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The Lafayette Gun Squad Participates in Fourth of July Festivities at Crawfordsville in 1860 with Lew Wallace

 From The Lafayette Argus (Lafayette, Indiana) Thursday, July 5, 1860 The Fourth at Crawfordsville Lew Wallace       The eighty-fourth anniversary of our National Independence was celebrated at Crawfordsville in a  patriotic and becoming manner. The day was ushered in by the firing of cannon, ringing of bells, and juvenile demonstrations generally. At about 10 o'clock A.M. the various military companies of Montgomery County -- consisting of the Montgomery Guards, College Cadets, Ladoga Blues, and two other companies, the names of which we did not learn--the Lafayette Gun Squad, each with their respective music, and the Crawfordsville Brass Band, paraded the various streets, followed by a large concourse of citizens and strangers, thence to a grove near at hand, where the various ceremonies of the occasion, as published, were consummated.      Dr. White, President of Wabash College, opened with prayer, in his usual efficient and effective ma...