For the Children: Young Celebrators of the Glorious Fourth, pg. 6

For the Children: Young Celebrators of the Glorious Fourth, pg. 6

"Time was, not so very long ago, when the boys and girls, too, for that matter, thought there couldn’t be a Fourth of July without a great noise of bursting firecrackers and other dangerous and loud, banging fireworks. Now things are quite different. So many children were killed and seriously injured, so much property destroyed, that a safer way of celebrating the Declaration of Independence was evolved. We still have parades and music and flags and fireworks, but the latter are handled only by men who know the dangerous properties of gunpowder.
The flag of our country is surely inspiration enough for patriotic children, and the “stars and stripes” can be used in many ways to celebrate the nation’s birthday. The two patriots in the picture have a good idea of the decorative effects of Old Glory and have made a striking picture as their tribute to the birthday of freedom."

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Savannah Tribune

1913-6-14