A COMMUNITY LEGACY of a CELEBRATION and PARK


celebrations of the Nation's birthday than most places in the United States. 1942


As the entertainment is presented followed by the Pageant of the Queen of Candles and the more than 5,000 candles are lighted extravaganza,


To the people from far and near who gather in Lititz for the July 4th celebrations, the community’s colonial forefathers, silently peering over the hill and quietly peeking around the trees, lend a mystical, almost eerie, approving presence to the gala festivities and the flickering of flames as the 200th continuous observance of Independence Day since 1818 and the 175th Anniversary of the first candle illumination in 1843 are celebrated in Lititz Springs Park.


Te familiar springhead of the Park has silently witnessed more


1894


followed by the fireworks the


Independence Day


observance is Lititz, Pennsylvania, imbues planners and participants alike with gratitude and thanksgiving for the precious American birthright of individual freedom. To celebrate the Nation’s birthday in this Moravian Community nestled amidst the fertile farmland of Lancaster County is to appreciate with pride and joy a rich history and a priceless heritage in which shimmering shadows from the past are indelibly etched into myriad concerns of the present and subtly blended with salient aspirations for the future.


With its incomparable beauty and its scenic serenity, the Lititz Springs Park is certainly a community legacy. It is a place of gala celebration, family gathering and individual quietude. It is indeed a place of community pride.


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Article written by the late Ron Reedy


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