It may not signify independence, at least in the United States, but it does represent the (unrelated) births of Spam and the world’s first cloned animal.
Tue 6 Jul 2010
Filed under: Wimbledon Tennis Tournament, Ashe, Arthur, Johnson, Lyndon Baines, Spam, Hormel Foods Corp|HRL|NYSE, Bikini Atoll, Longshoremen, Cloning, Summit, NJ, Venezuela, Cape Verde, Three-Day Holidays, Algeria, Independence Day (US) (July 4), National Labor Relations Board, Memorial Day, History, Veterans Day (US), Holidays and Special Occasions, San Francisco (Calif), Doby, Larry, Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, Revolutionary War, American (1775-83), United States — @ 4:10 am
Mon 5 Jul 2010
Tradition was front and center on Sunday, when New Yorkers celebrated Independence Day.
Sat 3 Jul 2010
Takeru Kobayashi, a six-time winner of the Nathan’s Famous July 4th eating competition, is sitting it out in a contractual dispute.
Fri 2 Jul 2010
For misers wanting a big Fourth of July bang for their buck this weekend, music is the answer.
Sat 4 Jul 2009
Filed under: Independence Day (US) (July 4), New York City — @ 5:13 am
Sean Rippe, 16, of Franklin, N.Y., leaped over a fence along Flushing Bay while fishing with his family.Who was left behind on the first day of a holiday weekend in a desolate New York? Tourists, New York’s finest and a family of sparrows.
Sat 4 Jul 2009
Filed under: Collard Greens, Grilling (Cooking), Independence Day (US) (July 4), Cooking and Cookbooks, Harlem (NYC) — @ 3:25 am
How does the family of Dorothy Davis of Harlem celebrate the Fourth? With chicken, and ribs, and greens, and macaroni, and lots of it.
Fri 3 Jul 2009
Filed under: State Legislatures, Independence Day (US) (July 4), Politics and Government, New York State — @ 4:02 am
As the power struggle in the State Senate ends its fourth week, lawmakers remain stuck in the Capitol, looking for ways to pass the time.
Wed 1 Jul 2009
Filed under: Independence Day (US) (July 4), New York City — @ 5:12 am
Independence Day, actually Saturday, July 4, will be observed.
Mon 22 Jun 2009
A handful of communities in the New York area have canceled their fireworks, while others were trying to find private sponsors to pay for the shows.
Mon 7 Jul 2008
Filed under: Grilling (Cooking), Independence Day (US) (July 4), Cooking and Cookbooks, Brooklyn (NYC) — @ 6:19 am
In Prospect Park over the weekend, in what was perhaps a snapshot of countless other celebrations throughout New York City, holiday cookouts had a distinctly ethnic flair.