Oration by Samuel Harris, July 4th, 1861
- Item sets
- 19th Century Bangor, Maine
- Title
- Oration by Samuel Harris, July 4th, 1861
- Alternative Title
- Our Country's Claim: Oration at the citizens' celebration of the eighty-fifth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the United States delivered in Norombega Hall, Bangor, July 4th, 1861 by Samuel Harris.
- Creator
- Harris, Samuel, 1814-1899
- Publisher
- Wheeler & Lynde (Bangor, Me.)
- Date
- July 1861
- Description
- The present eventful time is restoring their significance to some words and usages. The celebration of this day has been an empty pageant, and Fourth of July oratory but another name for political gasconade. But when this year it seemed likely that there would be no public celebration on account of the obvious propriety of avoiding the customary expense, every one of us felt a hungering of the heart for some patriotic observance of the day ...
- Subject
- Fourth of July
- Fourth of July celebrations
- Fourth of July orations
- Norombega Hall (Bangor, Me.)
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Type
- Speeches
- Spatial Coverage
- Bangor (Me.)
- Language
- English
- Is Part Of
- Bangor Public Library Special Collections
- Note
- Title from cover.
- Rights
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