Independence Day 1962

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

 

FLASHBACK: This was the scene at Grants Pen Road with persons celebrating Independence Day on Monday, August 6, 1962, by dancing in the streets. In the background is the truck on which Count Casie and his band provided the music for the happy folk to twist, jive and rock. - Archives

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