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"More Deadly Than the Battles of the Revolution": The Crusade to Tame Lexington's Fourth

· The Lexington Herald / Herald-Leader (1910–18 archive, Newspapers.com) AI Generated Edited

In 1910 the Lexington Herald gave a section front to the 'safe and sane Fourth' crusade — Independence Day was 'more deadly than the battles of the Revolution.' By 1913 fireworks deaths were falling while drownings soared; by 1918 the wartime Fourth ran on Liberty Loan flags and an Army aviator. No. 3 in the Fabled Fourths series.