American Hot Dog Picnics in Shanghai on July 4th

Apparently it’s now quite traditional for Americans to have hot dog picnics on July 4th. I think the tradition started, or at least was most famously celebrated, by FDR at Hyde Park when King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited in 1939. The tradition spread to Shanghai too with the American community holding July 4th hot dog picnics in Jessfield Park (now Zhongshan Park) – seen here in 1932….