Posted on 07/03/2024 6:45:16 PM PDT by mairdie
From New Year's Eve some years ago, but still good for celebrating the birth of a great nation.
Hudson River Painters - Major Henry Livingston's Rev War Diary
https://youtu.be/tt9VZexn1ic
Major Henry Livingston's Rev War Diary
https://www.henrylivingston.com/writing/prose/revdiary.htm
Yanky Doodle- Major Henry Livingston's Music Mss
https://youtu.be/eP-tMGefdwQ
The New York Congress met in Poughkeepsie in 1778
https://www.henrylivingston.com/history/conventions/nycongressinpoughkeepsie.htm
George Washington's Inauguration
https://www.henrylivingston.com/history/inauguration/index.htm
New York Ratifies the U.S. Constitution
https://www.henrylivingston.com/history/conventions/ratifyingusconstitution.htm
New York Debate on the Ratification of the U.S. Constitution
https://www.henrylivingston.com/history/conventions/1788minutes.htm
General Lafayette Visits New York - 1824
https://www.henrylivingston.com/history/lafayette/index.htm
I’d rather celebrate the 4th with American music. John Philip Sousa comes to mind.
LOVE Sousa.
Here’s a Sousa I don’t hear a lot. I used it with illustrations I collected for my grandmother’s book of aphorisms.
Grandmother Catharine - John Philip Sousa
https://youtu.be/evfYyxkV3Ow
Gotta have my Sousa on the 4th!
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