Mr. Lanham Revisited: July 5, 1926

Broad Street shuts down for the holiday

Even though Independence Day was the day before, a Sunday, most of the stores in Rome were closed all day today, and the Lanhams closed their department store at 1 p.m. “But we did not get away until nearly five,” Mr. Lanham wrote.

The family ate dinner at the Armstrong Hotel. “Julia Anne wanted to go in swimming but had a slight sore throat and we thoug…