Veterans of Foreign Wars to Hold 37th National Encampment
The Veterans of Foreign Wars plans its 37th national encampment in Denver from September 18 to 16, recalling the organization’s 1899 Philadelphia founding night in a Colorado state house basement. It highlights John 8 Stewart and the First Colorado Volunteers, the group’s Denver origins, and the growth to a 250,000-member national body with campaigns dating from the Mexican War through World War I.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Stars and Stripes
French Foreign Legion Association
Denver
Colo
Colorado
State Board of Capitol Managers
Ing
Hale
United States
John
Stewart
National Society
Army of the Philippines
First
Colorado Infantry
Mariquina Valley
Colorado Volunteers
McKinley
Spain
John 8. Stewart
Veterans of Foreign Service and Wars
Continental Congress
Patrick Henry
John Rutledge
George Washington
Peyton Randolph
Samuel
John Adams
Massachusetts
Congress
Great Britain
Ireland
West Indies
July 4 1776 Declaration Adopted by Continental Congress
On July 4 1776 the Continental Congress in Philadelphia resolved itself into a committee of the whole and agreed to the Declaration of Independence. Fifty six signers, led by John Hancock, approved the text later copied for signing on August 2. The declaration proclaimed independence after months of prior debates and battles beginning in 1775.
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Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
The
Hal Borland
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Washington
Board of War and Ordnance
Congress
Richard Henry Lee
Virginia House of Burgesses
John Adams
Massachusetts
T’ Jefferson
John Franklin
Roger Sherman
Sion
New York
United States
John Hancock
John Nixon
Independence Square
Concord
Lexington
Mr. Lee
Ticonderoga
Bunker Hill
Montreal
Quebec
Tal
Eeery Evesington
New ‘York
Long Island
Mackienberg
Cous
First US Flag Made by Mrs Ross in Philadelphia
A first national flag with red and white stripes and a blue field with thirteen stars was adopted June 14 and made at Mrs Ross in Philadelphia Arch Street. The six pointed star pattern was changed to five points on her suggestion. It was first hoisted at Fort Schuyler near Rome New York on August 8 1777 and first saw action three days later.
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Mra. Ross
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Fort Stanwix
Fort Schuyler
Rome
Augustin of Long Fame Celebrated in Vienna Four Hundredth Anniversary
Collier's Weekly recalls Augustin of Long Fame, a famed Vienna citizen commemorated with statues festivals and the song Ach du Lieber Augustin. His fame arose after a fateful night when intoxicated he slept among plague victims and woke in a cemetery trench as gravediggers spread rumors he had risen from the dead.
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Augustin
Vienna
Collier’s Weekly
Read the Grape Nuts Ad to Join Dizzy Dean Winners
An advertising column prompts readers to study the Grape Nuts advertisement in the paper and learn how to join the Dizzy Dean Winners program for a chance at valuable free prizes.
Business Is Master Make Recreation Servant to Business
A 17th century quip emphasizes balancing leisure with work, urging that recreation serve business rather than dominate it. It cautions against becoming a slave to amusement and champions disciplined use of leisure to advance professional aims.
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Quarles
Night in Philadelphia During July Fourth Conflicts
A fragment notes tense events during the night of July 4 1776 in Philadelphia as tensions rose around the Declaration of Independence. The readable text hints at disturbances and reactions among local residents and authorities.
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Saat
Philadelphia
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Soldiers of Fortune
Uncle Sam
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Mexico
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Philippine Islands
Francis Y. Greene
Philippines
Stapleton
O Tere
Sears
Eienane
Irving Hale
Peereeair
Alva Adams
Dalton
Wae Aa
Hcivgr
Pittsburgh
William E. Gunther
Gen
First Colorado Infantry
H. P. Denniss
Dick Homer
E. A. Mead
R. M. Adams
Ae TS Cen
Ria
the Flower of Liberty
Olver Wendell Holmes
J. Filbin
Greenwood Ave
Montebello
Calif
Neat Weitere
Los Angeles
Photography
Berontneg
San Francisco
Archibald H. Price
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