Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1920 — TUESDAY HISTORIC DAY FOR AMERICA [ARTICLE]

TUESDAY HISTORIC DAY FOR AMERICA

Washington, April 6.—Today was the anniversary of great events in history. One hundred and thirty-one years ago George Washington was elected first president of the United States by the first session of congress which convened in New York. Fifty-eight years ago the union and confederate armies grappled in the great Battle of Shiloh. Eleven years ago the late Rear Admiral Peary “nailed the Stars and Stripes to the North Pole.” Three years ago the United States declared war on Germany.