| Show V TRUMBULL TRUE TO IDEAS OF LIBERTY only revolutionary governor governo who aided ed efforts orts of patriots of 76 we will see what brother jonathan has to say about it was a frequent ri remark made by general washington during the revolutionary war the brother jonathan to wb whom orn ho bo referred was jonathan trumbull the war governor of connecticut of all the colonial governors in office at the outbreak of the revolutionary war trumbull alone was loyal to his country all others sided with britain ile he wits was hated hafed and berated by british ceals and british press but it had no effect on him tie went ahead working day and night to io raise tro troops and finding ways and means of feeding and equipping them little connecticut jonathan trumbull governor of cori connecticut during revolutionary war be it remembered furnished more hey troops than any other colony coi except massachusetts at the age of seventy three ln in the year 1784 trumbull decided to retire from public life after being thus engaged for half a century the cares of the war manager the lawmaker the negotiator the mag magistrate istrate the judge the statesman were ended Ue He helas iwas was back at tits his of old home the remainder of tits life was one of tranquility tranquil ity in august stills blessed old man went to tits bis final dual reward three important dates in history of nation celebration C ele brition of july 4 as the day on which th the declaration of independence wits was signed probably will continue as long us as the united states exists but there ure are at least two other oilier dates which might he more appropriate its aa anniversaries atthe of the nations beginning tiie the first Is june 21 1788 when the new constitution wits wag ralf fled by new ninth state which mitch madette made the instrument operative the second la Is april 80 10 1789 when george washington was inaugurated president A correspondent of the 06 new york times recently wrote apropos of the last two dates pointing qui out that after july 4 1770 there was a long hard bard struggle borne by the staffs agal ainest nat great odds both foreign and domestic before independence became organized into government An another oilier date that might int it it eastly easily have become the anni anniversary of odthe the nations birth avns ans september 3 1783 when the treaty of peace with great britain I 1 was signed at paris detroit news |
