Famous Picture Done by Ohioan ROBABLY 99 of every persons 10%) who have sen rep \ lieas of the famous painting, “Spirit of "76." are under the impression it was done dur ng oF soon after the Revo lutionary war, They are in error ing to u writer in the Washington Post It was 100 years later that Archibald M. Willard earried out the cor of a friend and adviser by putiine on canvas the Ing levels, J accor antion trio of homespunappear three distinet and musicians, of drumming marched An article by John Huntington Dey ereux in a bulletin of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution that andoubtedly 75 per cent of the people of the United States are familiar by sight with re productions of the painting Its re productions probably have been avail able In than reproduce tions of any other painting produced by an American artist, “Needless to say, it widespread and continued Interest” Mr. Devereux declares. “Yet in spite of the acquaintance of numbers with the masterpiece very few have much knowledge of it Very little is writ ten of it. Few know its history.” Willard, the paintér, a chip of old Yankee stock, was born in Bedford, Ohio, August 22, 1830, “The Spirit of 76" depicts a erisls on a battlefield. First, a retreat took place. The broken cannon and the dying soldier in the foreground show where the line stood. Ont of the re treat came the trio of musicians with their music thrilling new courage in the hearts of their comrades, The flag and line have changed direction. and the forees are ready as one to charge back against the enemy, Defeat is about to become victory. After being ex- hibited at the Centennial exposition at Philadelphia, where it became nation. ally known, and in several other cities the painting was purchased by Gen eral Devereux and presented to Mar blehead, Mass, the town of his birth. age fifing as they across a battlefield. Says more homes has arorsed His Dream of the i th Then, Now on Fourth of July ESERVANCE of ti Fourth of July first Can in no be compared with the eelebrat- way fashion of day I recreation and a day of rest for some, mark ; the anniversary of the udop Declaration of Independ he k however, is present ing the ireworks, HOw go to casual glance through history, ence A the enough to convince anybody that few lays have filled pages of been with so many Nation Secure in the Loyalty of “Young America” other events of world-sweeping char acter and lmportance, Long before the Declaration was adopted, July 4 was a marked day, and it has been ever since. To pick only a few of the events that have oe- curred on this day: John Adams died, aged ninety, 1526, Thomas Jefferson died, aged eighty- three, 1820, James Monroe died, aged seventy- three, 1851, Calvin Coolidge born, 1872 Nathaniel Hawthorne born, 1804, Giuseppe Garibaldi born, 1520. Stephen Foster (author of “My 01d Kentucky Home”) born, 1526. Surrender of Vicksburg, 1868. Cornerstone of Washington monn. ment laid, 1848, Providence, R. 1, founded by Roger Williams, 1630, : Work on Erie canal begun, 1817. The first Fourth of July that re ceives historic mention after the adop- tion of the Declaration of Independ- ence was only twe years liter. On that day the Tory John Butler, with a party of loyalists and Indians, raid. ed the beautiful Wyoming valley In Pennsylvania while most of the men were absent on duty with the army. The women and children, the old per. sons and the sick ones, had taken refuge In the wooden fort, but under promise of protection they surrend. and were butchered, | yt bhombardmes LR Henry ish commander physician his pleaders leave the flo fine, as to becin the bombardment The Americans were pis on a ¢h ship heyond danger hong treated courteously, we held there during the deck of the Americans ment of Fort McHenry. The from the t watched the bomb ntl the ritish Hiroe and know irrendered or firing ceased before dawn did fort had s the anxious prisoners not whether the not, But the starspangled banner stil) above the fort: it the watching his It was because he was at the very moment when it celebrated was being enacted that made it so vividly realistic. “The rockets’ red glare, bombs bursting in air,” before his eyes as he wrote, giving ample proof “that our flag was still there” proof which “the dawn’s early light” confirmed, the reven lod aflont had successfully And was morning Heght withstood bombardment, Key, while anxiously, moved fo write famous ode writing It the event were wv Ready - for the Parade PEPE LOPOP PPPOE —-— —" Stars Represent States The stars on the flag represent the states collectively but not individually, and the idea that a particular star rep- resents a particular state is erroneous, CORDING to many histori ans there were several cere the first of Awerican In- on July 4, 1777, says the Detroit News. The records show that at noon on that day the armed alleys In the Delaware the On the was held by Portsmouth, N patriotic rills wrought monies celebrating - #nniversury 2 dependence Ca . i > ~~» £v ships river, at flew “eolors of the States” i day =a young Ia who with nnd sine the H. enthusiasm many out of their own gowns a beautiful Stumngled Banner that % were holsted mothers’ This eoincides report the Siars and aloft on the ves. tnleigh in Portsmouth harbor on more than 150 years apo that i Gansevoort and his little com ¢ fending Fort present SX) men were de resolut the [ the new Was ransacked 1 King British and allied tro re the frst ax the that the Stars time, so far ards show, actually displayed EARLY Gow Waiter (mt Buen #100 Penament and en The date was August 8, 1777. birthday of the Stars nnd June 14, 1777. when the Continental congress passed a res ‘That the flag of the 13 Unit 13 stripes, alternate red ++ that the union be 13 white In a field, new before a hostile emy, threatening official Siripes was States be slars, blue representin constellation Nearly six months before the i ¥ oor 4 tion of the flag by congress, OG Washington crossed captured 1,000 Hessians in his brillias attack on Trenton, Artists of the time show the Father of Our Country cross ing the river in a boat displaying the Bturs and fn this doubtful evi familiar sige of the Stripes have originated in dence. which the artists’ imagination, there Is noth- vé that the Stars and Stripe #l this time, Creat maintain th i the Netherlands Francis Hopkinson the Declarati pghmitted a b rs of enendence, rrems in 1979 for the designing ; of the United States of "IE old-fashioned Fourth of July celebration of a quar. /\ ter century ago was an ’ event looked forward to great and preparations by Individuals with Interest es towns and cities he celebration asually in a grove, near the county seal or another prominent town, where there was an abundance of shade and Delegations would come from neighboring and hamlets, procession of wagons for the old folks, women and children and a snappy cavalcade of boys and horseback. At the head of the procession the water, townships each with its girls on Old-Time Celebration. the local band, These country bands were of martinl type-two fifes, two the performers were, as a rule, Civil drummer was a proud distinction, The bands gave patriotic color to the scene a8 the delegation passed along the winding trails, Each country division would be In command of a captain, usually an ex- red and his military hat, The divi sions would reach town early and pa. tiently wait at the edge of town or along side streets until assigned their the “grand Prizes were awarded for the best dis. play by a delegation. The grand parade wonld form at 10 o'clock places n procession.” tated visiting streets, cir. {he the principal rquare, with bands playing trinmphantly enter grounds, while snap- ping firecrackers, fluttering flags and booming cannon proclaimed the sent ments of the day. pass along cic the court house CTO%S river bridge and, and banners flving t bration he cele The county seat contribution to thie grand parade was often extensive and spectacular. To be its commander or “chief marshal of the day” was a cov. eted distinction. Usually *Major” or “Colonel” somebody wonld be chosen and his word was law for that His red sash and hat with gold tas sels distinguished him from the cap delegations, who scted as his aids. To fill this position often made the occupant a candidate for sheriff, mayor or the state legisla. ture. The grand procession, headed by this dignitary and a brass band, tains of ter the grounds.’ Upon reaching the grounds and feed Ing and watering the horses—no small fask-—the morning exercises began. | The glee clubs would sing: the pres. | ident of the day would deliver an ad dress, and some favored school teach. er would read the Declaration of In | dependence, : These exercises were only heard by those near the speaker's stand; for | many were crowding around the pump | or the barrels of “free ice water, as | advertised,” getting ready for dinner; | while the noisy battle of fire erack. : ers and torpedoes was being fought | by small boys, { And then “dinner,” with the tubs and baskets filled with old-fashioned | food, Was there ever such sliced ham, Juicy fried chicken, homemade rolls and doughnuts, eggs and plekles, Jams, | relishes, preserves, pies, cakes and hot coffee? 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