So while today commemorates the events of July 4th, 1776, I’d like to take the opportunity to remember another episode that unfolded exactly 100 years later which led to one of the most stunning campaigns of overt political terror in our history @IPM_History On July 4th, 1876, a national guard militia composed mainly of freedmen was parading in Hamburg South Carolina when two planters riding a carriage demanded to be let through. After some brief tension, the planters were let through.