Archival Images Of The Fourth Of July In America

Cleaning Up After The Party

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After the Fourth of July festivities in 1982, a lot had to be done to clean up the Chatfield Reservoir in Colorado. Here, Kurt Olson is one of 20 Youth Conservation Corps members that got to work picking up over 1,000 pounds of litter after the three-day festival.

Fourth of July Fact: The oldest continuous Independence Day celebration in the United States is the 4th of July Parade in Bristol, Rhode Island; it began in 1785.