Historical Address Centennial Celebration Amherst Mass PDF Download

Excerpt from Historical Address Delivered at the Centennial Celebration, in Amherst, Mass., July 4, 1876 The celebration of the one hundredth birthday of the Town and of our National Independence was ushered in by a salute of 38 guns, about sunrise, and the ringing of bells and other demonstrations made by the younger por tion of the community contribu'ted to make early risers of most of our citizens: Although not on the regular pro gramme of the day, the procession of Antiques and llor ribles, Which marched and countermarched through the streets, about 6 o'clock, attracted a large number of peo ple, and was quite a creditable display. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.