Bisbee daily review., 1908-07-04

present. perhaps the largest ever as. sembled and the actor during and aft ST the reading was cheered again and again.
 Forest esteemed the Declaration of Independence as the best single piece of composition in existence. valuing it even above his beloved Shakespeare.
 Two years after the first Fourth of July, there occurred a celebration in Independence square that had spe- cial significance. The advance of the British. and their occupation of Phil adelphia during the winter of 1777- 177S, had forced congress to leave the Quaker city and go to York
 After the evacuation congress re- turned July 2 and a grand celebration of the recurrence of the promulgation of the declaration was held, in which nearly the entire population of Phiia- delphia joined. Chevalier Conrad AL eXander Gerard of France, the first minister ever accredited to the United States from any power, was an inter- ested spectator
 During the centennial in PhiladeI- phia there was naturally a notable demonstration, and no less a person than Don Pedro, emperor of Brazil, sat among those who cheered the sen timents that had sounded the downfall Of monarchy in this country, and were finally to take his throne from the ruler of Brazil.
 In later years. another represents tive of a foreign country was the cen tral figure at Independence square. Wu Ting Fang, Chinese minister, spoke there with fine eloquence, and made one of the best speeches cred tied to him in his many felicitous utter ances in this country.
 The anomaly that he was the envoy of one of the most absolute of mon archies did not prevent the celestial from painting in most graphic phrase what the venerable building stood for.
 During his first administration, Grover Cleveland. president of the United States, came to Philadelphia one Fourth of July and, standing on. a platform raised on the square. ap- pealed to the young manhood of Amer ica that the great lessons of 1776 be not ignored.
 Samuel J. Randall, Judge Kelley, Gen. Grant, Lewis Cassidy have also figured prominently in Fourth of July celebrations there.
 During the administration of Mayor Warwick, himself an orator of genuine gifts. every year was made the oc- casion of notable demonstrations to which were invited men of national fame
 Under the direction of the governor of Pennsylvania a work of incalculable interest has been finished at Valley Forge park by the state.
 Valley Forge has a close relation ship with Independence day, and the old camp site has proved a Mecca on July to thousands of Americans who come from all over the union to pay a tribute to the fathers of the United States who suffered and died on this historic spot. Practically the entire site has been reserved. A chapel has been erected on the spot where WasnlnSlOn was ulSCOhSf|u al prayer.
 At the moment Valley Forge park comprises about 175 acres. It IS properly Policed and oarcI for by workmen, whose duty it is to keep the roads and the entire park in perfect order.
 Public interest has kept pace with the work On Memorial day I,5OO per. sons registered at the headquarters, and this is probably not ors-fourth of those who were in the park.
 Anywhere from 5000 to 10000 Amer. jeans will fittingly celebrate July 1 1908 be going over the ground, ou which their heroic foTefathe.s Ender went the suffeTings thai made iEdc l'cndence possible