Editing Canonsburg, Pennsylvania (section)

==Culture==
===Fourth of July Parade===
[[File:Canonsburg-fourth-of-july-parade-float.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Pike Street in the Canonsburg [[Independence Day (United States)|Fourth of July]] parade]]
The Canonsburg Fourth of July Parade is a [[parade]] through Canonsburg celebrating [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]]. It is the second-largest Fourth of July parade in Pennsylvania, second only to [[Philadelphia]], despite Canonsburg having only 8,992 residents.<ref name="kdka">{{Cite web |url=http://kdka.com/local/canonsburg.parking.chairs.2.762600.html |title=KDKA 7/2/2008 |access-date=October 29, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020182423/http://kdka.com/local/canonsburg.parking.chairs.2.762600.html |archive-date=October 20, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> 50,000 to 60,000 people usually attend.<ref name="kdka"/><ref name="post-gazette">[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=20020702&id=weoNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QnADAAAAIBAJ&pg=3309,218770 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Squatters spark controversy in Canonsburg" 7/2/2002]</ref> The parade starts on Morganza Road and runs down the length of Pike Street, heading westward, for approximately 1.5 miles.

The parade begins at 10:00&nbsp;am on the Fourth of July. Parade members include high school and other [[marching band]]s from [[Washington County, Pennsylvania|Washington County]] and the [[Pittsburgh metropolitan area|surrounding areas]], local sports teams and [[cheer leading|cheerleaders]] of all ages, [[fire truck]]s, [[emergency vehicle|emergency responders]], [[Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine|shriners]], [[unicycle|unicyclists]], [[juggling|jugglers]], [[bagpipes|pipers]], [[polka|polka bands]], various church groups, members of the [[Veterans of Foreign Wars|VFW]], local politicians, and the mayor of Canonsburg. Some groups throw candy to the children along the parade route, and others pass out water bottles.

After the parade, the day's festivities continue with food, concerts, events in Canonsburg Town Park, and family entertainment throughout the day.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/entertainment/3399807/detail.html |title=The Pittsburgh Channel 7/4/2009 |access-date=October 29, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903080254/http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/entertainment/3399807/detail.html |archive-date=September 3, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The day ends with [[fireworks]] launched near [[Canon-McMillan School District|Canon-McMillan]] Memorial Stadium.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wpxi.com/station/19834513/detail.html |title=WPXI 7/1/2009 |access-date=October 29, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704124530/http://www.wpxi.com/station/19834513/detail.html |archive-date=July 4, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

The parade is perhaps regionally best known for the long-standing tradition of enthusiasts placing chairs, benches, and beach chairs along the parade route to reserve their seats, sometimes a week or more ahead of the parade. This has caused controversy among some residents and business owners, but the tradition continues to this day.<ref name="post-gazette"/> The seat saving ritual has attracted the attention of [[CNN]], [[Jay Leno]], and [[David Letterman]].<ref>[http://www.observer-reporter.com/OR/Story/06-30-Canonsburg-Chairs Observer-Reporter 6/30/2009]{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Black Horse Tavern===
{{main|Black Horse Tavern (Canonsburg, Pennsylvania)}}
[[File:Black Horse Tavern Canonsburg.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Black Horse Tavern]]
Black Horse Tavern was founded in 1794,<ref name=cumrine>{{Cite book |last=Crumrine |first=Boyd |title=History of Washington County, Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men |chapter=Canonsburg Borough |publisher=L. H. Leverts & Co. |year=1882 |page=601 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofwashing00crum#page/n663/mode/2up}}</ref> on the road between Budd's Ferry on the [[Youghiogheny River]] to McFarlen's Ferry on [[Monongahela River]].<ref name=clouse>{{Cite book |author1=Jerry Allan Clouse |author2=Louis M. Waddell |author3=Bruce D. Bomberger| title = The Whiskey Rebellion: Southwestern Pennsylvania's frontier people test the American Constitution| publisher = [[Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission]]|year=1994 | pages = 63| url = https://books.google.com/books?ei=NvyPTZ__N8Lm0gHV64jACw}}</ref> Some sources identify the Black Horse Tavern as the birthplace of the [[Whiskey Rebellion]].<ref>{{Cite book|chapter=Canonsburg|editor=Philip W. Goetz|editor-link=Philip W. Goetz|title =The New Encyclopædia Britannica| publisher = [[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|year=1983| page = 517|quote=In 1794, the Whiskey Rebellion (an uprising of farmers against excise tax on distilled liquor) began there [Canonsburg] at the Black Hose Tavern.}}</ref> Other sources are less certain on the role of the tavern in the rebellion, ascribing the tavern's prominent role in the Whiskey Rebellion to "[[Legend|local tradition]]."<ref name=clouse /> By 1795, a "nailing business" was started at the location.<ref name=cumrine /> In 1910, the remains of the tavern were removed to make room for the new [[Canon-McMillan School District|Canonsburg High School]].<ref>{{Cite web| last = Herron, Jr.| first = James T.| title = Canonsburg School Board Minutes, Nov. 3, 1910 and Jan. 3, 1911| work = Jefferson College Times| publisher = Jefferson College Historical Society| date = May 2000 | url = http://www.chartiers.com/jeff/2000-May/Mccartny.html| quote=In 1910 the Canonsburg school board accepted his [Dave McCartney] bid to tear down what was left of the old Black Horse Tavern! The school district was planning to build a high school on the site. He signed the proposal with his mark. }}</ref>