From the Archives: July 4th celebrations
January 1920 at the launch of the S.S. Bearport, a cargo ship. The ship was built by the Standifer Steel Company. (Photo courtesy of Washington State Archives.) 1944 Uncle Sam from Harney Elementary School in Vancouver. (Photo courtesy of Washington State Archives.) July 4 has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1941, but the tradition of the Fourth of July dates to the 18th century and the American Revolution. Representatives of the 13 colonies declared their independence…