Excerpt from Celebration by the Inhabitants of Worcester, Mass;, Of the Centennial Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence: July 4, 1876 The Committee on Printing, for the Celebration by the City of Worcester, of the Fourth of July, 1876, herewith submit the result of their labors. The limits of the volume have compelled them, with regret, to omit many details of the private displays and decorations of the day, and to refer chiefly to such alone as were of a public nature. The President of the United States, in his proclamation, last Spring, expressed the hope that Cities and Towns would publish an account of their July celebrations this year; and it therefore seemed proper to this Committee to add to the account of the exercises here, some historical notes and memoranda, compiled by one of their number, in regard to affairs which occurred in the town at about the time of the Declaration of Independence; together with a list of previous celebrations of its. 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.