Lafayette and France's role in American Liberty remembered
A historical meditation on the Marquis de Lafayette and Franco American ties. It recounts his self sacrifice for American independence, his friendship with Washington, and the vital French aid that helped win Yorktown. The piece links these events to Fourth of July observance and the lasting debt to France.
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France
Lafayette
Pershing
Marie Jean Paul Roch
Yves Gilberts Motter
Marquis de Lafayette
Chavanine
Auvergne
Metz
Duke of Gloucester
George III
America
Great Britain
de Kath
South Carolina
Philadelphia
American Congress
Congress
Washington
Hamilton
Prantlin
de ‘Val
Lord Howe
Brandywine
General Washington
Greene
Gloucester
Cornwallis
Virginia
Morristown
Rochambeau
Marquis
Admiral de Grasse
Baltimore
de Grasse
Yorktown
Lord Cornwalls
Count de Grasse
Taxayette
Schelles
Elge
College of France
Histoire Financiere de la France
Fiske
Trevelyan
England
Napoleon
Monroe
United States
Bunker Hill Monument
Union
Bunker Hill
Andrew Jackson
Enne June
Chateau-Thierry
Picpus
Paris
Hoe
Soldiers' settlement bill aims to place veterans on reclaimed lands
Washington reports the soldiers settlement bill will authorize 500 million dollars for veteran housing and land development programs. Discharged service members will work land projects at four dollars a day and may obtain farm allotments with later fixed prices and up to two thousand dollars to develop farms. The plan covers irrigation, drainage, road access, and farmer education, with forty-year payment terms.
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Ashington
United States
Secretary of the Interior
Uncle Sam
Government study on Gulf drum fish and other species for food use
P W Partridge of the U S Bureau of Fisheries travels the gulf coast from Caxambas to Pass Christian assessing drum fish and other coastal species as potential food sources. He notes many varieties are underused while demonstrations in cities have boosted fish sales. similar efforts helped tile fish gain demand in New England.
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P. W. Partridge
United States Bureau of Fisheries
New Orleans
America
St. Louis
Gulf
New England
Bureau
Chiengo
Cape Cod
Mass
Porto Rico Seeks US Aid for Public Schools
A petition before Congress urged a $2,000,000 yearly federal education appropriation for 20 years to fix illiteracy in Porto Rico. Governor Arthur Yager and Education Commissioner Paul G. Miller cite 1910 Illiteracy at 66.5 and current figures of 427,666 school–age children, 215,819 compulsory students, with 164,005 in school this year and 4,000 more teachers needed.
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Orto Rico
Congress
Arthur Yager
Paul G. Miller
Porto Rico
Portoleo
Joy-Flyer Invasion Prompts Pilot Licensing Drive
A New Problem report notes reckless civilian airships over New York during a parade. A hydro plane flew low above crowds risking disaster if engine trouble struck. The joint Army Navy Aeronautics Board, which licenses civilians, says licenses will be issued free to qualified pilots.
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Eckless
New York
Fifth Avenue
Joint
Army and Navy Board
Aeronautic Cognizance
Aeronautic Board
Army and Navy Board of Aeronautsc
Cognizance
Washington, DC