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Fort Pitt Museum to kick off Independence Day with raising of 36-foot American flag

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Flag raising The Fort Pitt Museum will kick off the Fourth of July holiday by raising a 36-foot American flag with help from staff, scouts and visitors at 1 p.m. on Thursday, July 4. (Fort Pitt Museum)

By WPXI.com News Staff

The Fort Pitt Museum will kick off the Fourth of July holiday by raising a 36-foot American flag with help from staff, scouts and visitors at 1 p.m. on Thursday, July 4.

The ceremony will start in the Fort Pitt Block House yard, the oldest building in the region.

Following the flag-raising ceremony, visitors can stay for a family-friendly afternoon of living history demonstrations including an exact replica of George Washington’s Revolutionary War tent, on loan from the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, cannon firings and 18th-century martial music.

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