Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1876 — The Fourth of July in Philadelphia. [ARTICLE]

The Fourth of July in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, June S. The programme for the Fourth of July celebration has been finally decided upon. At sunrise there will be chimes and bells, and a salute of 100 guns. The ceremonies in Independence Hall will begin with a selection of National airs by the band, after which there will be a reception by President Grant and an introduction by Gov. Hartranft, when the original Declaration of Independence will be presented to the President by the Mayor. An adjournment will be then taken to Independence Square to take part in such ceremonies as the city authorities may decide upon. Thence, a procession will be formed, the prominent men in carriages, by way of Walnnt street, under military escort, to Fairmount Park. The order of International ceremonies will be as follows; Salute of trumpets and salvos of thirteen cannons. Invocation by Bishop Stevens. Anthem by the orchestra and chorus. Declaration i of Independency read by Richard Henry Lee, of VUfcinia. Grand Chorus. Oration by the Hon. William M. Evorts, of New York. Airs of all nations by the orchestra. Poem by Bayard Taylor, of Pennsylvania. Congratulatory messages from different States an*i Nations of the world. Prams of peace by orchestra and chorus. Benediction. Salvo of thirty-eight guns. ~