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The speech alarmed local non-Mormons attending the celebration. Later, the church presidency published the July 4th Oration, causing considerable agitation and further stoking anti-Mormon sentiment throughout northwestern Missouri. Many contemporaries and later historians cite the July 4th Oration as a contributing factor to the 1838 Mormon War.
Longview Lake is a 930-acre (3.8 km 2) freshwater reservoir in parts of Kansas City, Lee's Summit, and Grandview, all in Jackson County, Missouri. The reservoir is part of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Little Blue River Project for flood control , recreation, and fish and wildlife conservation .
Events at the fair include, frog jumping, fence painting, and a "Tom and Becky" look alike contest. [2] Other events include a 10 km (6.2 mi) run, a Fourth of July parade and fireworks. [4] There is a tricycling race on East Broadway Street, running along the river. Contestants wear numbered paper plates on their backs. [1]
1927. President Calvin Coolidge and First Lady Grace Coolidge pose outdoors at a party celebrating the 4th of July and his 55th birthday at the State Game Lodge and Resort in Custer State Park ...
The fireworks show will be at Longview Lake Beach from 6-8 p.m., and then the light show is open for the season. ... There will also be a “Christmas in the Sky” fireworks display from 6-8 p.m ...
Held since 1785, the Bristol Fourth of July Parade in Bristol, Rhode Island, is the oldest continuous Independence Day celebration in the United States. [38] Since 1868, Seward, Nebraska, has held a celebration on the same town square. In 1979 Seward was designated "America's Official Fourth of July City-Small Town USA" by resolution of Congress.
In Bristol, Rhode Island, a salute of 13 gunshots in the morning and evening marked the day in 1777, the country’s first formal Fourth of July celebration and a point of pride in the town to ...
Chief of Longview, "The Great Parader", was born, raised, and trained at Longview Farm. Bought by Lurline Matson Roth , Chief was the World Champion stallion four times. He was the only horse to win the $10,000 stake at the Kentucky State Fair two successive years – 1928 and 1929.