Our July window display celebrated our nation’s 250th birthday, and focuses also on the ways over the years that the Bothell community has observed the holiday. Visitors to the Park at Bothell Landing can view our display through the Hannan House windows.
Full-size costumes represent the figure of Uncle Sam and also the Redcoat of the British regular army, key symbols of the historic battle for American independence.
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Large display boards include background information. One notes the importance of the 1773 Boston Tea Party, showing the pre-Revolution resistance of the colonists to British control. Another summarizes the major events of the Revolution from the first shots at Lexington and Concord in 1775 to the Treaty of Paris formally granting American independence in 1783.
The Declaration of Independence made a radical claim that power comes from the consent of the governed. King George III, like all monarchs, claimed to rule by divine right, or the will of god, but American Patriots insisted that political authority came from the people. They asserted that government must be accountable to the governed, or be replaced.
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To this revolutionary thinking and the ensuing struggle, the breakaway colonists pledged their fortunes, their lives, and their sacred honor.
 | To see images of Bothell’s Fourth of July celebrations, click on this link: https://www.bothellhistoricalmuseum.org/?page_id=718 |