THE FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE!

        SATURDAY, JULY 3, 2021

THE FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE!

    Most everyone has already started the

celebration of our independence highlighted

on the 4th of July. But the Declaration of

Independence was just that...a declaration.

It took a war to actually gain that independence

and one of the most dramatic battles took place

two years after that declaration, on July 3rd of

1778. And it happened right here in Luzerne

County. A force of British loyalists and Iroquois

indians massacred more than 399 Patriots in an

area that now makes up Wyoming and Exeter

boroughs. A monument in Wyoming marks the

final resting place of those victims who died

fighting for our independence. A ceremony will

be held there today, as it is each year, to pay tribute

to those Patriots. It's important to remember

Independence Day but more important to remember

those who gave their lives to make that independence

happen. I hope you do and that all your NEWS

is good!