Evening journal., 1914-07-01
At uBERTY'S shrine
ON FOURTH OF JULY
President Wilson 10 Speak
to Whole Country From
independence Hall
ORIGINAL STATES
TO BE REPRESENTED

this year upon scale never before at
tempted. No other city is so rich in
historic interest ana none SO well able
to offer to the visitor an insight into the
life Of the nation in the days when the
spirit Of liberty had its birth. With the
exception Of 1876, when the whole coun- /
try turned to Philadelphia and there I
celebrated the centennial year of Amer /
ican independence, Philadelphia has had /
no such celebration as is planned for
this year. The approaching Fourth OF
July celebration will surpass even that
Of the centennial year, in the fact that
the President of the United States, at
tended by members of Congress, high |
government officials and the governors
Of the Thirteen Original States. will
visit historic Independence Hall, the
Shrine Of Liberty, and there renew their
VOWS Of patriotism. President Wilson
has accepted the invitation OF the city
and. in the press Of grave national af-
fairs will take time to deliver to the
country at large an address upon mat
ters which are OF prime interest to every
citizen OF the United States.
In addition to the imposing cere-
monies which will take place at In
dependence Hall, the city has planned
for the entertainment of its visitors
by two great outdoor events which
will be unique among civic celebra-
tions Cne Is tho GREET water calni
val on the beautiful waters of the
! Schuylkill river, a regatta at which
/ thousands of watereraf5 gather each
year, and in which races between the
I flower Of the nations oarsmen take
place The other is The great athletic
field day under the auspices Of the
/ Amateur Athletic Union, TO be held
| for the first time this year, at Frank
lin Field the University of Pennsyl-
vanias athletic grounds. Tour thou
sand athletes have received individual
/ invitations to enter this meet. Cham
pions of the international Olympic
games as we'll as "stars" of national
prominence have been invited to the
meet and a program of extraordinary
brillianee is assured to the $4,000
spectators who will be seated at
Franklin Field
No admission will be charged to
any of these great events. The city
welcomes its visitors to the best en-
tertainment that eau be found any
where.
The celebration will provide excep-
tional opportunities for visitors to see
with their own ewes the places about
which every child is taught in school,
but which for so many remain only
names-the spots where the great men
,, who laid the cornerstone of this gov
ernment once walked and talked. The
. neiohborhood bounded by a few squares
IA the old section of the city is a spot
. sanctifed by the deeds accomplished Tor
/ the progress of the human race. Within
II stands Independence Hall, where the
delegates from the thirteen colonies as
. sembled and adopted the Declaration Of
Independence and the Constitution Of
the United States; Carpenters Hall,
where the first Continental Congress
met: Christ Church, where Washington
worshipped while he lived in Phiadel-
mia during his term as President; and
where the visitor is shown the peWs
oecupied bv Franklin, Lafayette and
dozen other great men; the Betsy Ross
House. where the first American nag
was made in accordance with the COM
mission from Congress, which order, as
tradition has it, was delivered To- MIS-
tress Ross by Washington IN person.
Within this area stood the quaint mousse
built for William Penn on ms nrsb
visit 70 America; the old London Coifee
House. in which Letitia Penn lived zlo
wears ago. and which has been re-
: erected in Fairmount Park, fhiiaael-
phia's marvellous public gardens, next TO
Yellowstone Park the largest natufai
park in the country.
| Here stood the homes OF Robert
Morris, the financier OF the Revolu--
ton; here Richard Penn courted and
won the lovely Polly Masters. Here
| L General Howe lived when the Briush
: troops occupied Philadelphia in 1ltf
: and ITS. Here, on Christmas Day
| 1890, Washington gave the hrst presl-
Dental levee. Here is the spot Where
! Thomas Jefferson wrote the Deelara-
ton OF Independence and bore u to
Independence Hall, square or two
away, for the signatures of the col
oniaI delegates Along these streets
Washington walked with Hamilton,
! Jefferson. Adams and Madison, or
! rode with them in his coach and SIX
2 In Christ Church burial ground il
the grave of Benjamin Franklin
Peyton Randolph, Of Virginia, presi-
dent of the First Continental Con-
gress: Francis Hopkins, signer OF
Is the DtCldIdllDAs anu many ohothNt
4 brave soldier, and sailor or states
' man of Revolutionary days.
( Within the bounds of the great
metropolis of today lies the village
/. of Germantown, around whose pic.
!, turesque stone mansions once ragged
. one of the bloodiest battles of tho
revolution. Just outside the city
reached by a ride of a few miles
: through the beautiful Chester Val
] ley, is Valley Forge, where the rag.
ged Continental troops endured witt
matchless heroism the cold anC
I starvation of the winter of 177S.
1 magnificent memorial arch has JUS
| been completed at Valley Forge, 10y
| national appropriation, and may bt
i seen for the first time. President
| Wilson and his suite will reach Phil,
| adelphia at 1890 on the morning o.
| the Fourth of July and go directly L
| the exercises at Independence Hall
| The governors Of the thirteen origina
States and other visiting dignitariei
are expected to arrive on the day pre-
oeding and will be the guests of tho
1 city at special celebrations at Valley