American Anniversaries: Every Day in the Year, Presenting Seven Hundred and Fifty Events in United States History, from the Discovery of America to the Present Day (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from American Anniversaries: Every Day in the Year, Presenting Seven Hundred and Fifty Events in United States History, From the Discovery of America to the Present Day

The care of the author to clear up moot questions and obscure incidents is shown throughout the book. How the Declaration of Independence was Signed; who actually said, Millions for defense but not a cent for tribute! To mention but two and at random. Equally worthy of note are the pains taken to bring the annals up to date: President Wilson's phrase, Peace without Victory; and the authoritative handling of the cele bration Of the first Catholic mass in America are but two of countless cases in point.

Oliver Wendell Holmes took delight in matching his life with that of the lexicographer Samuel Johnson who lived exactly a century before the genial Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. American Anniversaries enables the reader to look backward through the vista of the years and from this catalog of our national treasure in men and events to appraise anew the glory of our country's career.

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