The outing was held at Mr. Luther Tucker’s farm at Reisterstown. There were many invited guests from this and other cities. The…
"Col. B. W. Wrenn, passenger traffic manager of the Plant System, has just returned from a month’s trip to the north and east, where he has been looking after interests of the Canada and Atlantic Steamship Line of that System. All of these steamships…