Excerpt from An Account of the Centennial Celebration of the 4th of July, 1876, by the Citizens of the Town of Northfield, Richmond County, New York: Including the Oration by Hon. Geo; Wm; Curtis, and Historical Sketch by John J. Clute, Esq. Beautifully printed programmes, with the airs to be sung print ed thereon, were furnished to the fifteen hundred persons assembled. The celebration was held under the shade of the maple trees on Heberton Street, in front of the School - House in Port Rich mond. 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.