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Bridging the Past, Present, and Future
Stars, Stripes & Hinsdale explores some of Hinsdale's early Fourth of July celebrations and includes histories, memories, photographs, and ephemera from the Hinsdale Historical Society's Archives.
Credits:
All material is from the Hinsdale Historical Society's Archives.
Research: Justin Stauder & Katharine Korte Andrew
Writing: Katharine Korte Andrew
Design: Katharine Korte Andrew
ANTICS ON THE 4TH: 1874
"This particular 4th of July started at 5 a.m. with the booming of a cannon, no one tells who owned it or where it was located, and it was fired intermittently until 9 a.m. that morning when, presumably, the real festivities got under" (Bakken 1976, 204).
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