Excerpt from Celebration at Tammany Hall, of the Ninetieth Anniversary of the Declaration of American Independence by the Society: Or Columbian Order, Wednesday, July 4th, 1866 The Old Hall, hallowed by so many noble memories, was fitly decorated. For this, the thanks of the Society are due to the Committee who had charge of this matter, and especially to Messrs. Nathaniel Jarvis, Jr., Andrew J. Garvey, James Watson, and James B. Nicholson, the Father of the Council. These gentlemen, with Mayor Hoffman and the other members of the Committee, organized a success. They took care that no detail was neglected, and exercised effectual supervision over every part of the celebration from first to last. The result was a national festival unsurpassed in the history of the country. The doors of Tammany Hall were opened at noon, and the Tammany band performed patriotic airs from the balcony until one o'clock. The platform was draped with the American flag. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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