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To: JoeProBono

I think it was Vicksburg that did not observe the Fourth of July until well into the 20th Century, and after the last Civil War veteran had died...


5 posted on 02/20/2010 2:47:21 PM PST by Bean Counter (I keeps mah feathers numbered, for just such an emergency...)
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To: Bean Counter

“I think it was Vicksburg that did not observe the Fourth of July...”

In Richmond, VA the black population celebrated the fall of Richmond to the Union troops for many years after that happened.


11 posted on 02/20/2010 3:26:07 PM PST by TWohlford
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