Show EARLIEST CI How the First Independence Day Observed In 1777 As An early ns as 1777 1711 there was wan a n celebration celebration tion of or tho the Fourth of or July True there I In It the tho celebration b bIng be belog log Ing confined largely to extra Kills gills of ot rum runt for the tho soldiers e nt at Morristown A year later Inter an no army order orter wan wal as Issued adding gravity to tho the observance by II directing the tho firing if f 13 pieces hl cen of at cannon Tho The following year 1779 1770 tho ho Fourth of ot July Jul took toole on a n still more Im Important phase as an Washington took ad nil n 1 vantage of ot It to grant a it general par pardon pardon don to all nil prisoners In tho ho army arm under tinder sentence of death Tho The last hint celebration of ot tho the day lIa In by the army arm as M such took tonIc place In 1782 when tho the whole shoIe army formed on tho lanka banks of the tho Hudson on each ench Bide of ot tho lie river The Thc signal sl of 13 cannon being given gIsen at nt West Point tho troop deployed anil formed tormod lines hines when whenn n a general fell feu do cia Jolo jato job took place throughout tho tIme army ann |