Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 216, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1920 — SEPTEMBER 6 IS MEMORABLE DATE [ARTICLE]

SEPTEMBER 6 IS MEMORABLE DATE

Three hundred years ago, on September 6, 1920, the Mayflower sailed from Plymouth, England, with 102 passengers, seventy five males and .twenty-seven females. This date will mark the beginning of the programs to commemorate the Pilgrim tercentenary. September 6 also is the anniversary of the birth of General De Lafayette, whoge life is so closely connected with that of George Washington and the early days of the republic. It is likewise the anniversary of the date ol the assassination of President Mel Kinley. He was shot September 6, • 1901, but lived several days. Thu date also marks another event in the world’s legendary and traditional occasions. On September 6, 19C9, Rear Admiral Robert E. « wAfifiiwi flu> AMApiftfiHiliPPAfll and the world of Ids great achievement of discovering the north pole after three years of hardships in the frozen northlands. Septembei i * r.-v .... ..-j.- •, ?

6 also is the day on which school begins and nothing is more import-' ant in the great work of Americanization than the public schools.