Evening star., 1932-07-04
MANY BIG EVENTS
OCCURRED ON JULy4
Two Signers of Declaration
Who Became Presidents
Died on 50th Anniversary.

IOQay, LIle NdllOIl DlTtIQdy, Is Cele-
brated throughout continental and in
sular America as the most popular day
in the country's catalogue of patriotic
dates. AS the anniversary Of the found
ing Of American liberty, it seems fitting
that it should be so,
But the Fourth of July does not stand
dedicated alone TO the establishment of
the independence of the republic 1t
is indelibly marked in score of his
tory's chapters as an anniversary of
other events in the life Of America; an
niversaries which, eclipsed by the mag
nitude of the observance of national
liberty. go virtually unmarked
Since that momentous occasion 156
years ago, when the Declaration of In
dependence was signed, three of this
country's Presidents have died on July
4. Singularly enough, two of these,
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams,
were signers of the declaration and both
played a prominent part in the draw
ing I'D of that famous document. 1t
is one of the outstanding condolences
of all history that both of these great
statesmen died the same day. July 4,
1926; lust as America celebrated the
semi-centennial of the signing of her
proclamation Of liberty.
Coolidge 60 Today.
Five years later, to the date, James
Monroe. fifth President Of the United
States and author of the historically
famous Monroe Doctrine. died.
For Calvin Coolidge, thirtieth Presi-
dent of the United States, Independ-
ence day marks a birthday anniversary.
Today he is go years old.
History, in penning the record of
the Machine Age, already has inscribed
July 4, 1894, as an all-important date
with relation to the advent of the
:'horseless carriage" Motorists of to-
day might well reflect ON that day 38
years ago when Elwood Haynes, who
Is accredited with the original invention
and design of a. gasoline road vehicle,
drove his crude and cumbersome motor
powered machine a mile and half
over the streets of Kokomo. Ind, to
mark the first automobile trip ever
made.
The automobile thus had It's advent on
Independence day and Haynes as head
of the Haynes -Apperson Motor Car Co.
was among the first producers of gaso-
line automobiles in the United States.
For the city of Providence, R. l.,
July constitutes an anniversary that
dates back to 1886, many decades be-
fore George Washington was born or
the American Revolution was thought
Of. 1t was on that day that the clergy
man Roger Williams, banished from
the Plymouth Colony for his radical
religious policies, crossed Narragansett
Bay and hauled his canoe ashore on
the banks of the Mooshansick at Slate
Rock Greeted by friendly Indians.
williams, who was accompanied by
four companions, named the spot
Providence" believing 1T might be a
shelter for persons distressed for con-
science"
Franklin Proposed Plan.
Another July recorded as an i'm
portant date in history is that of the
year 1854, when Benjamin Franklin
proposed his famous plan for a Colon
ial Congress. 1t is singular that his
plan, submitted to a convention of Is
delegates from seven colonies, bears
striking resemblance to the present
National Constitution, although at the
time it was not ratified.
Uniontown, Pa, today Is dedicating
a restored Fort Necessity, the famous
fortification Of George Washington, as
the Virginia colonel surrendered to the
French on July 4. 1754
b In 1878. July 4 was marked by the
walader and the Count de Conway.
near Philadelphia, after the latter had
been accused of being the leader in a
conspiracy to overthrow George Wash
ington as commander in chief of the
Army and replace him with Gen. Gates
The same day, the massacre of Wyo-
ming Valley, in which thousands of
Americans were killed in wholesome
plundering and numbering by British
and Indians in the Wyoming Valley,
occurred
Other events in which July 4 has fig
ured include the first address of John
Quincy Adams to the United States
Senate in 1902; the beginning of work
on the Erie Canal, in 1917; establish
ment of the Patent Bureau in 1896;
laying Of the corner stone of the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad in 1928; laying
of the corner stone Of the Washington
Monument in 1848; appointment of
U. S. Grant as major general of the
Union Army following his capture of
Vicksburg, Miss, in 1868.
Date of Two Treaties.
Two treaties we're signed on July 4
involving the United States, the treaty
with France in 1881 and the Burlingame
treaty with China in 1868.
Famous people born on July in
clude William Rush. sculptor, 1856;
Ethan Allen Brown, Senator and Gov
ernor of Ohio, 1865; Elijah Hise, jurist,
1901; Bella B. Edwards, clergyman,
1902; Nathaniel Hawthorne. author,
1904 Charles G.. Atherton, United States
Senator and author Of "Atherton'S Gag" I"
1904; John Stephenson, manufacturer,
1909; John M Carnochan. surgeon,
1917; Reuben E. Fenton, Senator and
Governor, 1919; Stephen C. Foster; song
| composer 1926; Helen Stuart Car~0ell,
journalist and educator, 1899; Felix
Angus, soldier and journalist, 1889;
James Pennell, artist and author. 1850,
and Francis Bacon Crocker, educator
and inventor. 1861.