>Yeah, I think the mentioning of the 4th of July is important. Probably it is
>indeed connected somehow with the holiday.

>PS: However, there were several days before the holiday. "...It was a few days
>before the Fourth of July, and a gray..." Could he put them on the rails right
>on the 4th of July?

He most certainly could.  Here in the USA, people celebrate "the Fourth"
for several days (and sometimes weeks when the weather is nice).  I do not
remember that happening when I was a child but maybe I just did not notice.
It sounds as if it was happening back in Gatsby's time for sure.  :)

Mike


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