at war in Korea, Truman addresses a huge crowd at the Washington Monument grounds, on the 175th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.ġ962: In the Cold War era, Kennedy tells a vast crowd in Philadelphia that societies around the world are struggling to break free from oppression and his nation “has no intention of abdicating its leadership in that worldwide movement for independence.”ġ968: Lyndon Johnson, who favored his Texas ranch on the holiday, speaks in San Antonio about the lack of independence for the poor, minorities, the ill, people “who must breathe polluted air” and those who live in fear of crime, “despite our Fourth of July rhetoric.”ġ970: Nixon, in California, tapes a message that is played to crowds on the National Mall at an “Honor America Day” celebration organized by supporters and hotly protested by anti-war masses and civil rights activists. Houston’s log refers to the “fishing party” leaving the ship for part of the day.ġ946: With World War II over the year before, Harry Truman relaxes in Maryland’s Catoctin Mountains at Roosevelt’s Shangri-La retreat, later renamed Camp David.ġ951: With the U.S. But we must keep steadily in mind that no people were ever yet benefitedġ914: “Our country, right or wrong,” Woodrow Wilson declares at Independence Hall in Philadelphia.ġ928: Calvin Coolidge (born July 4, 1872) goes trout fishing in Wisconsin.ġ930: Herbert Hoover vacations by the Rapidan River in Virginia.ġ934: Franklin Roosevelt is in or near the Bahamas after leaving Annapolis, Maryland, on a monthlong voyage and visit to Hawaii via the Panama Canal. I like big things big parades, big forests and mountains, big wheat fields, railroads – and herds of cattle too big factories, steamboats and everything else. A theory that someone poisoned him with arsenic was debunked in 1991 when his body was exhumed and tested.ġ861: Lincoln sends a message to Congress defending his invocation of war powers, appealing for more troops to fight the South and assailing Virginia for allowing “this giant insurrection to make its nest within her borders.” He vows to “go forward without fear.”ġ868: Postwar, Andrew Johnson executes a proclamation granting amnesty to those who fought for the Confederacy.ġ902: Teddy Roosevelt speaks to 200,000 people in Pittsburgh. A military parade follows.ġ850: Taylor attends festivities at the grounds of the Washington Monument and falls ill with stomach cramps after eating cherries and drinking iced milk and water. Lancaster had hosted the Continental Congress for a quick, on-the-run session during the revolution.ġ798: Now president, Adams reviews a military parade in Philadelphia as the young nation flexes its muscle.ġ801: Thomas Jefferson presides over the first Fourth of July public reception at the White House.ġ822: James Monroe hangs out at his farm in Virginia.ġ826: Adams, the second president, and Jefferson, the third, both die on this July Fourth.ġ831: James Monroe, who was the fifth president, dies on this July Fourth.ġ848: James Polk witnesses the laying of the cornerstone of the Washington Monument with Abraham Lincoln, then an Illinois congressman, attending. Philadelphia was the interim capital as the city of Washington was being readied. Considering the lateness of the design and the suddenness of the execution, I was amazed at the universal joy and alacrity that was discovered, and at the brilliancy and splendour of every part of this joyful exhibition.”ġ791: Two years after becoming the first president, George Washington celebrates in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, “with an address, fine cuisine, and walking about town,” says the National Park Service. I walked most of the evening, and I think it was the most splendid illumination I ever saw a few surly houses were dark but the lights were very universal. “I was walking about the streets for a little fresh air and exercise,” he writes, “and was surprised to find the whole city lighting up their candles at the windows. After hours of parading troops, fireworks, bonfires and music, he tells her he strolled alone in the dark. A look at what some presidents have done on the Fourth of July:ġ777: On the first anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, with the Revolutionary War underway, a future president, John Adams, describes a day and night of spontaneous celebration in Philadelphia in a letter to his wife, Abigail.
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