Newspaper article from the Virginia Gazette, describing the celebration of July 4, 1777: http://www.geocities.com/twincousin2334/July_4th.html Happy and safe 4th. (Please forgive crossposts!) Nancy Website: http://www.geocities.com/twincousin2334 List Admin.: USCW-Seven-Pines; Carmichael; Godbold; Fairley Message Board Admin.: Missouri-Civil-War; Fairley; Godbold; Richmond County, NC