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!
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