Yesterday was the 205th anniversary of the birth of George Washington, the first president of the United States. Though the occasion was not observed locally with the same festivities which have marked the occasion in previous years, it would be unfitting to allow the day, to pass without some mention. fortunate that within recent Years there have been published a. fair number of books which give a much better idea of the man than did Mason Weems, who is alleged to have invented the cherry tree story. From them all emerge the important fact, that, despite all that orities have said bout. Washington, he stands out 36 2 gute of immense loyalty to prin-tiples, a man of unwavering courage, nnd in every "way filled 10 become, Journal, for there was a enormous amount of opinion in England at the time of the War of Independence which was in complete sympathy with the rebellious colonials. Washington Was the prime mover in the establishment of a young country which has now grown to one of the most im: portant Powers in the world, That nation is now emerging from a period of depression during which it has shown a courage of which such man a5 Washington could well have been proud, He and the mon who worked with him laid the foundations of the new country so well that the great edifice which has -now been erected 1s the admiration of all peoples. 'The rising prosperity of the United States is welcomed by evers tone, not the least the British who still see' in the origins of United States their Anglo-Saxon genius,
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