HUNTINGTON INDEPENDENCE DAY
The Huntington Militia, annually in mid-July, reenacts the day the Declaration of Independence was first read on Huntington Green. This is the day the Liberty Flag was created by a mob of jubilant citizens overwhelmed with independence from Great Britain. On that day of July 23, 1776 -from then on known as Huntington Independence Day, after the Declaration was read on the Village Green, the townspeople ripped the name of King George III from their red flag that also held the word LIBERTY in white letters, stuffed the letters of King George's name into an effigy of him, followed the stuffing with gunpowder, and hung the effigy of King George on the Liberty Pole that was on the Green. The effigy was set on fire and as it blazed it blew up!
The Huntington Militia recreates all of these events - including the blowing up of the effigy of King George every July in the middle of the month on a Sunday as close to the actual date of July 23 as possible.
See our events schedule for the date of this year's reenactment of Huntington Independence Day!
The Huntington Militia recreates all of these events - including the blowing up of the effigy of King George every July in the middle of the month on a Sunday as close to the actual date of July 23 as possible.
See our events schedule for the date of this year's reenactment of Huntington Independence Day!
