Past 4th of July Celebrations

With the 4th of July/Independence Day holiday quickly approaching, I thought it would be interesting to look back on stories about celebrating the holiday around Lawrence County in the past. All of the clippings below are from newspapers in the public domain, and captions are under each identifying the newspaper and year they were printed.

From the July 8, 1886 Bedford Lawrence Mail

From the July 7, 1904 Mitchell Commercial

From the June 1, 1905 Mitchell Commercial

From the June 28, 1906 Mitchell Commercial

From the June 27, 1910 Bedford Daily Mail

From the June 27, 1912 Mitchell Commercial

From the July 11, 1912 Mitchell Commercial

From the July 5, 1916 Bedford Democrat