The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-15
GUILPORD'S FOURTH OF JULY.
THE SPIRIT OF 10 As SHOWN IN.
NORTH CAROLINA.


battle-ground where CORVALLIS ana
Greene Met Now Q Park-Old-Fash-
toned Celebrations Thcre-Pians for
THIS Years Display OF Patriotism.
GRxsSsBoRo. n c., March 1.-THE
but the question OF orators for the Guilford
Court House battle-ground celebration If
already under consideration. 1t Is hoped
that Senator Hoar Of Massachusetts, may
be induced to come. At all events. his
name has been prominent among those
which have come up for consideration
Probably II il not generally known out
side OF North Carolina what an event this
Guilford Fourth Of July has grown to be-
II there IL spot In the entire United States
where the spirit Of 70 is really revived and
brought as q vitalizing force upon the
scene on that anniversary 1t Is in the beau
tiful park into which the patriotism OF
North CArolinians has transformed the
place-about six miles from here-where
on March Is, 1871, Gen, Lord CORVALLIS
won over Gen. Nathaniel Greene what was
technically victory. but . victory at such
a cost that the English army. bounded.
harassed and pursued. went staggering
hack toiWilmington, broken in spirit and
In strength.
People up North who want to see what
an old-fashioned Fourth Of July celebration
il like should come down here to North
Carolina and get q view Of the real article.
Fifteen or twenty thousand people gath
cred on the Gulford battlefield on the
Fourth Ia practically an annual occurrence.
Orators Of national reputation are heard,
historical sketches are read. there Ia feast
ing and there Is music. and as TO frecrackers
and fireworks--dear to the heart Of young
America and his legitimate prerogative
and perquisite on that glorious day-as to
this feature of the Guildford battlefield
celeb atoms, why the noise OF the little
contention between Bre'r Greene and Bre'r
CORVALLIS on that March day l22 years
ago would have been az Q mere sputtsring
by comparison.
As q matter Of fact. there is, and OF right
ought to be, a Fourth OF July celebration
on the Guilfordl battle-ground to appeal TO
the entire nation. II is the only Revolu-
tionary battle-ground in oil the country
which has been bought In Its entirety and
con vertcd into a park, with all the align
ments OF the troops marked by enduring
stone tablets and with beautiful monuments
In marble and granite erected to the heroes
who fought and died there-men whose
valor hurled back the invading enemy and
was q vital factor in the great combination
of events which eliminated at Yorktown
and resulted In the final overthrow OF Eng
lish authority In what Is now the united
States Of America.
To be sure there are monuments to COM
memorate the great Revolutionary VIC
tories In the States of Massachusetts,. YER
mont. New York and New jersey. but this
Ia the only instance in which q Revolution
ary battlefield has been purchased and
preserved In it's entirety. just as the helds
OF Chickamaugu and Gettysburg have
been purchased, and handed down to pos
terity as historical documents. Gettys-
burg and Chickamauga parks are monu-
ments TO American valor wasting itself
AGAINST itself. Guilford battle-ground Park
IL a monument 10 American valor put
ius, whore II would and did do the most
good
The vast wealth OF the Government went
70 the establishment OF Gettysburg and
Chickamnuga parks; this Guiiford battle
field il preserved by The patriotism OF
private persons who purchased the grounds
Of the original owners. raised money by
private subscriptions TO beautify thcm.
erected granite stones OF alignment. built
monuments. Q museum. an auditorium.
and transformed tho whole into beautiful
his, orical park. II In the design ultimately
70 present the park bodily 10 the United
Statas Government as contribution Of
patriotic North Caroliniahs TO the object
lesson documents Of American history.
The late Judge d. Schenck Is to BE- credited
with the Inspiration and the initistory
work which led TO the finc results accom-
plished. Judge Scbenck was an ardent
student OF Revolutionary history. 80 far
a. the campaigns ~ that great struggle
touched North Carolina his native State
were concerned. his knowledge was par
ticulariy intimate and accurate. He was
native Of Lncolnton. n. C., and came hero
20 live In 1882.
Greensboro IL now one OF the husiling
manufacturing centres OF The South. but a.
that time II was an inconoeivably dull little
viilaSa ~ some 5000 inhabitants. Mons
and Daughters ~ the Revolution In soms
Of the tesmins Northern cities are 10 over
ubelned by tho~e whose ancestors osn~
long after what the Revolutionary fathers
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