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Show oo j A YOUNG j COUNTRY ( ur history is comparatively brief. This is the impression one gets in reading that Thomas Joseph West of New York City, who is 100 years old, -hook hands with Marquis de Lafav-e Lafav-e when the famous Frenchman was the guest of New York City in 1824 Lafayette aided this great country to. obtain Independence. He was part of the force which gave birth to this nation, and here Is a man who, though a baby at the time, was greeted bv the distinguished general. Within the life period of two nif-r America has had Its growth and devel opment The greatest nation, tho j most powerful people ever under one j flag, lifted to pre eminence In less than two centuries. As late as the Spanish American war America was considered a nation without with-out fighting strength, though recognized recog-nized as commercially and Industrially Industrial-ly strong. Today the United States is supreme in all world activities. |