... national events are allowed to pass unnoticed. Not that we desire to see perpetual Magna Charts or Reformation days. Independence Day in the United States is chiefly remarkable for its annual list of casualties. It is as well for a nation as for an individual ...

... whole matter to the Executive Committee with full powers. This Committee has since decided that the outing be held on Independence Day, at a spot on the banks of the Willamette to be afterwards decided upon. It is hoped that weather conditions will prove ...

... deeds of Wm. Tell, and France holds festival at the shrine of Joan of Arc. Cousin Jonathan screams himself hoarse on Independence Day, and Italy rejoices in the fame of Garibaldi. Trafalgar was no incident in a war, of aggrandisement. but a battle fought ...