first Independence Day celebration Archives - Trees at Risk https://treesatrisk.com/tag/first-independence-day-celebration/ Reclaiming an Urban Forest Fri, 04 Jul 2014 16:46:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Another Worcester First: Independence Day 1776 https://treesatrisk.com/another-worcester-first-independence-day-1776/ https://treesatrisk.com/another-worcester-first-independence-day-1776/#respond Fri, 04 Jul 2014 16:46:28 +0000 http://treesatrisk.com/?p=591 As we await the arrival of Hurricane Arthur on this dreary Independence Day, here’s my account of the very first community celebration of the newly signed Declaration of Independence—right here, in Worcester, Massachusetts. The document had been approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, but it took another week or more for broadsides […]

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