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new LIBERTY STATUE
Governor Harrington Wants One
Erected to France - Annapolis
Pledges Its All.

i Day was celebrated here today with
meeting in the chamber of the
House of Delegates. The program
was arranged by committee named
by the Council of Defense, of which
Prof Sidney A. Gum was chairman.
Governor Harrington presided and
| delivered an address. Commander
de Blampre, of the French Navy, an
attache of the French Embassy in
Washington, and Rear-Admiral Ed
ward w Eberle, superintendent of
the Naval Academy, also spoke.
To-day We celebrate the anniver-
sary of the independence of another
nation" said Governor Harrington,
after referring TO our own Fourth of
July. "a nation whose brave officers
and men in the days of our Valley
Forge came and stood side by side
with the Americans until victory
crowned our arms, and so today
America joins in complete soul SYM
pathy with France in celegrating
their liberty day"
After speaking of the erection OF
the Statue of Liberty, and the statue
to Lafayette in Paris, the Governor
expressed the hope that when victory
should come to the Allies there would
be erected at the point of disem-
barkation of the American troops in
France another statue of Liberty in
honor of the French as the defender
and preserver of liberty until the
other civilized nations could prepare
to overwhelm and crush forever the
worlds bastile cf autocracy. the Kai
ser and the Hohenzollern dynasty
forever.
Liberty Or death, was the cry
| of our forefathers; Victory or
death, was the cry of French soldi-
ers on Kemmell Hill; the star or
hope is rising; victory is as sure as
eternity" the Governor said, in con-
clusion.
Commander Ds Blampre stirred
nis auditors by reference to the time
ly and generous aid the United
States is rendering to the great
cause, for which he said the French
nation is whole-heartedly grateful.
He spoke feelingly of the close rela
tions of the two nations in every
way.
Singing of the "Marseillaise," by
Prof CASTOR C-Ostet, solos by Mrs.
Elliott H. Burwell and Clarence L.
Clemson, and national airs by the
Naval Academy Band were other fea
s.4ese the porgram.
A resolution setting forth that the
whole cause of France is our cause;
to her, her allies and ours, we
pledge our hearts and our heroes till
victory is won; that this, our pledge
of honor, go with our greeting to
the land of Lafayette" was adopted
by the audience.
The holiday was observed in an
official way at the Naval Academy.
In accordance with the order issued
by Secretary of the Navy Daniels,
ships attached to the local naval sta
tion were in full dress from sunrise
to sunset, and the French National
flag was flown from all official staffs.
At noon the national salute of 21
guns was fired from the battery of
the station ship Reina Mercedes.
The tricolor of France was dis
played side by side with the Stars
and Stripes from the spire of the
State Capitol Building, and also from
the official staff in front of the Fed
eral Building.
The anniversary also was celebra-
ted in a religious way, particularly
in the First Methodist Episcopal
Church, where at night the pastor,
Rev. DR.. H. Wilson Burgan, preach
ed special sermon on the French
Revolution spiritualized.