Show I 1 0 aa john la L a abet 17 morris ord brown baltimore carus t Z adm AW greela and gen D L Q YIN pt ul 7 edder A poe birtt oil well wei I 1 in in US 1859 1855 courtesy YALI arc ac ary taylor by ELMO SCOTT WATSON beginning of a new year car Is a tinie time for looking forward and planning how to make the host best use of the 12 months tile the 42 weeks tile wi days which will IT ho be ours during the coming coining year it Is 13 also a time thae for looking backward over the past year ear anti and the other years that have gone before to take stock or of our accod ments ond and to benefit by our experience one evidence of our pride in the american tradition Is the custom of observing in one way or another the anniversaries of certain events which proved to be significant in our national development taking the century centar cen tur years as tile the unit of time which indicates antiquity and a corresponding reverence for those things which must bo be good because they are old we have fallen into the custom of pausing in tile the midst of the busy present and our plans for the future to hark back to the past anti recall its events we do this not only on the one hundredth anniversary which we call the centennial but also upon the anniversary of inal multiples Oples and frac eions of that period of time thus ihus we frequently celebrate the twenty fifth the fiftieth and the seventy fifth anniversary of events event rather than wait valt for the one hundredth anniversary annh and we ore are even wore more pleased pleaded in our feeling of honoring antiquity when we ve can celebrate the cen tennial one hundred fifi fiftieth leth the bl bi centennial two hundredth or the trl tri centennial viree three hundredth of some event in american history As tile the year 1031 1931 opens an examination of american history will show that we ve will have occasion for a number of these celebrations it if we choose the hie only quad centennial four hun dreith anniversary of any importance Is that of the voyage of jacques cartier the frenchman who in iret passed newfoundland and discovered the ault of st lawrence two events of IMI afford an opportunity for trl centennial celebrations an and plans plang are already under way for them from michigan comes the word that the Mac mackinnel kinne island state park commission Is preparing a tercentenary celebration on that island next sin summer niner of the alie voyage of a frenchman joan jean nicolet Nl colot upon whom the mantle of samuel do de champlain us as explorer toward the west had fallen on july 1 1031 nicolet al accompanied compa compan nied led by seven huron Ind indians lans set out froni from three rivers on the st bt lawrence ascended the ottawa river went bent across to georgian bay pid pad died his canoe along the north shore of lahe huron to sault ste marle passed through the straits of mackinac anil and was tile the first white man to gize gaze upon lake I 1 ake michigan known then and for many years sears afterwards as the lake jakc of the illinois continuing down the western shore of lake michigan nicolet and his companions entered green nay bay and landed there to be greeted by a party of ann hago indians with whom he made no an agreement that they should take their furs ura to tile the french posts on the st lawrence to trade ile he pushed on to visit other tribes ascended the fox river to the central part of als conslo and spent the winter there returning to quebec in 1035 to report to champlain Champl aln uhe the other tercentenary celebration which Is already under way but which will reach its ell cil max diaz during the coming year air Is that of the found ing of the colony of maryland mao land from which grew the state of that name in I 1 king charles I 1 of england granted to george calvert Calv crt lord baltimore K a large tract of land lying north of the to tomac river and south I 1 if r the plymouth colons col onys boundaries calverta Ca lverts iowne to in seeking this grant was a desire to open in the new world a refuge for men of his own faith the roman catholics who were then suffering buffering persecution in england under the charter granted to calvert he had larger powers than had yet let been granted to any colony settling in america and thus there was introduced here a new form of government known ns as the proprietary prie pric tary system hut but calvert died before the signing binning of the charter anil and his son cecil calvert the lie second lord baltimore Halt linore received the grant opposition from virginia made it advisable for him to remain in Un angland gland to protect his rights so bo lie he appointed his brother leonard calvert ns lieutenant general of tile the colony which had been given the name dame of maryland in honor of king charles catholic queen henrietta maria on november nov ember 22 1033 two ships the ark and the dove left cowes cowell bearing lord Balti mores two brothers leonard and george calvert with very nearly twenty gentlemen of very good fashion most of whom were catholics and about three hundred laboring men well provided in all things the majority of whom were protestants on march 25 2 5 1034 1134 the colonists landed on an island at the junction of the potomac Io tomac river and chesapeake bay to which they gave the name of st clements island where for tile the first time in history a party of engllish catholics celebrated mass finding this island too small for tile site of a settlement a little later the colonists sailed down tile the river until they came to the mouth of a stream to which they pave gave the name iziver st george ascending this a little way they came to nil an indian village and purchased from them for some homo axes aws hatchets and several yards i aeils arils of cloth the site of the first permanent settlement in maryland mar land to which was given the name of st marys larys 1 although march 2 Is 19 the important late date in maryland history the principal celebration of the maryland tercentenary lit in will be held on oil june 20 since it was on june 20 that hat lord baltimore wa vas granted his charter cliart cr by king charles charges and more favorable weather for the celebration can be expected in june than linn in march the year 1731 had no outstanding events such as these two lit in IMI to provide the occasion for hi bl centennial celebrations of an elaborate no na ture although the following follow are noteworthy dates in that year ear january 20 stobert morris philadelphia merchant blinker banker and Finn financier neler of the revola tion lion was horn born in lancashire england march 19 I 1 thomas mckean member of the first continental congress signer of tile declaration la of independence and president of the eighth continental congress was horn born in ches ter county pennsylvania november 17 jolin john peter TI enser colonial printer and editor of tile the now new york weekly journal arrested for false scandalous malicious and seditious libels against tile the royal roal gov arnor of new york out of this arrest came the trial nod and acquittal of enger which marked nn an important step in establishing the principle of the freedom of the press in america december IT 17 william floyd flod a signer of the declaration ot of independence and a member of every continental congress from 17 1770 75 to was born in brookhaven N Y invents events of 1781 which have sesquicentennial centennial significance june 2 legislature of north carolina ceded to the congress of the united states the title which that state possessed to lands west of the lending leading to the holding of a convention august 23 at Jones jonesborough borough where the westerners decided to organize a separate government and a second convention at ough december 17 at which a temporary constitution ution ans adopted and tile hie new nev state of franklin was launched upon its stormy career september 24 zachary taylor officer in the war var of 1812 the black hawk war and the war the old rough and ready ot of the mexican war and twelfth president of the united states was born in orange county virginia A commission has been appointed by the present governor of virginia to arrange for a celebration of this event in 1034 1014 october 20 29 robert kobert iloe hoe first of a line of printing press inventors who revolutionized tile the newspaper business was born at in let lei cester shire england december 30 stephen 11 II long american army engineer and explorer discoverer of longs peals peak in colorado was born in Hop hopkinson hopkinton kinton N 11 II events of 1809 1800 which recall that years agwu ago on january ID 19 edgar allan poe great american poet and story writer was born in boston february 12 Abra liam lincoln was born in kentucky february 15 cyrus mccormick inventor of the reaper was born in walnut grove va september 11 sterling price officer in the mexican lexicon war governor of missouri and general in the confederate army was born in prince edward county virginia december 21 24 kit carson famous trapper guide and scout was born in madison county kentucky during the coming year will occur the centennial of these events march 20 charles W elliott El llott educator prest dent of harvard university and famous for hla his five foot shelf of nooks books was born in boston march 21 jolin john wesley powell geologist soldier explorer of the grand canyon director of the united states geological survey founder and arst director of the bureau of american ethnology was born at mount morris N Y april 20 charles F browne famous writer 1 under I the name of artemus ward was born 1 in waterford maine alaine may 0 5 A party of emigrants under the leadership of nathaniel J wyeth left liberty mo for the west later built fort hall idalio idaho where the Anie american rican lag flag was first flown over that part of the country and established a colony near the pr present prent ent site bite of 0 portland ore may 20 lafayette the great frenchman who helped establish american independence died in paris during tile the coming coining year will occur the seventy fifth anniversary of these events which occurred in n ISM 1859 august 2 20 col B E L drake sank the first ral ajl well in the united states near Titus titusville ville pa starting this giant industry in this country september C 1 irving Bit batcheller cheller famous author was born in pierrepont N Y in 1881 CO 50 years ngo ago lie he established one of the first newspaper syndicates in the country october 10 16 john brown took possession of tile the arsenal at Ilar harpers pers ferry was later captured tried for treason and executed on december 2 giving to the embattled antislavery anti slavery forces an immortal song john browns body lies A in the grave the year 1034 t will roark mark the fiftieth anniversary of these events of 1881 1981 june 22 rescue hescue of seven survivors of 25 members of the lady franklin bay polar expedition including its om mander A IV greely now tin ac admiral sergt D L brainard Br alnard now nov a general the rescue party being led by capt winfield S schley Sc liley later famous in tho the spanish american war november 4 1 I brover cleveland was elected president of tile tho united states the first democratic president in 23 28 years 0 by W watern stern ne paper union |