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Article: Printing press celebrating US independence
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- Belfast Telegraph
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- July 1, 2009
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THIS Saturday, the National Trust's hidden gem in Strabane,
Gray's Printing Press, will come to life as costumed characters
celebrate Independence Day.
Local people are being urged to come and enjoy the fun at the
historic press, which was owned by the Gray family and was a place
of training for John Dunlap, who ultimately printed the American
Declaration of Independence.
The performance is set in 1911 when Strabane was in the middle of
a Westminster by-election for West Tyrone -- probably the most
contested seat in the kingdom.
A spokeswoman for ther National Trust said: "You will meet the
renowned music hall comic entertainer, Jessie Gray, sister of the
owner of the printing press, Robert ...