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...ever seen. Last week, Mrs. Findlay gave the President a first-hand account of the incident, urged him to attend the commemoration exercises at the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Antietam, in which Captain Holmes was wounded, Sept. 16-17. The President, although scheduled to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the signing of the Constitution with a Washington speech the same day, said he hoped to attend...
Last week, however, Congressman Bloom's latest project, the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Constitution -which, since he is fond of appearing in costume, offers him delightful opportunities to appear as an early American patriot -came perilously close to shipwreck. Two years ago he got $10,000 to start his work, last year he got $200,000 more. Last week when he went back for $150,000 more he was very rudely treated. The celebration he has planned begins Sept. 17, the anniversary of the signing of the Constitution. On Dec. 7 comes the anniversary of Delaware...
...Royal Family than the U. S. without its Constitution. Last week, as in every week since President Roosevelt announced his intention of "revivifying" the Supreme Court, the Constitution was front-page news. In Washington and Philadelphia publicity-wise politicians were making capital of the grand old document's 150th anniversary. And last week appeared a timely, eminently readable history of the U. S. Constitution to show thoughtful readers what lay back of the headlines...
Claiming to be the oldest prison reform group in the world, the oldest organized charity in the U. S., the Prison Society last week celebrated its 150th birthday with vesper services at Old Christ Church, with Bishop Francis Marion Taitt representing the Episcopal Church, President Ernst Philip Píatteicher the Lutheran Ministerium, Secretary William B. Harvey the Orthodox Friends...
Underlying principles of the federal government were either endorsed or scored yesterday as 50 students met in Phillips Brooks House and Sever Hall in the first Model Constitutional Convention which commemorated the 150th anniversary of the original convention...