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Monday, February 24, 2014
“The Honors of the Preceding Night”
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Yesterday I broke off the story of the first documented public celebration of Gen. George Washington ’s birthday in Williamsburg, Virginia...
Sunday, February 23, 2014
“It was thought proper to enliven the occasion by discharges of cannon”
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Yesterday I quoted a 1779 newspaper from Williamsburg, Virginia, briefly describing an “elegant entertainment” in honor of Gen. George Was...
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