The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-08-14
JAMES COE TELLS0F
HIS INTERESTING
TRIP IN The EAST

historic incidents began there.
During the summer vacation l
was invited to stay several weeks
with Mr. and Mrs. E. Y. Barnes,
formerly of Richmond, but now OF
Yardley, Penna., which is but a few
miles from Philadelphia, and just
across the Delaware river from
Trenton, N. J.
This city of Trenton is an his
toric old place where Washing
ton, after crossing the Delaware
river a few miles away, marched
and completely surprised the Brit
ish and Hessians. Just a few miles
from Yardley is the spot where
Washington crossed the Delaware
in order to reach Trenton, on that
eventful Christmas eve, 1776. TWO
great stone monuments have been
erected about a block apart on the
bank of the river, thus marking
the place where Washington took
his troops across. On these monu-
ments there are descriptions OF the
way Washington crossed the river
and of the battle that was fought.
One beautiful day Mrs. Barnes
took me to Philadelphia by boat.
We started from Trenton and the
"trip down to Philadelphia was beau
tiful. Two of the most interesting
buildings in Philadelphia are the
city hall and independence Hall,
the latter being the building where
the Declaration of independence
was signed and where the Liberty
bell still rests. Another time l Wis
tied Philadelphia l went to the
navy yard and to Hog Island ship
yard, where several boats were
being made.
On this trip I also visited Fort
Miflin. We were very lucky to
find the man who was able to get
us into the old fort, which has
moat, and which we crossed by an
old draw bridge. The man with the
keys unlocked the great wooden
doors letting us enter. We went
into some of the small houses inside
the fort and then went into the dun
geon The same old wooden beds
that British prisoners slept on
were lying in the dark prison IN
confusion. The fort was built in
1898 and was captured by the Brit
ish in the war of 1872.
During one of my trips into Phil
adelphia i heard the largest pipe
organ in the world. 1t is in Wanna
makers store, and at Willow Grove,
a park near Philadelphia, | heard
Victor Herbert's orchestra and
Creatore's band. l also saw the
beautiful electric fountain that was
at the Chicago worlds fair, spray
ing different colored waters into
the air.
After many delightful days in
Yardley, l went with my father to
New York, which, as you know, is
the largest city in the world, so l
was not surprised when l saw 80
and 40 story buildings looming up
into the very heavens above me.
People were crowding, automobiles
were honking their horns, elevated
and surface cars were rumbllng,
and everything seemed to be in
confusion. We were in New York
three days. We went to Coney
Island by boat and saw many won
derful sights. We also went out to
the Statue of Liberty and went up
as far as the elevator carried us.
There was a wonderful view of the
New York sky line. We took other
boat rides in and about New York
and also visited the Bronx park,
which has one of the largest zoolog-
ical gardens in the world.
The next lap of our journey was
to Atlantic City and Washington.
Washington is Americas most beau
tiful city, as well as the nations
capitol The hotel where we stayed
was only block or two from the
Capitol buildings, so you can imag-
inc that we made numerous trips
there. We had a glimpse of the
White House and visited Arlington
cemetery, the Congressional library
and other buildings. The library
was the most beautiful building of
them all.
We went on a boat down the Po-
tomac river to Mt. Vernon, the old
home of George Washington, and
saw many interesting things. Be-
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