Carl Bernstein and Christine Kuehbec. Source: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images North America
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Before firing up the grills, briskly raising ``Old Glory'' or dashing off to a parade, it's worth pointing out that July 4th is a memorable day for more than the Second Continental Congress (meeting in the Pennsylvania State House) approving the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776.
Among other significant events, July 4th, 1827, was the day slavery was abolished in New York; on July 4th, 1831 ``America (My Country `Tis of Thee)'' was first sung in Boston at the Park Street Church; on July 4, 1855, Walt Whitman's first edition of ``Leaves of Grass’’ was published in Brooklyn; on July 4th, 1863, Confederate Gen. John Pemberton surrendered to Union forces at Vicksburg, Miss.,; and on July 4th, 1884, France presented the United States with a statue called ``Liberty Enlightening the World’’, which became known as the Statue of Liberty.
And…Oh yeah!...July 4th is remembered as a truly special day, if not for all Americans, than at least for investigative reporter and author Carl Bernstein.
It was on July 4th, 2003, when the world-renowned journalist was married in Reykjavik, Iceland, of all places, to Christine Kuehbeck. ``As a wonderful a day as I can conjure as our tenth wedding anniversary approaches'' Bernstein tells me. ``No, not an Icelandic bride'' he says, [a former model] ``from California.''
July 4th, 2003 was Bernstein's third marriage. He was previously married to former Washington Post reporter Carol Honsa and writer and director Nora Ephron.
-Bill Lucey
July 3, 2013
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