Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . he Gettysburg campaign develops nothing butwhat heightens his qualities for the peculiarly grave emergency that con-fronted him. General Meade did not receive the promotion to which man)- thoughtthat his great services at the battle of Gettysburg entitled him ; and hewent down to his grave, says Colonel McClure, one of the sorrowing 148 INDEPENDENCE and unrewarded heroes of the war. He died in Philadelphia in Novem-ber, 1872, in a house which had been presented to his wif
Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . he Gettysburg campaign develops nothing butwhat heightens his qualities for the peculiarly grave emergency that con-fronted him. General Meade did not receive the promotion to which man)- thoughtthat his great services at the battle of Gettysburg entitled him ; and hewent down to his grave, says Colonel McClure, one of the sorrowing 148 INDEPENDENCE and unrewarded heroes of the war. He died in Philadelphia in Novem-ber, 1872, in a house which had been presented to his wife by his coun-trymen. A fund of one hundred thousand dollars was, after his death. subscribed for his family. QUESTIONS. Where and when was General Meade born? Where was he edu-cated ? At what battles did he fight before Gettysburg ? What Confeder-ate commander did he defeat at Gettysburg ? What made the battle ofGettysburg such an important one ? Can you describe General Pickettsfamous charge ? Where did General Meade die ? What provision was made for his family ? ^^ INDEPENDENCE HALL AND THE OLD LIBEKTY AN anyone tell me, asked Uncle Frank, who wrote theDeclaration of Independence ? That made us a freeand independent nation; do you know who was theauthor of it ? Yes, spoke up Mabel, There was a committeeof five to write it. Franklin was one, and Jeffersonwas another, I have always read that Jefferson wrotethe Declaration, Quite right, said Uncle Frank, and the old Inde-pendence Hall, where it was signed, still stands in Philadelphia, and hasrecently been made to look just as it did in the great year of 1776. The building that stands in the centre of the brick structures onChestnut street, between Fifth and Sixth streets, and has the tall spire, isthe original State House, subsequently known as Independence Hall, Itwas provided that the ground to the south of the State House shouldremain a public green and walk forever, It was not till 1816 that thecity acquired the pro
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