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Vintage Evening: Toast Hamilton - July 19, 2018
Join us for the following public program at Anderson House, headquarters of the Society of the Cincinnati and its American Revolution Institute.
A Vintage Evening: Toast Hamilton
July 19, 2018
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Admission: $25
A Literary Guide to Washington, DC July 17, 2018
EVENT OVERVIEW:
A Literary Guide to Washington, DC July 17, 2018
EVENT OVERVIEW:
District of Columbia’s first 4th of July – 1801
BY Matthew B. Gilmore
https://matthewbgilmore.wordpress.com/2018/07/03/district-of-columbias-first-4th-of-july-1801/
The July 4th holiday has not always been recognized as a national holiday (only since 1870) but observations began in the District of Columbia since its earliest days.