Community leaders speak: What America’s 250th means to me
The Williamsport Sun-Gazette asked several people from throughout the region their perspectives on the meaning of the United States of America ahead of the 250th Fourth of July: John Leeser, Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Publisher/Advertising Director Looking back to the bicentennial in 1976, I was just a kid growing up in Milton. The bicentennial offered parades, special events and festivities. My family went to Williamsport to see the Freedom Train. That was a major highlight for me as a teenage kid. But truth be told, I probably didn’t fully appreciate what it all meant outside of ...
