Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-07-08
Palisades July 4th. -. -. -. -. .
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a neighboring town to tell us of some
of the things they had been doing in
the trans-Hackensack valley that
morning, where there had been an
other parade and Fourth of July cele-
bration. He said they had had a
great and glorious time there, just
such time as you are having here
to-day, he said, and such as hun
dreds Of other places all over the
country were having to-day-cele-
brations like this one, and the one in
Hackensack, all of which cost a great
deal of money, too, and which the
people were all too eager to con-
tribute, because it meant SO much to
the youth of the land in teaching
them the meaning of country, flag
and honor. Few such addresses as
Col. Holley's have ever been heard in
the fervor and warmth of it's patriotic
utterances. 1t fairly cleaned with
the fire of patriotism all through, and
he was given the most generous APP
plause all through the admirable
effort His style is pleasing, without
rant or effort of any kind. He lacks
for no word that exactly gives ex-
preston to the thought he is trying
to convey, and no child could fail to
understand him. Col. Holley told Of
several foreingers whom he had met
and asked about how they felt on the
question of being American citizens.
He cited Belgian who said he had
10 o,,+ citizonc hi n
papers. "Would you fight for
America" he was asked, "if we were
to get into war;" eyes," he re-
piled, eff they did not fight Belgium"
Other similar instances were given,
and it was this form of the hyphen
citizen he thought we should under
take to show what real American
citizenship really means. Col. Holley
said that if these naturalized citizens
wanted to emphasize the fact that
they were born in another country,
they should call themselves American
Frenchmen, American Englishmen,
and the like, but never French
American, or a German-American
They should be the whole thing or
they could not be good American
citizens. Col. Holley closed with a
poem on the "Stripes and Stars" "
which was new to the audience, and
which he recited with telling effect,
citizenship truly means. Col. Holley
may felicitate himself upon having
met the occasion in a manner never
surpassed in the annals of the town.
Following the exercises, the game
of baseball between Palisade and Fort
Lee for the Darby Cup was played,
description of which is published in
another column.
The evening display of fireworks
came off as per the printed program,
lasting over an hour, and was good
in every particular, and considering
the high cost of explosives at this
time, was far better than anyone had
any right to expect 1T possibly was
not quite up to the exhibit of last
year, but there was really little diff
ference, and there was complete
change of the style of fireworks used.
Some of the bombs were wonderful.
especially the floating pieces, con-
taising long strings of parti-colored
lights, some of them being more than
fifty feet in length. The Niagara
Falls, 100 feet long, was very effec-
tive and beautiful. Some Of the set
pieces were a bit slow, owing to
dampness, but the brilliancy of the
display as a whole could not be ques-
toned. 1t was thoroughly enjoyed
by the big crowd. Automobiles
packed the space around the grounds.
There must have been thirty cars out
in all, perhaps more.