Excerpt from Centennial Historical Address: Greene County MY ffllow citizens -one hundred years ago, our noble ancestors severed the bonds of their political servitude with Eng land, and declared themselves and their pos ferity forever free, and independent. From that day, a new era in the history of civiliza tion, a fresh impetus in the growth and build ing up of the whole country, its towns, cities, counties and states is every where witnessed. 'tis a fitting occasion then, and while the very atmosphere is redolent of patriotic fer vor - to recall scenes and events which have become familiar and dear to every American heart. Let the welkin ring with the clarion shout, all hail the glorious 4th of July, 1876, the anniversary of our Nation's Birthday. To commemorate the event by demonstra tions of joy, enlivened by the sweet strains of music, and by various intellectual enter. 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.