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Show Ancestral Home in English County of "Hero of Two Worlds" In tho viltago of Sulgravo, Eng., in the lipnrt of the Northamptonshire lanes, is etlll to bo soon the manor house tn vlilch, until 1C00. there lived tho fnmlly of Laurence Washington, who grent-grent-grandsnn, flndlng his way to Vlrglnln In 1037, wns to become the greut-grandfather of Ocorgo Washington, tho first President of the United Stntcs. Carved In the cornel- of tli6 stone lintel of this manor houso Is to be seen the Washliis'ou Stnrs nnd Stripes. ' It wns this great rte'sccntlant'H stroko for liberty that drew from the English Eng-lish statesman, Chntham, tho wholehearted whole-hearted declaration : "If I were an American ns I nm nn Englishman while n foreign troop wns landed In mj country, 1 never would Jay down my nrnis novcr, never, never." Chntham Chnt-ham did not stand h'one; with him being Pitt nnd Shelburne. nil of whom Wiw thnt tho threatened liberties .nf England could bo saved In Washington's Washing-ton's birthday. Washington won for himself the tl-tlo tl-tlo of "Tho Hero ,of Two Worlds," ns n result of tho victory of tho llritlsh llrit-lsh democrats who fought for more liberty under tho rulo of tho king, mndo offectlvo by Washington's successes. suc-cesses. Tho tltlo wns bestowed upon him by Thomas Caglyle, who also nick, named him "Sclplo Amcrlcnnus" nnd "Cromwell-arnndlson," the latter tltlo being given him becnuse, liko Cromwell, Crom-well, ho fought to crush tho protenso of n king. Tho house, In Northamptonshire, England, wns built before tho domes-day domes-day survey, nnd enmo Into tho possession posses-sion of tho Washington family In 1501. In 1014 the mansion, homo of tho ancestors an-cestors of Georgo Washington wns limi,r!it lit, 1ia TtwUfnl. Iln.. rv... .. W......I u, ,v t.tiuoi, i imu ,uiiviiurjr Main Entrance to Old Sulgravo Manor House. committee In celebration of the ono hundred years' peace botween England Eng-land nnd America. A "comnntteo of tho Sulgravo society met In Manchester to rnlso nn endowment fund for repairs and furniture. Toward this tho Sulgravo Sul-gravo Institute of America contributed $50,000; ?2.ri,000 wns raised In London, nnd Manchester furnished tho bnlnnco of $50,000. Among tho subscriptions wns $-',500 from tho Stns and Stripes ' Women's club In Manchester, collected ns n memorial to tho American sol-dlers sol-dlers who died In tlio city. Detroit News. |
