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Show SOME FAMOUS FOURTHS. 177d Declaration of Independence signed at I'hlludelphla. 1778 Clark took Kaskaskla. 1778 Tho Wyoming iiiuasucro. 17S0 llrltlsh evacuated Williamsburg. Williams-burg. 17S8 firent celebration In Philadelphia Philadel-phia apropos or tho ratification of tho constitution. ISO- J. q. Adams dollvered his first address to the United States senate. ISO I Pioneer weekly mall stag, mado Its trip from Philadelphia to Pittsburg. 1S07 (larlhuldi, tho Italian patriot, was horn., 1S17 Work began on tho Urlo ca-uul. ca-uul. 120 Denth of John Adams. 1820 Death or Thomas Jefferson. 1S28 First splko driven ror tho Pal-tlmoio Pal-tlmoio & Ohio railroad. 1831Death or James Monroo. 183:1 Carolus Duran, tho groat French painter, was born. 1815 United Stutos annexed Texas. 1818 Peace proclaimed between tha United States and Mexico. 1818 Cornorstono or tho Washington Washing-ton monument laid In Washington. 1851 Cornerstone for the capital extension was luld. i |