Happy Birthday, America!
Oh, look – here’s a copy of your birth certificate!
If you’re looking for some good family fun, check out some of these fun local events:
At Gore Hill fire station:
City of Great Falls activities:
4th of July Parade
Wednesday, July 4, at 11 AM, in downtown Great Falls
Free, open to the public; call Ed Brown at 788-0032 for detailsElectric City Water Park
Wednesday, July 4, at 1 PM
Regular fees will be in place
Closes at 8 pmCommunity Fireworks Display
Tuesday, July 4, 10:15 PM
From West Bank Park; best viewing at Elk’s-Riverside Park.
And of course if you are going to be making things go BOOM! today and tonight, please be sure to follow the rules and be safe!
On this, our Independence Day, please take a moment to remember the Marylanders and what the Marylanders did at the Battle of Brooklyn.
The mostly Roman Catholic Marylanders were the rear guard allowing Washington’s mostly Protestant Continental Army to escape across the East River and then northwards, and without their courage and devotion to duty, the Continental Army would have been no more.
See:
http://www.brooklynonline.com/bol/history/battle.xhtml
Maryland is known as the “Old Line State” because the Marylanders held the line at Brooklyn Heights.