Harnett County NcArchives News.....4th of July Celebration at Bung's Level July 19, 1856
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July 19, 1856      North Carolina Argus July 19, 1856
  CELEBRATION OF THE FOURTH OF JULY AT BUNG'S LEVEL, HARNETT COUNTY
   The entire neighborhood met at the District School House at an early hour. 
At 10 o'clock the militia company of the district together with the citizens 
were led and exercised by A. D. McLEAN, Marshal of the Day. At 11 o'clock, all 
were pleasantly seated in a grove adjacent to the school house, near which had 
been erected a stand for the Orators and Readers.
   The Mecklenburg Declaration was first read by JOHN W. PIPKIN, ESQ., who 
prefaced the reading with some clear and eloquent remarks, showing that the 
claim of the Old North State to the honor or having first broken asunder and 
thrown off the ties of the British domination was clear and indisputable.
   The American Declaration was then read by EDWARD S. PARKER, ESQ., in a 
clear and forcible manner. The audience was pleasantly entertained by music 
suited to the occasion.
   The oration was delivered by ALLEN B. PARKER ESQ. The speaker enchained his 
audience for about an hour ... [followed] by a sumptious dinner spread out in 
the grove, of which each and all partook to their heart's content.

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