The Arizona sentinel., 1889-07-13
NUMBER B.

Papa, you go on.' begged Harry.
 You know better than me. Tell us all about it please"
 'Long ago." said papa, ''more than one hundred years ago, all this hap pened. If you boys had lived thenyou would not have heard about fire works and processions. Instead, every body was talking about the British soldiers and their cruelty and the many things they forced the people to do that they disliked. Even the boys could not play as they liked Harry, don't you re- member the story of how the soldiers plagued the Boston boys when they went to slide or skate?''
 ''Yes. And when the boys saw their slides spoiled, they made company and had a captain and marched to the General and they told him about the soldiers. And then the General said they were brave boys"
 'What was Fourth O July2" asked Georgy.
 No, dear, not yet" said papa. The soldiers grew more and more imperti- nent and kept on doing cruel things to the people. The King of England sent the soldiers here and he would not take them away for he had sent them to make the Americans do as he wished The people kept growing more angry and at last they could stand it no long CT. but they were not strong enough to drive the soldiers away.
 Didn't they have any guns to shoot the soldiers, papa?' asked Georgy.
 Not many, and they had not much money to buy any ammunition, neither had they been drilled as the British sol diers were. So altogether they hardly knew what to do."
 Would fifty cents buy gun, papa?" asked Georgy, looking at his silver piece.
 What little goose you are," said impatient Harry, Do go on, papa What did the 'Mericans do?"
 1.-The men formed companies and raised money to buy arms. They had to drill at night off in the country. They hid their guns and swords in the day. time so the soldiers could not find them"
 Il know about that" cried Harry. ''The soldiers found out that the .Meri- cans had hid whole lot of guns and powder and they went after these. But the 'Mericans hurried up and hid be- hind fences and trees and fired off their guns and made the redcoats run. Wasn't that jolly! Hurrah for the 'Mericans.
 '.HGrrahT shouted Georgy, ''That was the Fourth O July, wasn't it, papa?"
 No, not yet. The people were de- lighted when they knew they could beat the redcoats, but the English King was furiously angry. He sent more cross messages and disagreeable orders and shiploads of soldiers. The people held great meetings in every part of the country to see what could be done. From these meetings the wisest men were sent to Philadelphia There the troubles were talked over in Congress, until at last these men decided to send word to the tyrannical King that they would have nothing more to do with him. They would make their own laws and have their own soldiers and do as the people thought best. If he insisted on ordering them as he pleased, they would fight all the soldiers he would send against them. A long letter was written with all this in to send to Eng land. This was called the Declaration of Independence. The chief men of the country signed it. and when this was done all the bells in the steepIes rang loud and long. the cannons were fired, the bands played and the great crowds of excited people cheered."
 And that was the Fourth O July" said Harry.
 ''That was the first Independence Day in America Since then all good Americans like to show that they re- the barve men who were not afraid of an angry king and his armies, but were determined to make their country free"
 And then did the boys buy fire crackers and did the papas give them fifty cents?" asked Georgy.
 '.No. Boys did not have such good time then. The papas and big brothers had to march off and fight for nine long years, more years than either of you have lived Many of them never came home again, but died on the bat Llefeld There was so little money to spare from the war that the boys often had to go hungry, and when the cold winters came they had no fires to warm them. Their clothes were ragged and their shoes full of holes. but the soldiers were too brave 10 give up their liberty. At last King George was obliged to call all his soldiers back to England and to promise to let the Americans alone. Then every body had a fine Fourth of July. and every year since the day has been celebrated in remembrance of those brave people of the Revolution" Albany (N. Y.) Argus.
 
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