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Brilliant Lectures, Leaky Balloons: How Lexington Did the Fourth a Century Ago

· Lexington Leader / Kentucky Gazette (1876–1905 archive, Newspapers.com) AI Generated Edited

Before fireworks ordinances and food trucks, Lexington's Fourth of July belonged to Woodland Park's Kentucky Chautauqua — ten days of lectures and music ending July 4 — and to Prof. Frank Deivey, an ex-Opera House stagehand who ascended in a hot-air balloon he called 'a thing of shreds and patches.' No. 2 in the Fabled Fourths series.