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Article: Fourth of July festivities plentiful in East Coast cities
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
- Article date:
- June 16, 2002
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Fourth of July festivities plentiful in East Coast cities
ARTHUR FROMMER
Date: 06-16-2002, Sunday
Section: TRAVEL
Edtion: All Editions.=.Sunday
Column: BUDGET TRAVEL
Instead of claiming your own 3 square feet of sand on a crowded beach
during the Fourth-of-July weekend, why not pay a visit to one of the
nation's great cities, where Independence Day has some real meaning?
The biggest and best Fourth of July celebrations are hosted by the
big cities along the East Coast. Three of them (Philadelphia, Boston,
and New York) played vital roles in the Revolutionary War, and the
fourth (Washington) was created as a result of it. As a bonus, nearly
all of the holiday ...