IT'S 250 TUESDAY #6

It's 250 Tuesday Time for our new weekly series---250 TUESDAYS at the blog--#6! We're celebrating America's 250th! And now---A FAB ARTICLE FROM THE RIVER JOURNAL

The signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 – marking our official break from British rule – was celebrated for the first time with cannon fire, public readings of the Declaration, church bells, fireworks, and music in the streets. Subsequent July 4th celebrations often added parades, military displays, speeches, and re-enactments. But those early years were not the only time in American history that a party atmosphere was appropriate and likely won’t be the last. With the July 4th holiday approaching in our sesquicentennial year, let’s salute the American spirit with a countdown of some of the traditional – and not so traditional – ways we have marked major party-worthy events throughout the years. READ MORE AT America, You Really Know How to Throw a Party! - River Journal Online - News for Tarrytown, Sleepy Hollow, Irvington, Ossining, Briarcliff Manor, Croton-on-Hudson, Cortlandt and Peekskill

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