- Dates
- 1976-07-03 – 1976-07-04
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Participants
- Ellie Hohn (parade_chair)
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Civic Association
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communitygovernanceheritagecommunicationreligion
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May–June 1976 Beaver Beacon announced a July 3–4 Beaver Island program: baseball and Bingo, a pancake brunch at Holy Cross Hall, a Civic Carnival, an “Island History” parade, whitefish dinner, and fireworks. Ellie Hohn was listed as the parade contact.
Evidence and limits
This began as a public schedule and call for parade participation. The July issue separately reports that the program occurred, but this announcement record does not itself supply attendance, proceeds, or a complete roster.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- Announces July 3 baseball and Bingo, July 4 pancake brunch at Holy Cross Hall, Civic Carnival, 2 p.m. parade themed “Island History,” 5 p.m. whitefish dinner, and fireworks. It names Ellie Hohn as parade contact and does not establish that the announced program occurred. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1976-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held combined issue confirms the public celebration announcement.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1976-05_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports the announced July 3–4 program as completed, including the breakfast, carnival, parade, dinner, fireworks, and raffles. The separate July completion event carries the retrospective account; this record remains the original announcement. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1976-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held Bicentennial issue confirms the follow-up report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1976-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island July Fourth celebration plans, 1976”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-july-fourth-celebration-plans-1976/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May–June 1976, “July 4th Celebration.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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