Philadelphia Celebrates: Three Great Anniversaries—1876, 1926, 1976 nonfiction Philadelphia—where more than three centuries

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Philadelphia Celebrates: Three Great Anniversaries—1876, 1926, 1976 nonfiction Philadelphia—where more than three centuriesPhiladelphia Celebrates describes the planning, financing and staging of the citys three great commemorations of Americas Declaration of Independence. The book reveals the behind the scenes relations and often intense rivalries among the outsized personalities of the organizers of each event. For the Centennial in 1876, these figures included President Ulysses S. Grant, diplomat John Welsh, womens rights activist Susan B. Anthony, and Benjamin