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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.