. The uplift [serial] . K, Editor, J. C. Fisher, Director Printing Department Entered as second-class matter Dec. 4, 1920 at the Post Office at Concord,N. C, under act of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for mailing at special rateof 4, 1923. THE AMERICAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. Today is the fourth of July, 1925,the one hundred and forty-ninth anni-versary of the most important datein American history. We are not un-mindful of the great importance andinfluence of the patriotic proceedingsthat took place at Charlotte on May20th, 1775. This day is a real anni-versary of a vital movement—thepronoun
. The uplift [serial] . K, Editor, J. C. Fisher, Director Printing Department Entered as second-class matter Dec. 4, 1920 at the Post Office at Concord,N. C, under act of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for mailing at special rateof 4, 1923. THE AMERICAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. Today is the fourth of July, 1925,the one hundred and forty-ninth anni-versary of the most important datein American history. We are not un-mindful of the great importance andinfluence of the patriotic proceedingsthat took place at Charlotte on May20th, 1775. This day is a real anni-versary of a vital movement—thepronouncement of the American Dec-laration of Independence, by the rep-resentatives of the Thriteen Colonies,in Congress assembled in Philadel-phia. The average American applauds aheroic and nervy act. Though thePatriots at Charlotte had gone onrecord showing their contempt ofof English rule and mistreatment, more than a year prior to this time, thatgathering at Philadelphia represented the united colonies, and what they did. 4 THE UPLIFT became at once a cause to be defended and supported by the whole people. Weaklings, half-hearted people would not have invited a contest Avith a na-tion so strong, well equipped and so determined to have, throughout all time,its own pleasures and desires respected, but these American Patriots had re-solved, pledged their honor and their lives to the cause of freedom. It is fitting, as years go by, for the American people to observe in someway the anniversary of this momentous event in our countrys history. Thatone act, in which the colonies united, did more to shape the face of the earth,governments, conditions and hopes of a people than any other one politicalevent in history. It tried out, established and made secure a republican formof government, the first of its kind, and the very marvel of those times. In the North, they shoot fire-crackers and guns and have bon-fires. It isnoisy and demonstrative. In the South, the people take it more revere
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