Record #:

15391

Author(s):

Howell, Gertrude Jenkins

Abstract:

The Moravians took the lead in the first celebration of the Fourth of July, and it was a day of genuine thanksgiving for them. The Gemein House (Congregation House) in Salem, erected in 1770, was the location of the first Fourth of July Celebration in North Carolina.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 4 Issue 3, June 1936, p1, 33, il

Subject(s):

Moravians