Editing Woodstock, Connecticut (section)

===Fourth of July celebrations===
Bowen hosted [[Independence Day (United States)|July 4]] celebrations in Woodstock at his Roseland Park during the latter part of the 19th century. These festivities attracted as many as 10,000 people who heard speeches, saw fireworks, and drank pink lemonade. Bowen, often called "Mr. Fourth of July," eventually gave Roseland Park, which included a man-made lake, to the community.<ref name="house">[http://www.courant.com/business/hc-roselandcottage0730.artjul30,0,5151290,print.story?coll=hc-headlines-business] Hamilton, Anne M., "Distinguished Digs: Historic Roseland Cottage In Woodstock Wins National Recognition," article, business section, [[The Hartford Courant]], July 30, 2006, Web site accessed July 30, 2006</ref>

Several U.S. Presidents visited Bowen's summer home on Woodstock Hill: [[Ulysses S. Grant]], [[Benjamin Harrison]], and [[Rutherford B. Hayes]], as his guests and speakers for [[Fourth of July]] celebrations. Grant visited while he was a sitting president. Grant spent a night there in spite of the fact that Bowen (a teetotaler) forbade drinking and smoking in his home (Grant was made to smoke his cigars out on the porch, and he drank covertly).<ref name=house/> Hayes arrived for the July 4 celebration of 1883, and gave a speech in support of national education aid.<ref name=Hoogenboom>{{cite book|last=Hooogenboom|first=Ari|title=Rutherford B. Hayes: Warrior and President|year=1995|publisher=University Press of Kansas|location=Lawrence, KS}},</ref> Benjamin Harrison arrived in the first year of his presidency, planting a liberty tree during the 4th of July celebration.<ref name=Sievers>{{cite book|last=Sievers|first=Harry Joseph|title=Benjamin Harrison:Hoosier President|year=1996|publisher=American Political Biography Press|location=Indianapolis}}</ref> Other prominent visitors were [[Henry Ward Beecher]] and [[John C. Fremont]].<ref name=history/>