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The first Macy's fireworks show in New York City was held on July 1, 1958 to celebrate the department store's 100th anniversary. [2] The 36-minute-long show was directed by Japanese fireworks expert Toshio Ogatsu and set off from four barges anchored in the Hudson River across from 85th Street on Manhattan's Upper West Side. [3]
July 18 – "Double" parade for Commander Richard Byrd and the crew of the America; and for Clarence Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine following separate transatlantic flights. November 11 – Ruth Elder and George W. Haldeman following flight from New York City to the Azores. [1] 1928
Pages in category "Parades in New York City" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. ... Fifth of July (New York) G. NYC Pride March;
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Millions of people in the U.S. celebrated and suffered under heat warnings as they flocked to beaches and traveled in droves to toast their nation’s birth with July 4 parades, cookouts and the ...
Held since 1785, the Bristol Fourth of July Parade in Bristol, Rhode Island, is the oldest continuous Independence Day celebration in the United States. [38] Since 1868, Seward, Nebraska, has held a celebration on the same town square. In 1979 Seward was designated "America's Official Fourth of July City-Small Town USA" by resolution of Congress.
The earliest New York state laws regarding public health were quarantine laws for the port of New York, first passed by the New York General Assembly in 1758. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The 1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic precipitated the 1799–1800 creation of the New York Marine Hospital, and in 1801 its resident physician and the health officers ...