Category: History  Date: 2026-07-03

Celebrate the Fourth of July

"WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS, THAT AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. THAT TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS, GOVERNMENTS ARE INSTITUTED AMONG MEN, DERIVING THEIR JUST POWERS FROM THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED.

- AND FOR THE SUPPORT OF THIS DECLARATION, WITH A FIRM RELIANCE ON THE PROTECTION OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE, WE MUTUALLY PLEDGE TO EACH OTHER OUR LIVES, OUR FORTUNES, AND OUR SACRED HONOR."

- DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, JULY 4,1776.

Civilian Conservation Corps newspapers for July.
The Ducklin, 1936 – Company 2749, Columbia (Sand Lake)
Camp Static, 1938 – Company 793, Tigerville
Black Hills Echoes, 1940 – Company 762, Camp Custer

Celebrate the Fourth of July but keep it Safe and Sane!