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theater, and later went to England, where
he scored success on the stage. Nine
teen years passed before he returned to
America, and it was during homesick
spell that he penned the words of his
famous poem. He died in Tunis, where
he was Consul, in 1882, and thirty years
later his body was brought "home" to
America.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of
"Uncle TOMS Cabin" probably one of the
most widely read books in the history of
American fiction, was born June IA, 1911,
at Litchfeld, Connecticut. After her
schooling she became teacher in her sis
ter's school in Hartford, Connecticut. In
1892 she married Professor Calvin Stowe,
and seventeen years after her marriage
produced her first book, "The Mayhower."
This was followed by "Uncle TOMS Ca
bin" The success of the latter was
phenomenal, half million copies having
been printed within ten years, and about
thirty translations made into foreign ton
CUES. Mrs. Stowe died in Hartford, Con-
necticut, July 1, 1896.
June John Adams, the first American
ambassador to England, was presented to
King George III, 1888.
June 2-The "High-Water Mark" mon
ument was dedicated at Gettysburg. 1t
commemorrated the terrible struggle on
Cemetery Ridge which resulted in the re-
tire ment of Gen. Lees army from the
Northern States, and the gradual decline
of the prestige of Confederate arms, 1892.
June +The first mariners church in
the United States was dedicated in Roose-
welt street, New York City, 1919.
June 6-Americans defeated Germans
in Chateau Thierry sector.
June 7-Congress appropriated 100000
for the erection of memorial of Corn
wallis's surrender at Yorktown, 1880.
June "a valuable collection of Rus
sian minerals, containing 800 specimens,
valued at $4,000, was presented by the
Gear of Russia to the Art Museum of
Leland Stanford University, 1891.
June 1.-THE remains of John Howard
Payne, author of "Home, Sweet Home"
were removed from Tunis, to which coun-
try he was Consul, and inferred with pub
lie ceremonies at Washington, D. c., 1882.
June 1.-THE women of Philadelphia
organized the american Daughters of
Liberty" an association to provide cloth
ing for suffering soldiers, 1880.
June 13-General Winfield Scott, born
at Petersburg, Va, 1886; died 1866. He
was made Commander-in-C Chief of the
American Army at the age of seventy-fve.
June 14EFlag Day.
June 15-The National capital was
transferred from Philadelphia to Wash
ington, D. c., 1877.
June 16-One of the peaks of Mt. Shasta
was reported to have disappeared. 1t
was believed to have fallen into the era
ter, 1890.
June 17-Battle of Bunker Hill, ITS.
The venerable Marquis de Lafayette laid
the cornerstone of Bunker Hill Monument.
Daniel Webster delivered the Grafton,
1925.
June 19-The President proclaimed war
against Great Britain; $4,000 enlistments
for the regular army; $4,000 volunteers,
and 100000 militia were called for.
Causes of the war: Impressment of
American seamen; seizure of Americans
on the high seas while sailing under their
country's flag; and offensive action of
British cruisers, 1912.
June 2O-Congress adopted the great
seal of the United States, 1881.
June 21-The Maxim gun was tested,
1889, at Annapolis; one gun fired $50
shots per minute, and another, $50.
June 22-The Columbian Liberty bell
was successfully cast at the Clinton H.
Meneely Bell Foundry, Troy, N. Y, 1893.
June 27-Second national draft draw
ing held in Washington.
June 29-George Washington Cocktails,
major-general and chief engineer of the
Panama Canal Commission, was born at
Brooklyn, New York, 1888. An inland
lake suddenly and mysteriously appeared
in the lower part of the Colorado desert.
1891.
June 29-Congress voted $21 100000 for
war purposes.
June 3O-The Y. M. c. A. was estab-
lished in New York, 1882. The first pas
Sepoer train aScended the inclined railway