Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-02-11
LESSONS OF PATRIOTISM.
What the Champlain Tercenten.
airy Celebrations Mean.
Enduring Monuments to Great Mca
OF Nai"r-Wherc the Fate of the
Nation was Determined.

Inc Brooklyn Standard Union dwells
upon points IN connection with the Cham
pam precautionary which residents Of
burlington in particular will do well to
| consider carefully. The Brooklyn con-
| temporary says.
The provisional programme Of the
| Champlain Tercentennial celebration
next July Is promising and creditablc.
| Inc numerous centennial anniversaries
! or lhncon and other great men Of the
exceptional crop Of 1909 have 20 de-
gree diminished appreciation OF the
| events two hundred years earlier. and
| the conjunction, within sixty days and
two hundred miles Of mon and dscov-
erers, like Champaign and Hudson.
should remind us once more that there
were heroes before tho DAYS Of Aga
| memnon." We're it not for our own
little later and greater celebration OF
the Hudson-Fulton three hundred'h an
! niversary the events on the lake would
deserve and command national and in
ternational attention. New York AMI
Vermont have assumed official ju-is-
diction OF preparations. competent COM
| missions are intelligentiy at work.
and tho plans. az far as formulated.
| commend themselves as approaching
the significance Of the facts and the
| dignity ana historic importance or rfls
| occasi n. Nowhere in American history
| We're events more momentous enacted
affecting the sovereignty Of the CONT
nent and the political institutions Of its
people. thea those which occurred alou-
the shores OF Lakes Champlain and
| George. and the fame of the discoverer
and administrator who gave his name
10 tho lake, grows steadily with the
voars. The commissions Of the two
states have addressed themselves with
sincerity and Intelligence TO thrr duties,
have projected n programme upon high
and at the same time sensible plane. in
PRODUCING I, o President. cabinet. foreign
guests and American orators and poets
IN setting and series which will bo
or immediate Influence and OF perna-
nent historic effect
Far greater and more important than
the immediate experience NJ the day
81 the week is the ultimate result and
effect Of the cclebra tion. the lesson which
It leaves. the impression which It makes
upon the public consciousness Of the true
significance ~ tho events connemorated
Fireworks. professions. 7aReants and ell
things Of that sort. paid for. too. hv the
taxpayers. are ~ tho hour and Of tho
day. vet II this were all tho expenditure
Of the peoples money would hardly he
justified. Fortunately the CON missions.
both ~ Champlain and Of Hudson take
broader views. and the results ~ the
celebrations will ho expressed in rernla-
nent form. ,nsuring the transmitta,, In
definitely Of the lessons and the mem
cries which mean 90 much Reserva-
tions ~ -icorderoCa and Crown Point
= redeemed from service as COW pastures.
= golf links, ~ dancing ravilons with
=
ing both commercial and memorial func-
tions. statues. which shall restore and re-
produce az living the heroes of the past
libra ries like that which preserves and
| transmits the memories Of tho herosm
| OF the Black Watch Al TicOnderoga-
| these are definite results tor which the
celebrations are practical endorsement
and guaranty.
Consequent and closely following de-
termination ~ physical facts and land
marks will he rectifcation Of what COM
monty passes for history. Exactly with
what words unfit for polite society Ethan
Allen gave the british commandant. ~
Fort r." that rude awakening. on that
May morning, three weeks after Lex
ington. we shall probably never know:
but il would be interesting to have the
subsequent relations Of the Allen broth
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