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4th of July 1903

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While researching for the three part blog series Whose land was that? I came across a newspaper article about a 4th of July party held in 1903 by the family featured in that series.

Photo of an American flag on a flagpole.

The flag in 1903 only had 45 stars, but I couldn’t find a photo of one of those.

 

Nowadays we would call it an old-fashioned 4th of July celebration. Read the article below and let your mind imagine the fun they had that day.

newspaper article

newspaper article about the 4th of July party at Henry Bedecker’s house

 

 

B&W photo of men and women participating in a foot race in 1920

1920’s foot race, probably similar to the foot race at the party

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