Independence Day

zeezrom · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:00 am

Happy Fourth!

Saltair

Queen of the Fourth of July celebration here sponsored by VFW; from left to right: Fosca Polni, Bessie Sampino, Maryln Pappas, daughter of miner. Price, Carbon County, Utah.

Weber, Utah
1st Ward
Cast of the cantata “Strange Visitors”

Magna

This is actually 4 January 1896, but it looks patriotic...

July 6, 1898 Old Folks Day at Lagoon in Farmington, Utah

Stormy Waters · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 11:02 am

Happy fourth of July!

madeleine · **Joined:** Sat May 01, 2010 12:03 am **Posts:** 1981

Parade float pulled by horses in Eureka, Juab County, July 4, 1906. Uncle Sam is standing with the Goddess of Liberty. (Deseret News Archives)

zeezrom · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 1:35 pm

That is really cool, maddie.

Blixa · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 1:45 pm

Lovely images, everyone!

madeleine · **Joined:** Sat May 01, 2010 12:03 am **Posts:** 1981

zeezrom wrote:

That is really cool, maddie.

It got me to googling "Goddess of Freedom".

Fireworks are booming outside my door as I type. :biggrin:

ludwigm · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 11:39 pm

Stormy Waters wrote:

Ehm... er... um...

PELHAM, NH (CBS) wrote:

Rescue crews responded to a home in Pelham, New Hampshire after nine people were injured in a fireworks explosion.

Seven of the victims were taken to the hospital including two children who were Med-Flighted to Boston.

The incident happened around 7:30 p.m. on Dodge Road Tuesday evening.

The explosion occurred on the back porch and the home was on fire when police and fire crews arrived. Police say a large amount of fireworks were found inside and around the home.

The owner of the home, Chris Pappathan, is an insurance executive. Neighbors say Pappathan has a big fireworks show every year.

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/07/03/c ... m-nh-home/

zeezrom · **Posted:** Thu Jul 05, 2012 12:00 am

This is a Mendon Utah sacrament meeting on a July day in 1940. It has nothing to do with Independence Day, but I just really like it.

zeezrom · **Posted:** Thu Jul 05, 2012 12:09 am

These are Mormon women tacking a quilt to be used by a sheepherder in Box Elder County, Utah in July 1940.

zeezrom · **Posted:** Thu Jul 05, 2012 12:35 am

moved?

Damn.

Drifting · **Joined:** Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:52 am **Posts:** 7308

Isn't 'Independance Day' a bit of a contradiction in terms for American Mormons?

Drifting · **Joined:** Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:52 am **Posts:** 7308

zeezrom wrote:

This is a Mendon Utah sacrament meeting on a July day in 1940. It has nothing to do with Independence Day, but I just really like it.

I can't see any black people present?

Drifting · **Joined:** Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:52 am **Posts:** 7308

Wouldn't this date be more accurately described as Independance Day, at least for the groups attaining independance on that date?

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pub.L. 88-352, 78 Stat. 241, enacted July 2, 1964) was a landmark piece of legislation in the United States[1] that outlawed major forms of discrimination against African Americans and women, including racial segregation

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