Pomp, Pageantry and a Parade: Celebrating the Constitution’s Centennial
Posted by Peter Parker on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Pomp, Pageantry and a Parade: Celebrating the Constitution’s Centennial With the thunder of a one hundred gun naval salute at precisely ten o’clock on the morning of Thursday, September 15, 1887, the nation’s centennial celebration of the adoption of the United States Constitution opened with great fanfare in Philadelphia. The booming cannon blast from a naval squadron on the Delaware River launched three jubilant days of parades, military marches,...read more