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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jun 30, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 25.

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Patriotic Celebrations

Well-thinking people throughout the country are deprecating some of our patriotic noise and powder-burning because of the sad results that often follow these well-meant celebrations. The press of June 17 reports that the list of injured in the Bunker Hill celebration on that day rivaled that of the actual battle 134 years ago. Sixty-five persons were treated at the hospitals of Boston and vicinity for injuries caused by fireworks and pistols, and many more were attended by physicians at their homes.