“Grand celebration of the eighty seventh anniversary of independence at the Academy of Music, under the auspices of the Democratic Union Association. . . . [T]he usual readings and appropriate music.”
2)
Announcement:New York Sun, 04 July 1863, 1.
“The New York Democratic Union Association . . . will celebrate the day at the Academy.The building will be opened at one o’clock, the parquette and dress circle seats being reserved for the ladies who will grace the occasion by their attendance.Noll’s band will discourse the music.”
3)
Review:New York Herald, 06 July 1863, 2.
Lists pieces played.“The Academy of Music, long before the hour fixed upon the commencement of the exercises, was crowded to overflowing—the parquet and dress circles being filled with ladies and the gentlemen accompanying them—the ladies in these privileged seats greatly exceeding in number the other sex.”
