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-Gnsdpsps. tell y ssosy. : said one
y sSoup u children.
what Kind Of st0ryY'
why. . foarth " July story. II
cuune We'd Ike thst best"
but. my dears. the Fourth Of July
\ inside . bolidsy 70 celebrate the y
suing u the Declaration u lpdepend-
~nce. The only story appropriate tn
such dsy would be story VI the
times 10 which Il was passsd. iuyolv-
ing some episuie CONNECTED with the
EFFORTS VI our sntrsion to maintain
the staad they hsd taken. Now. !
wasn't burn till nearly three quarters
VI o century after July 4. 1915. the
dry on which our nation was born.
But my grandfather was still living
when was little boy. just about the
ng~ Of Sammy there. md he had lived
when the war OF the Revolution was
being fought and had taken part In u
himself. lie often told me stories Of
Whist hap,emsi In those days. and one
u them especially impressed me.
-You must remember that In isIG NIL
Of the American colonies were grouped
along the Atlantic coast Most VI the
territory extending TO the Pacific
ocean was u wilderness. and much Of
Il had never been explored The ter.
ritory Of the colonies may be compar'
ed TO q bird with outstretcbed wings
The northern wing was the New Eng
land colonies: the body was New York.
New Jersey and Pennsylvania: the
snO'hern wing was the colonies Of the
south Through the body of the bird
ran the Hudson river. which. with
Lake Champlain. formed the only prnc
ticable route to Canada.
AFTER the battle Of Bunker Hill NJ
Boston the struggle between the Amer
leans and British was principally for
the possessions Of the Hudson river
Washington. after the battles about
New York city. went 10 New Jersey.
where be was between the two wings
Of the bird
II have taken pains to explain this
TO you that you rnay understand Why
Warrington slsnt 10 much OF the time
hs was rommn ndes In chief Of the
American sorss in New Jrrsey and
Why ~ much Of the lighting was done
10 that stste Bssides. the story ! am
going to tell you tuck pisee there.
''Wheu Washiagtou' orse went b
New Jsessy ~ took position At Hack.
enssck With bsls the army. leaving the
other half On the other side Of the
Hudson North u New Yoet city %
DER svmmani u 0e3essi Charies i.es.
Wsshingsoa. irsas cosviseed that 0es-
esai flows. svm0asdins the British
susrsu 10 New yusk. wss tns~ndins to
masrh s0uthward through New jes
80. deCtdrL To order l1es to crOss the
q udaou and )vin him that be might
Opposs Hows's more With . uniiesi
fore.
my grpdfathes vas . see9espi Ia
tie sssks VI Wnshlngtou's army. lie
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