Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-04


air of this locality.
Fort Bunker Hill.
Near the old Brooks country seat and
farm, now Brookland, just north of where
we stand, was Fort Bunker Hill, which
have heard described by the family OF the
late Judge Fisher, then living In the
Brooks house. Near it to east and west
were the forts named, believe, Totten ana
Slocum. Again was venturesome foray
made upon Washington from the north,
this time by its own temporarily hostile
sons, and little further to the west than
this locality, and the city narrowly es-
capped the fate of a second capture ANA
so these now peaceful scenes Tor tnlrd
time had their place in the grim drama
of war between men of the same race
language and Christian faith. Heaven grant
that the third time may have been the
last.
Some thirty years elapse, and in 1898 the
present generation has its war. but one
against a wholly alien foe, and far from
this tranquil spot. Even the sequels or
that war, the struggle with our fractions
adopted children in the Philippine Islands,
have almost or rather let us say nave
quite subsidized This glorious Fourth Of
July, 1902. is marked by the fact that
today Is declared the amnesty to all VINO
have been in arms against us in those DIS
tant islands, proclaimed in honor OF the
passage by Congress OF Lne law loI Cifu
government in the Philippines.
Thus we have rapidly surveyed the past
and have come to the mighty present
What of the future? / will not enter upon
that; 1t Is too vast theme. leave 1t TO
the patriotic prophecies Of your own hearts.
From these shores liberty has indeed IL
lumined the world. Beginning at Lexing-
ton in 1775, when
English law and English thought
'Gainst the self-will Of England fought"
our destiny has overleaped all the bounds
that men and adverse circumstance have
tried to set against 1t. Freedom and self
government have igirdled the earth. ana IN
our very antpodes Australia, Fronting by
our old struggle against England, Is IN ell
feet a federal republic like our own, Japan
has parliamentary government, and the an
Client Chinese empire, reused by the fearless
but humane incursion OF our army into the
Forbidden City. feels the glimmer Of our
free institutions as If through half-closed
eyelids, and begins to grope toward the
source of such light.
Let us not be overwhelmed by the vast
ness OF the prospect. On this day OF all
days In the year let our hearts be bold,
and let us feel equal to our great heritage.
The remainder of the program was as fol-
lows: Recitation, s'Star-Spangled Banner"
by Mr.. Duncan c. Haywood; solo, An
swer,' by Mrs. Susie B. Curtice: solo,
wild Western Rose" by Mr.. Bowel; reci-
tation, by Mr.. Schroeder; recitation, Sher1-
dams Ride" by Mr.. Haywood; song. Aud
Lang Syne," by the audience.
The members were photographed and
several family groups were taken by. Mr..
Johnson. A vote of thanks was passed to
Mr. Small for the use of the grounds.
Mr.. Head. late of the American Band Of
San Francisco, played a number Of old
time tunes during the day, including THE
Light Of Other Days" robin Adair. An
ME Laurie and Ben Bolt
Those Present.
Following is the list Of those present
when the roll was called: VIM. Boron.
Charles Behrens Vim. w. Birth. James T.
Boiseau, Thomas s. Brown. j. D. Cathell,
]. M. Clark, VIM. A. Clark, II. v. Cotton.
VIM. D. Crompy, James Croggan. ]. Madi-
son Cults, Henry Nj. Dellinger, W. H.
Dunkhorst. Rudolph Eichborn, r. M. A.
Fenwick, VIM. H. Fuss. Anthony Gaegler.
Daniel Sewall, Albert Grippe. DR.. T. Joseph
Howard. Max Lansburgh. Robert V. Las
key, Lewis Mundheim, w. Timothy MUIR
ply, 4. v. Noonan. w. Benz. Reiss. James