The town of Olathe in Johnson County, Kansas had been founded in 1857 and held its first Fourth of July celebration in 1860. The planned celebration advertised that a free meal would be on hand for all who came and prepared food for a thousand people. Unfortunately, double that number showed up. The free meal celebration was never again attempted in the town. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Ed Blair, History of Johnson County, Kansas (Lawrence, KS: Standard Publishing Company, 1912), 97.
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