Archival Images Of The Fourth Of July In America

Warming Up The Mortar

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In 1966, a man warms up a “mortar” for the Fourth of July celebrations. The mortar is going to be used to propel fireworks into the air. They are also going to be firing “shells” which contain little parachutes. If someone finds the parachute and returns it to a certain address they receive tickets to the “Salute to America” show.

Fourth of July Fact: “Yankee Doodle” was originally sung by before the Revolutionary War by British officers in order to mock the less-professionally trained Yankees.