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Spokane’s Wild Fourth of July Histories | Spokane News
Spokane’s 1976 Fourth of July had a brass band delay at the cathedral, but the rest of the festivities—fireworks at Fairchild, soul food picnics, and softball games in Liberty Park—rolled on. In Forks, Washington, a logger-vs.-motorcycle club brawl drew 200 people, requiring firefighters to break it up, leading to arrests and cancellation of the town’s dance. In 1926, fireworks at Banner Drug Store sparked a major fire, brush blazes destroyed homes, and extreme heat caused drownings across the region—including a teen girl in North Idaho and a Spokane man near Yakima. And in a bizarre twist, a…
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