HAPPY 4TH OF JULY CROTON----AMERICA'S 250TH!

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Happy Fourth of July Croton!  (Click on the images and links!) We'll be busy enjoying the day but friends will help at least post breaking news.

But for now.....To celebrate this momentous occasion, a collection of vintage and current "July 4TH" and "patriotic" Croton links...

p.s. If old-fashioned USA displays of pride give you the vapors, just move along. For everyone else, click on the photos and links--a 2019 photo of the Dummy Light--the "garden" frontage has since been removed.

NEXT UP AND NOW MORE THAN EVER! 

1976 CROTON'S BI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS;  this one is by Tom Buchanan and shows then trustee, THE LATE Bill Ryder with Central Vet. Committee's Arthur Redding--holding Croton's "Bennington" flag. (more about Ryder by clicking here)

See more Bicentennial WONDERFUL OLD PHOTOS AND more here

JULY 4TH AT BLACK ROCK, 1952, and of course fireworks too--see more at EverythingCroton: JULY 4TH @ BLACK ROCK 1952

ANOTHER GREAT ARTICLE FROM THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY ARCHIVES BY THE LATE ELISE SASSO: 

A HERO AMONGST US, JOHN PETERSON, MILITIAMAN; a fascinating story--see more here

2019, TO SEE FOURTH OF JULY PHOTOS FROM CROTON, just 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 MEDLEY, JAMES CAGNEY AT James Cagney - 'Yankee Doodle' Medley

AND CROTON'S HOWARD DA SILVA IN 1776 AT EverythingCroton: HAPPY TO REPORT THAT "1776"-- WITH CROTON'S HOWARD DA SILVA--IS AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ANY TIME ON YOUTUBE

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

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

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

CROTON'S VAN CORTLANDT MANOR --some outstanding vintage items and photos at:

https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2014/02/van-cortlandt-manor-1953-thru-1973.html

AND HE HAS MADE US PROUD! EverythingCroton: CROTON-ON-HUDSON COMPOSER WRITES PATRIOTIC ANTHEM FOR WEST POINT'S FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION--NEWS 12

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FROM 2026---THE BIG YEAR! 

EverythingCroton: A LETTER TO THE PAPER--JESSICA DIECKMAN AND THOSE 250 SIGNS!

AND TOM FARANDA'S FOLLY

4th of July – My lawn & repeating my posting from 2006 – Tom Faranda's Folly

and PRES. TRUMP'S MT. RUSHMORE 250 SPEECH Trump rails against ‘mortal threat’ of communism during America 250 Mount Rushmore speech

and 7 HOURS OF FLYOVERS! https://dailycaller.com/2026/07/03/freedom-250-flyover-aviation-july-4/

AND EverythingCroton: 32ND ANNUAL RESPECT FOR LIFE--A MORNING OF PRAYER FOR AMERICA

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