HAPPY JULY 4TH CROTON

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Happy Fourth of July Croton!  To celebrate, a collection of vintage and current "July 4TH" and "patriotic" Croton links...

p.s. USA-bashing comments, political manifestos and other "woke" chatter will be deleted on sight....if that gives you the vapors, just move along. For everyone else, click on the photos and links:

FIRST UP AND NOW MORE THAN EVER---1976 CROTON'S BI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS;  this one is by Tom Buchanan and shows then trustee Bill Ryder with Central Vet. Committee's Arthur Redding--holding Croton's "Bennington" flag-.

See more Bicentennial WONDERFUL OLD PHOTOS AND more here

JULY 4TH AT BLACK ROCK, 1952, and of course fireworks too--see more at http://bit.ly/2tHnpwM

ANOTHER GREAT ARTICLE FROM THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY ARCHIVES BY THE LATE ELISE SASSO: A HERO AMONGST US, JOHN PETERSON, MILITIAMAN; more here

2019, FOURTH OF JULY PHOTOS FROM CROTON; click here

For Croton's ties to the Declaration of Independence--yes THAT document---- check out one of our favorite Croton blogs, CROTON HISTORY &; MYSTERIES; to read all about it,  click here. 

CHECK OUT THIS PHOTO OF JULY 4TH BEACH GOERS AT SENASQUA FROM 1962.

It's hard to believe today's Senasqua ever looked like this. 

The newspaper clipping comes from the scrapbooks that the late Ed Rondthaler donated to the historical society. SEE MORE OF THE RONDTHALER SCRAPBOOKS AT https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-ed-rondthaler-scrapbooks-part-1.html

YANKEE DOODLE DANDY is on Turner Classic Movies today! And THE MUSIC MAN! And Croton's Howard DaSilva in 1776 (read more about that here)

See the full TCM schedule HERE.

Robbins Pharmacy shares 2019 area fireworks video; CLICK HERE

2014 JULY 4TH WEEKEND AT THE DUCK POND; CLICK HERE

THROWBACK JULY 4TH; WE'RE AN AMERICAN BAND, FROM CROTON'S TOM FARANDA'S FOLLY; click here

2021 JULY POSTINGS FROM CROTON'S OWN TOM FARANDA'S FOLLY: 

-----JULY 4TH, BACK THE BLUE!  https://tomfaranda.typepad.com/folly/2021/07/july-4th-back-the-blue.html

-----SOME WOMEN VETERANS  https://tomfaranda.typepad.com/folly/2021/07/fourth-of-july-tomorrow-here-are-some-women-veterans-.html

NY POST, WHY PATRIOTISM IS WORTH DEFENDING, 2019, more here

JULY 4TH MESSAGE FROM TOWN OF CORTLANDT SUPERVISOR LINDA PUGLISI: https://www.townofcortlandt.com/cn/news/index.cfm?NID=53372&jump2=0

A REMINDER FROM CROTON UNITED: AMERICA'S MOST HISTORICAL SITE; MORE HERE

WASHINGTON AND NEARBY VERPLANCK: Verplanck's Point is best known for its role in the American Revolutionary War, several times serving as an encampment for Washington's Continental Army during its crossings of the Hudson River. Read and see more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verplanck%27s_Point

CROTON'S VAN CORTLANDT MANOR  https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2014/02/van-cortlandt-manor-1953-thru-1973.html

(EDITOR: FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ASKED, THE PHOTO OF THE DUMMY LIGHTS IS FROM A FEW YEARS AGO; we believe the miniature flags were placed by an anonymous citizen)

AND TODAY--CROTON POINT HISTORY HIKE JULY 4TH--Croton Point Park Naturalist John Phillips and Village of Croton Historian Marc Cheshire will lead a hike on July 4 to explore the geology and history of Croton Point from its geological formation and Native American occupation to the Underhill vineyards and brick making operation. Meet at 9 a.m. at the Nature Center on Croton Point. The hike will last roughly 2 to 3 hours and the route will depend on the interests of the participants. This event is free.