... appreciates this characteristic of his countrymen will occasionally indulge them with a sort of rehearsal of the displays of Independence Day just four months earlier. This, it would seem, is a part of the business which General Harrison thoroughly understands ...

... abounding pride of the American people in their history as a nation, and, most of all, their pride in Washington and Independence Day. For some little time past, no doubt, they seem to have cultivated a yet greater pride in their Civil War. Its magnitude ...

... ry ideal.' Opening his book at random, one lights on such undeniable illustrations as Whittier's 'Rendition' and the Independence Day' of W. Lloyd Garrison; as the Song of Scottish Heroes '— With the fire of Robert Burns and the faith of John Knox We'll ...

... Belgium, or even Roumania. But the combined navies of the Great Powers, can do little more than throw aimless shells. INDEPENDENCE DAY in Greece, from which much had been expected and a good deal feared, passed by very tamely. There was a demonstration ...

... its holiday in peace, including the Saturday for, which many of the members are petitioning. At all events, the Greek Independence Day . has come and gone without an outbreak of war, and the Stock Exchange is not regarding the Eastern Question very seriously ...