Show firt fira florl glorious ous fourth how it was celebrated in the city of brotherly love r r T SYLVANIA so I 1 r alch I 1 c h ln in historic tc t C buildings has bai the s lion honor or of 0 being the alk birthplace of the first fourth ot of july celebration celebi celeb atton tation not many tull lulka la from tile the beatt of the city there stood un til recently the beautiful lo colonial lonial housa v 11 i e the hignell of tile the dc D c la rallon ration of vii to iii I 1 ito 1 1 the hand of commercialism grabbed beautiful I 1 lin hill mansion nt at no frankford and uprooted tt it raising on tin the site of a modern houst in the once beautiful girlen girden bur i f ve r j yf 1 7 W va tu where the first fourth of july was celebrated rounding founding this property w abich during the revolution was as owned by dr enoch ft a noted patriot the first public of the declara tion of independence took place on the evening of july 8 1776 it musty records of e olden times fire am to be beli believed eed several te eral of the pirty mended their way may through tigh the shad avenues and across the smooth lan lawn to the i evv v con comred ered sun summer inter house with N ith strangely shaped j ster lous looking bund bundles lel tucked under their arms which matich they alley pi a it 11 upon the ground as the it contentedly doun to lo do justice to the bount bountiful ifill spread which v berh their hop liea ible liot lio t had pro bided litie hiie oll oil nines alli chofre chairo afandi ot adiv description ii fl re brought foila roi lh ka i the delicate mor selb celb trad and com be aner after course was aas brought hi ought on the party part warmed up tip to the occa occasion Ion IN hen lie tai lai commented to to twinkle forth their tight to rule and the moon sailed high above the tree tops topa it la Is said that mild sober frank lin actually tent a knowing wink at stately Jeffe jefferson rAon who responded by reaching under tile the table and fishing out one of those thoe mysterious bundles which had earlier in the evening aroused tile curiosity of the hoa amid i x silence of breathless breith less expects tion the NA vaa as untied and a p pick ick age of huge roman homan candles candies came to low heer cheer after heer cheer di owned the music of the crickets rIc lets and and startled the feathered song steiB who had long ago hustled hushed their songs and were mere petee full sleeping tit jn the tre arc t tops topa ireci ackers pin alii els leil led yellow and purple lights lit in short ever then knon of flie followed the candles and each fresh package brought forth another three times three nheu all vas ivas in readiness tile the first glorious fourth eier held in amer lea ica in the now nou regulation fire moil fashion was mas commenced afo I 1 tow these lockets dockets etc were mere secured or where chere thea earn came from Is unknown ks s earit each rocket shot skyward as fach each blast of ep exploding loding rent the echoes these makers of hintor laughed ap pla tided and shouted bli aith delight the waa w continued amay aay into the wee niall mall hours of the morn ing and although glorious fourths lim lii follow td this first jub itee ilee which wab mab held on tho the ath of july 1 lah th ner neier has there been a greater display of p neier has ohp thare r e been more true american nm im expressed than there was mas on that birthada birt hda |