Fourth, War of 1812 recognized, proclaimed
PHOTO BY JEFF ROSLOW
Gay Harlowe of the Daughters of the American Revolution talks about the bicentennial of the War of 1812 at Monday's City Commission meeting as Mayor Leo Longworth listens. He is sporting in his lapel an American flag pin Harlowe gave him when she accepted the proclamatiion. Sitting at his seat in front of her is City Manager George Long.
PHOTO BY JEFF ROSLOW
Wearing stars and stripes and Bartow on his chest, Frank Rouse, who has been organizing the Fourth of July party in Bartow for 30 years, accepts a proclamation Monday from Mayor Leo Longworth.
As he has done for many of the 32 years he’s been in charge of putting together the Fourth of July celebration in Bartow, Frank Rouse took center stage Monday night to get people ready to flood Mosaic Park on Independence Day.
He accepted a proclamation at Monday’s Bartow City Commission meeting and the city commission later suspended the ordinance banning fireworks on July 4. When Mayor Leo Longworth asked him if he had words — and suspected he would — Rouse took the podium.
