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BPB.768.022
22 Aug 1768:11 (575)
Boston, August 22. On Monday the 15th instant, the
anniversary of the ever-memorable fourteenth of August, was
celebrated by the Sons of Liberty in this town, with
extraordinary festivity. . . The music began at high noon,
performed on various instruments, joined with voices; and
concluding with the universally admired American Song of
Liberty, the grandeur of its sentiment, and the easy flow of
its numbers, together with an exquisite harmony of sound,
afforded a sublime entertainment to a numerous audience,
fraught with a noble ardour in the cause of freedom: The
song was clos'd with the discharge of cannon and a shout of
joy. . . [The toasts]
Which being finished, the French horns sounded; and after
another discharge of the cannon, compleating the number
ninety-two, the gentlemen in their carriages repair'd to the
Greyhound Tavern in Roxbury, were a frugal and elegant
entertainment were provided. The musick played during the
repast. . .
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