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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Visionaries:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you are in town, you like a party and you want
to sing "Happy Birthday," the City of Moscow invites you to Friendship Square at
noon on Tuesday, July 4th! </FONT></DIV>
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<P>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</P>
<P>CONTACT LINDA PALL, 882-7255</P>
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<P>HAPPY BIRTHDAY, USA! THE CITY OF MOSCOW’S</P>
<P>SALUTE TO THE 4<SUP>TH</SUP> IN FRIENDSHIP SQUARE </P>
<P>AT NOON ON THE 4<SUP>TH</SUP>!</P></B><FONT size=2>
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<P>MOSCOW, IDAHO: Local elected officials are not sponsoring a parade but the
Fourth of July just couldn't pass unremarked in Moscow. City elected officials
have been invited to join together at noon at Friendship Square on the Fourth of
July to celebrate the nation’s birthday. </P>
<P>The City will have a 4th of July celebration on Friendship Square at noon on
July 4. The Declaration of Independence will be read. A representative of
American Legion Dudley Loomis Post No. 6 will read a letter from President John
Adams to his wife, Abigail, about celebration of the Fourth of July. The
Hawley-Jamison Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars has been invited to
participate. Members of the local Army, Navy, Marine and Air Force ROTC have
been invited to attend as has the Palouse Peace Coalition. The City will
recognize both the American Legion and the VFW for their placement of the flags
along Main Street for 4<SUP>th</SUP> of July decoration.</P>
<P>There will be music, along with free ice cream for anybody and free flags and
free coloring books for children. High noon on Friendship Square will be the
site for Moscow’s birthday celebration of the nation’s 230<SUP>th</SUP>
birthday. Everyone is welcome.</P>
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