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rahamy
30 Jul 06, 17:02
Q: In what year did the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, first celebrate the Fourth of July after it fell to Gen. Grant on July 4th, 1863?
dg4571
30 Jul 06, 18:15
1944 perhaps
KG_RangerBooBoo
31 Jul 06, 00:17
For some reason 1939 comes to mind.
rahamy
31 Jul 06, 08:18
You guys are in the right general area, but neither is exactly correct.
dg4571
31 Jul 06, 19:29
maybe 1945? pretty sure it was around wwII time
Mad Cow
31 Jul 06, 22:32
July 4, 1942.
rahamy
01 Aug 06, 22:07
A: 1945, with a larger celebration in 1947 attended by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Mad Cow
01 Aug 06, 23:11
A: 1945, with a larger celebration in 1947 attended by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicksburg,_Mississippi) claims it was 1944.
rahamy
02 Aug 06, 19:37
Well, I go by the source I'm running the quiz on, so we'll just have to agree the sources don't agree! :laugh:
Mad Cow
02 Aug 06, 20:52
Well, I go by the source I'm running the quiz on, so we'll just have to agree the sources don't agree! :laugh:

No problem here, just showin what I dug up.

:D
Mad Cow
02 Aug 06, 20:53
btw, I had guessed the Pearl Harbor attack might have been enough to bring it back.