Lafayette Statue Gift Of The United States Unveiled
In Paris on July 4 the Lafayette statue was unveiled as a gift from America to France. Archbishop Ireland delivered the oration praising Lafayette’s role in the American Revolution and the Franco American alliance, while officials highlighted the emblematic, lasting bond of liberty between the two nations.
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Paris
Lafayette
United States
Ireland
Gilbert de Motier
Marquis de Lafayette
Auvergne
Marquis de Chastellux
Good
Yorktown
Washington
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New York
Lord North
London
Yorkown
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Chesapeake
Rochambeau
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Pickering
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von Steuben
Lafay
Louis VII
de Vergennes
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Ica
Republic of the
Republc
Friends of Liberty
Friends of Humanity
Gilbert Motier
Olmutz
América
Eement
Europe
Columbia
Asia
Frank Putnam
Chicago
Britain
Italia
Hellas
Isles
Lafayette statue design described by Sculpte to Paul W Bartlett
Sculpte explains the Lafayette equestrian figure showing the youth at 19 joining the American cause after hearing of independence in 1776. The statue portrays him as a symbol offering aid to liberty, seated upright on a richly attired horse, with a youthful face turned west and a modestly uplifted sword.
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South Carolina
Charlestown
Philadelphia
Congress
Napoleon
Louis VII
Louis Philippe
Lafayette
Thomas Hastings
Louvre
Redon
Musee
Lefuel
Ministry of Fine Arts
Paul W. Bartlett
Cambridge Celebrates Washington's Command Anniversary
Cambridge Massachusetts marks the 125th anniversary of Washington taking command with bells tolling in every church. A 2 pm procession from the college gate includes militia, G A R poets, and city officials to Washington Elm for brief exercises led by Mayor Edgar E Champlin. Sanders Theatre hosts extended rites including an oration by General Curtis Guild Jr.
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Washington
College Gate
Washington Elm
Edgar E. Champlin
Sanders Theatre
Curtis Guild Jr
Order of Cincinnati Annual Meeting in Providence
The Order of Cincinnati of Rhode Island held its annual meeting in Providence. Officers for the coming year were named as Asa Bird Gardiner president Gen J M W Varnum vice president George W Olney secretary. A public meeting followed with Gardiner's welcome address and General Hagzard Stevens delivering the day’s oration on The Inheritance of the Cincinnati.
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Order of Cincinnati
Rhode Island
Asa Bird Gardiner
New York
J. M. W. Varnum
George W. Olney
Gardiner
Cincinnati
Hagzard Stevens
Boston
Teutonic Delayed From Liverpool By Stern Frame Flaw
White Star liner Teutonic cancels July 4 sailing from Liverpool to New York due to a flaw found in her stern frame. The shipyard inspection prompted the delay and no alternative sailing date was announced.
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Liverpool
Teutonic
New York
Rough Riders Reunion Inaugurated at Oklahoma City
In Oklahoma City on July 3, 1910, about 10,600 visitors watched a civic and military parade for the Rough Riders reunion. Roosevelt spoke from a troubled wooden stand, praising veterans and urging national duty, then attended sports events after a horseback mishap injured Clifton George.
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Roosevelt
Rough Riders
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Kansas
Grand Army of the Republic
West
Western Plains
Clifton George
Literature and Women in France Defeated on Committee Seat
The piece reports that feminism suffers a setback in Paris as women authors fail to gain representation on the Societe des Gens de Lettres committee. It notes that Dames des Lettres blamed the defeat on themselves and on the male majority favoring Madame Daniel Lesueur, with candidacies withdrawn.
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Rue de Rougemont
M. Marcel Prevost
Daniel Lesner
Henry Greville
Camille Pert
Jane de la Vaudere
Paul Hervieu
French Academy
Madame Lesueur
Madame Greville
Paris
London Telegraph
Societe Des Gens de Lettres
Paria
Dames Des Lettres
Tita
Mosquito Dialogue On Malaria Links
Two mosquitoes debate public health duties as one claims that spreading malaria increases their unpopularity, while the other dismisses the concern and pushes forward with their task.
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Yonder Sea
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