# @sachistorymuseum on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DaV9LvzBuFz
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67417918-sachistorymuseum-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/ac0871d65c.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-07-03T19:57:29.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sacramento History Museum (@sachistorymuseum) — https://gondola.cc/sachistorymuseum

## Caption

July marks the 250th anniversary of Declaration of Independence, and while fireworks and baseball will be commemorating the celebration this year, it does not compare to what Sacramento has done in the past for its 4th of July celebrations. 

In 1876, during the Centennial year, much of the city’s business district was decorated stretching from Front Street and going east several city blocks. The celebration itself started at midnight with the firing of thirteen artillery pieces. In the morning, a parade was held that included three military divisions, which also held demonstrations afterward. Throughout the day, several prominent Sacramentans gave speeches around the city. James McClatchy, editor of The Daily Bee (now The Sacramento Bee) was proclaimed “historian for the day.”Many people also submitted poems that commemorated the event and had them published in the local newspapers. The Sacramento Daily Union closed their paper so that all of their staff could celebrate the holiday.

During the Bi-Centennial in 1976, the American Freedom Train made a stop in Sacramento. The Freedom Train was a walk along museum that told the story of the founding of the nation and included a replica of the Liberty Bell. The day prior to the Bi-Centennial a massive parade was held that included The Sacramento Youth band, the Mandarin Drumming Bugel Core of Sacramento, the Las Cabos Yaros drill team, and the Tri-townsmen color guard. The parade also included mule units and horses drawn carriages, ran by the Sacramento Civil War round table.  There was also a production of that ran all day in the Eagle Theater located at Front Street in Old Sacramento called “Boo the Redcoats.”

Photograph of the Freedom Train in Old Sacramento near the future site of the CA State Railroad Museum on November 28, 1975.

#sacramento #america250 #oldsacramento #sachistorymuseum #sacramentohistory

## Stats

- **Views:** 0
- **Likes:** 200
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 0

## Tags

america250, oldsacramento, sacramentohistory, sacramento, sachistorymuseum

---
Copyright (c) Gondola