Grand Celebration, First Anniversary, City of Bogalusa. July 3, 4 and 5, 1914, Bogalusa, Louisiana, “The Magic City”

Bogalusa, La.: Bogalusa American Print, [1915]

Program and schedule of events, including “Aeroplane” flights, ball games, band concerts, tennis tournament, a motor-cycle race, speeches, acrobatics, automobile races, a baby show, motion pictures of the 1914 4^th of July celebration, dancing in Pine Tree Inn (free, everyone invited).

William Carey Crane (1816-1885)

Centennial Address Embracing the History of Washington County, Texas, at the Fair Grounds, Brenham, July 4, 1876

Brenham, Tex.: Banner Press, [1936?]

Baptist minister and educator, Crane was the president of Baylor University 1864-1885. First published in Galveston, 1876, this is a later reprint, published at the time of the Texas centennial in 1936.

1776-1893 : July 4, ’93, Port Townsend, Washington : Programme of Events.

Port Townsend, Wash.: Union Job Printing Office, 1893

"Programme of sports" on pages 2-3 including a grand ball in the evening. No politics here, only pleasure!

Semi-Centennial Celebration of the Founding of Oswego, Kansas, 1866-1916. July 4 and 5, 1916. Historical Addresses, Reminiscences and Early characters and Events

Oswego, Kan.: Independent Print, 1916

A lengthy review of local history, by one Nelson Case, including a tribute to pioneers, farmers, bankers, businessmen, and railroads but also trees and lawns (“I hope no one will think it strange that I love trees.”). However, Mr. Case gives no quarter to the dandelion (“… any one who will persist in allowing his premises to produce and scatter the seed of this common enemy of streets and lawns will be classed as an undesirable citizen”).

Horace Chilton (1853-1932)

The Way to Better Times. Speech of Hon. Horace Chilton, at Cameron, Texas, July 4, 1891

Washington, D.C.: Geo. R. Gray, Printer, 1891.

Chilton, from Tyler, Texas, was a Texas state legislator. For him, the anniversary in question was, tellingly, thirty years ago, at the outset of the Civil War. He then reviews (unfavorably) 30 years of Republican policies, especially the tariff, the gold standard, and runaway spending, which, he argues, has benefited the few and not the many. His is a populist, Democratic critique, arguing that taxation should be proportional to individual wealth: “When this great principle of industrial equality is embalmed in the pages of our Federal Constitution, it will constitute a new Declaration of Independence, as grand as that which we commemorate to-day.”

Program, Upton, Wyo., July 4, ’10 Celebration ... Barbecue 12 o’clock ... All Races without Entrance Fee ... Capt. S.A. Young, Marshal of the Day.

[Upton News Letter?], 1910.

Broadside outlining the program for the July 4, 1910, celebration in Upton, Wyoming, featuring a parade, public addresses, a barbecue, contests, races, fireworks, and a grand ball. It provides a schedule of events and prize listings, and includes illustrations of a U.S. flag and a young couple seated together watching a sunset.

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Fayetteville, Ark.

1828, 1928 Souvenir Program of Fayetteville, Arkansas Centennial Celebration, July 3-4-5, 1928.

[Fayetteville?], 1928.

Amid the many ads for local businesses, one finds an outline of local history, from the first settlement to the present, with floats from various eras parading through the city.

Old West Trail Foundation

Major Bicentennial Events : Free Vacation Guide to Old West Trail Country, Welcome to America’s Most Exciting Vacationland

Lincoln, Neb.: Old West Trail Foundation, 1976

See the USA in a Chevrolet! A guide to all things commercial along the way, Pizza Hut, Sea World, Wax Museums, Campgrounds, Shopping Malls, and Candy Factories. What is more American than a road trip? Especially with shopping opportunities along the way?

W.A. Johnson

Oration, Delivered at Iola, Allen County, Kansas, July 4, 1876

Garnett, Kansas: Plaindealer Print, [1878]

This is the only copy recorded of a work that deserves to be much better known.