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WHAT 4TH OF JULY MEANS
Although our greatest Fourth of
July came in 1770, when fifty-six dar
ing men adopted the Declaration of
Independence and this country be
came a nation, yet before that event,
the date played a strange part in
the affairs of the brave men and
women who had come from across
the seas to set up a new nation in
the wilderness of the New World.
Thus, July 4 is a real red letter day
in American history, and only a deep
student of our history could enumer
ate all these events.
It -was July 4, 1636, that Roger Wil
liams founded his settlement at Prov
idence, Rhode Island. July 4, 1676,
the colonists in Virginia demanded
and were granted important rights
by legislation. It was on July 4,
1744, that a vast tract of land, con
taining the Blue Ridge country was
brought from the Indians.
July 4, 1754, Col. George Washing
ton surrendered an army to the ene
my. It was only a small army, but a
fort was included. He experienced
on this occasion his first defeat in
war, at the hands of the French. Al
though at that time only twenty-two
years of age, Washington had been
placed in command of a small body
of troops, which was marching to
ward Fort Duquesne. At a point on
the Monongahela river, less than for
ty miles from his destination, he
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heard of the approach of a party of
French and Indians, sent to inter
cept him. Accordingly, he fell back
to the Great Meadows, fifty miles
from Cumberland, and hastily erect
ed a stockade which lie called Fort
Necessity. And it was well named.
With the aid of a friendly Indian
—'Sachem, Half King—Washington
attacked the French in t ielr camp at
night. Their commander was killed,
and several prisoners were taken. It
was the first blood shed in the
French and Indian war. A few days
later Fort Necessity was stormed
by 1.500 Indians and French, under
De Villiers, and Washington sur
rendered on honorable terms, rath
er than have his entire company mas
sacred. This was on the morning of
July 4, 1754. Washington marched
out with his army of 400 men, drums
beating and flags flying, and he and
his soldiers returned peaceably to
their homes.
On this same Fourth of July, Ben
jamin Franklin was a delegate to a
council held with the chiefs of the j
Six Tribes. The great statesman and ,
far-sighted man made a speech, in
which he said the time was close at
hand when the various colonies wouid
have to be brought together in one
great brotherhood, “for defense and
other general purposes.”
Then came July 4, 1776, with it
many events, chief among them be
ing the adoption of the Declaration
of Independence. The following year
there was a celebration thruout the
young republic. Of one of these John
Adams, future President of the Uni
ted States, wrote: “Had either Gen.
Howe or his royal master been on
hand, the show would have given
them both a bad heartache.”
During the Revolution, the Fourth
of July seemed to be the date upon
which big events swung. The Indians
attacked Boonesboro, Kentucky, July
3, 1777. July 4, 1778, Major Clark
captured Fort Kaskaskia from the
British. The terrible massacre of
the white settlers by Indians and
British in the Wyoming valley took
place on the same date. And it was
July 4, 1781, that Lord Cornwallis
evacuated Williamsburg, Virginia.
July 4, 1838, the cornerstone of a
mint building was laid in Philadel
phia. On July 4, 1845, the Texas
convention voted for annexation to
the United States, and thus started
the war with Mexico.
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California was declared. There were
at that time in California—then part
of Mexico—some 200 Americans,
nearly all of them men of exception
al vigor of body and alertness of
mind. Of Mexican Indians there
were 6,000, and the aboriginal Indian
population numbered perhaps 200,000.
Captain John C. Fremont had been
sent to California on an exploring
expedition the year previous. He
was on his way to Oregon when he
was overtaken by an officer from
Washington with a message, order
ing him to wait and cooperate with
the Pacific squadron in case of hos
tilities with Mexico. The message
had been in writing, but the officer
was obliged to destroy it wTiile cross
ing Mexican territory, after commit
ting it to memory. Accordingly, Fre
mont returned to California, and took
up his headquarters at Sutter’s Fort.
A few days later a party of four
teen Americans organized a small
revolution on their own accord, cap
tured Sonoma, and declared war
against the government of Mexico.
Needing a flag and not daring to use
that of the United States, they
made one from a Mexican’s rebosa, a
yard wide and five feet long. The
middle of the flag was occupied by
a picture of a grizzly bear, beneath
which were the words, “California
Republic.” The temporary govern
ment thus established is known in
history as the “Bear Flag Govern
ment.”
Meanwhile, news had come of the
outbreak of war along the Rio
Grande, and July 4 Fremont called a
meeting at Sonoma, which formally
proclaimed the independence of Cal
ifornia. He was appointed its first
governor.
Soon afterward there came word
that Commodore Sloat had arrived
at Monterey, July 7, and had raised
the American flag; also that by his
orders Commander Montgomery oi
the United States sloop of war Ports
mouth had taken possession of San
Francisco.
tSloat, having heard of the hostili
ties with Mexico, had sailed immed
[ lately from Mazatlan for California
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where he took possession the coun
try and raised the American flag on
his own responsibility. He was none
too soon, for exactly a week later,
July 14, the British man-of-war Col
lingwood, commanded by Sir George
Seymour, arrived at Monterey to pro
claim British sovereignty. It was
thus by only a narrow chance that
England did not become the posses
sor of the Golden State, which she
had coveted for many years.
Nine wagons of anthracite coal
were hauled 106 miles to Philadel
phia, July 4, 1812. Two of the loads
sold for cost of transportation and
the remainder were driven away with
out a buyer. Times have changed.
The sale was afterward denounced
as a fraud, because the stuff was
“nothing but stones, and would not
burn,” the fact being, of course, that
people did not know how to use coal.
July 4, 1S26, Thomas Jefferson died,
aged eighty-three years. On the same
day died John Adams, aged ninety
one years. James Monroe died on
the Fourth of July, 1831, aged sev
enty-four.
July 4, 1848, work was started on
the Washington Monument in Wash
ington. On that same day the treaty
of peace wTith Mexico was proclaimed
at the capital city. July 4, 1851,
amid pomp and ceremony, President
Fillmore layed the cornerstone of
the twro great white marble wings
of the Capitol building.
July 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln, ask
ed Congress for 400,000 men. In 1866,
there was a nation-wide peace jubi
lee on July 4; in 1918, when the na
tion’s birthday came, there w^as held
in New York a great patriotic cele
bration in which American citizens
of more than forty nationalities took
part.
Our Patent Bureau was establish
ed on July 4, 1836, and on July 4
1870, California’s constitution was for
maliy adopted. July 4, 1912, botii
New Mexico and Arizona were made
states of the Union. Thus, we have
many reasons for holding the Fourth ]
of July in patriotic reverence.
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Seward, Saturday Noon
The steamship Northwestern will
arrive in Seward from the south to
morrow (Saturday) at noon, accord
ing to the latest report received at
the local office of the Alaska Steam
ship Company. The vessel will sail
from Seward for the south Sunday
afternoon at 4 o’clock. Passengers
will permitted to go aboard at 2 p.
m. Sunday.
J. B. Reher, highway engineer in
charge of this distict for the Bureau
of Public Roads returned to Seward
last evening from a trip of inspection
to the Girdwood district.
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