Parading patriotism : Independence Day celebrations in the urban Midwest, 1826-1876 /
Criblez, Adam,author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-188) and index .
Introduction: "Freedom's jubilee": commemorations of the 1826 semicentennial -- "The sabbath of liberty": morally reforming the Fourth of July, 1827-1849 -- "Americans ruling America": Independence Day nativism, 1850-1856 -- "We shall still celebrate, but not as of old": Independence Day and the Civil War, 1857-1865 -- "The fourth celebrates itself": recreation, historical memory, and the commodification of Independence Day, 1866-1875 -- "The end of a century": celebrating the centennial, 1876 -- Epilogue.
Fourth of July celebrations
Fourth of July celebrations.
Nationalfeiertag.
Stadt.