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Fourth of July
1847
06 23 &
07 07 First in village Watertown Chronicle
1853
07 09 Celebration
featuring Watertown Artillery Co and Watertown Rifle Co Democratic
State Reg
1858
07 01 Scarce
three-quarters of a century have transpired since the sun of freedom first
shone upon the Western Hemisphere. WD
1859
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02 Plans
for celebration, Young Men’s Association WD
1903
07 09 July 4th, 1903, was an unusually quiet
day. No general celebration was held, and we would scarcely know here that it
was a great national holiday were it not for the small boy and his
firecrackers. In the afternoon and
evening the Plattdeutscher Verein held a
picnic on Tivoli Island, which was well attended.
The
usual number of small accidents occurred. Friday night a carelessly fired
skyrocket struck the curb in Main Street, then flew upwards and struck Miss
Jaedecke, setting her dress on fire. Men nearby went to her rescue and put the
fire out before any serious damage was done. Francis Darcey had his face burned
with a canon cracker; Edward Conrad had his left hand injured with a toy,
pistol; Herbert Kusel’s face and eyes were slightly burned with a toy cannon;
Miss Julia Pfaffenbach had her hand injured with a skyrocket, and Henry
Behrens, town of Watertown, had a finger torn off with a cannon cracker.
1908
07 03 Fourth celebration
1909
07 09 Fourth celebration, July 5th declared the legal holiday WG
1959
10 13 Riverside Park popcorn hassle; sales on
midway restricted to carnival company WDT
1982
07 06 Dr. Walter W. Arzberger, honorary
marshal. WDT
1984
07 27 William Kwapil Sr.,
honorary marshal. WDT
1998
06 23 Gerald Hepp
honorary marshal WDT
1999
06 24 John “Jack” C. Lemke honorary marshal WDT
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Early, Library of Congress photo. Watching the parade (1 of
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Early, Library of Congress photo. Watching the parade (2 of
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Cross-References:
Library of Congress photos,
undated: No 1, No 2, No 3, No 4, Waiting for parade,
No 5, Watching the parade, No 6, Watching the parade
Ray Dobbratz and wife Marie annually
sponsored a unit in the Fourth of July parade to promote patriotism
