Editing Seward, Nebraska (section)

==Fourth of July City==
[[File:Dan Osborn at Seward Grand Parade.jpg|thumb|left|2024 celebration at County showing county courthouse]]
Seward has celebrated [[Independence Day (United States)|US Independence Day]] on July 4 almost every year since 1868. Before the [[Car|automobile]] came into general use, special trains were run to bring people to the event.  In 1973, Governor [[J. James Exon]] issued a proclamation designating Seward "Nebraska's Official 4th of July City." In 1976, the city was chosen to host Nebraska's July 4 celebrations for the [[United States Bicentennial]]. In 1979, a resolution in the US Congress named Seward "America's Official Fourth of July City—Small Town USA."   Recent attendance has been estimated at 40,000.<ref>[http://www.julyfourthseward.com/ "Fourth of July, Seward, Nebraska"] and subpages thereof.  Retrieved 2010-12-12.</ref><ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20040702232312/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/markers/texts/seward_4th_of_july_city.htm "Seward, 4th of July City".]}}  {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/19990129073714/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/index.htm Nebraska State Historical Society.]}}  Retrieved 2010-12-12.</ref>