in our great need, to this type of men. Congress lost no time and issued a call on June 14, 1775, for six companies of expert riflemen to be raised immediately in Pennsylvania. These troops, bringing their own rifles with them, under the command of such men as General Edward Hand, Captains James Ross

our attention to one little section in the United States, for by a detailed examination of feeling in one section we can easily gain some perspective as to how the people in all the United States felt in this crucial year. Let us go to Pennsylvania, to the Lancaster County of 1856. Lancaster County is

Trinity Churchyard, New York City. FUNK, John Musser: d. Oct. 25, 1812. Lieut. in U. S. Navy. Killed in battle between frigates United States and the Macedonian, Oct. 25, 1812, off the Azores, under Commodore Stephen Decatur. "Lancaster Intelligencer & Weekly Advertiser," Dec. 19, 1812. L. C. H. S. pub

a blustering lawyer known as Danton. The marquis was unaware of these neighbors and friends of his protége. He amused himself, during his visit with another whirlwind love affair with an actress. The vitally important year of 1789 was at hand. The Tennis Court Oath was sworn. The Bastille fell. The

Continental Army who died in the Lititz Military Hospital, between December 19, 1777, and August 28, 1778, and are buried on this plot. Erected by the United States Government in 1930. �SOLDIERS MONUMENT Mt. ZION CEMETERY EPHRATA. PA hSf Monument at Mount Zion, Ephrata Erected to the memory of Continental

Fredericks- burg, Virginia, and carried the enemy's works on the left. He was appointed military governor of that city , and his administration of affairs was so vigorous and equitable, that the loyal citizens rejoiced in the establishment of the authority of the United States in their midst. His troops were

authority, is second to none in the state of Pennsylvania and ranks well with any in the United States, especially when you consider the size of our com- munity. I have probably dwelt too long on the past and yet I have only touched the historic past of Lancaster. But what I believe you are primarily inter

-echoed the sweet music of the choirs, alternating with the fervent prayers of the mystics, were now filled with the groans of the sick and moans of the dying. To make matters worse a malignant fever, a type of typhus, broke out. Dr. James Tilton, who visited the hospital late in 1777, stated that not an