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Show Tlicn. NoT on Fourth of July f.SKUVANri: of the frst j 1 Koarth of Ju!y can In r.o I ill ua.T 1' oTnparol with the pZs.j ;To. :.t fusion of oc'.ct.mt- . sfJ t!u- i!ay. Kiroworks, i noroailon hi. 'I a day of r: s for poaif', i.ow to mark I i; :bt nnnivorary of tho n lo;v t.. a ; ;f. f o-'ara: Ion of In.lcpon-I-i'i A cavaal c!anc h thrcajh tho r-'-T'"1 of htory, however. Is iTinaIi to cnvintc nn!v!v thnt few i!aK havo h-.-n tV.lol with . nanr - f' -', 'I, i 1 ',1 1 . . . V- -. y. ,: V'. ., -: ; " j N ' Nation Secure in the Loyalty of 'Young America. ot her event s of worht sw eepln ch.'ir-ncler ch.'ir-ncler ninl Importance. lorn: heforo the PeclaratUn was adopt nl, July 4 w ns R mark 00! day. tinil It lius been over since. To pick only n few of the events that hno occurred oc-curred on ttils day : 1 John Adams died, no'd ninety, l.M. Tliotna Jefferson died. npM rlttity-Ihree. rlttity-Ihree. 1S.T. Jnmcs Monroe died, nod ftmenty-Uiiii'. ftmenty-Uiiii'. IM. Oilvln t'otdhli:e born. IST'Z Nalhaidel Hawthorne born. ( !tuiipti'' tJaritaldl horn, IS.Vt. Stephen Foster (author of "My Old Kentucky Home") horn, lvV. Surrender of VlcUslmri:, ISi'vt. ( 'or tiers tone tf WastHntt on monument monu-ment laid. ISIS. Providence. U. I., founded by Peter Williams. UWtV Work on l'rie canal hetnn, 1 S 1 7. Tho Orst Fourth of July that ro celves historic mention after the adop lion (if the lVclarallon of Independence Independ-ence w as only two ea rs later. ( that dny tho Tory John Puller, with A pinty of to;ilKts nnd Indian, raid ed I he he an I i 1 u I Y 0111 hie 1 a I ley In I'cnnx l aula w hl)o inot tf the men w ere nh:'Mit on duty w il h the a 1 my . Tho women and children, the eld per I Rons nnd the su k 01 iei, had t a K --a I reftu.e In the w ooden foi (, but under promi -( of prot ect ion I hey sui 1 endei ed nnd w ei e halt hei e,k |
