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 BRISTOL, R.I. (AP) - In July 1785, the citizens of this waterfront town assembled to heap praise on their newly minted nation and to thank God for helping them survive a fierce assault by the British during the Revolutionary War.
In July 1892, lawyer Orrin Bosworth preached that the townsfolk should be accepting of the immigrants arriving en masse: "America has no cause to fear the lover of freedom, be he American or foreign born."
And in July 1963, judge Arthur Carrellas roared to the citizenry about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to ban Bible readings in public schools.
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