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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Celebrate Independence Day with the National Parks of New York Harbor

New York City played an important role during the American Revolution and several of the national parks in New York are celebrating this pivotal American holiday in different ways.


Castle Clinton National Monument will be the site of the Fourth of July Veterans Corps of Artillery-State of New York flag raising ceremony at  noon, July 4, which includes a cannon firing demonstration at Batter Park.


Families can enjoy a traditional Independence Day Celebration at St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site in Mt. Vernon on July 4 from 10:30a.m. to 4 p.m. The day’s events include music, a reading of the Declaration of Independence, the tolling of the church’s 250-year-old bell 13 times, speeches, and light refreshments. St. Paul's Church is easily accessible from the #5 subway line.

And while the founding fathers might have declared independence on July 4 in Philadelphia, it took 5 days for the news to reach New York.  Federal Hall National Memorial will celebrate the first reading of the Declaration of Independence in New York City in 1776 with lectures and interactive programs on July 9 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.



http://www.nps.gov/index.htm

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