Every year new occasions arise that point to a new order of celebrations.
Until recently there were no centennial celebrations. Once inaugurated
these suggested semi-centennial and quarter-century ones, and as the
country advanced in years there came the bi-centennial and ter-centennial.
And the attention of the civilized globe was called to our
fourth-centennial by the unrivalled and wonderful display at the World's
Exhibition in Chicago.

In this chapter are given outlines of a miscellaneous character, some
original and some selected.

OUTLINE OF CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW'S ADDRESS AT THE CENTENNIAL OF CAPTURE OF
ANDRE

This is a good model for the semi-centennial or centennial of any noted
event.

Being in the open air the speaker referred to the grand scenery, almost the
same as one hundred years before.

Effect on the nation's heart of such Revolutionary commemorations.

Small events influence the currents of history. Thermopyla and its 300;
_the three plain farmers who preserved American liberty_.

The orator then sketched compactly but vividly the critical situation of
1780, and tells at length the story of Arnold's treason, its frustration
by the capture of Andre and his pathetic fate. This "one romance of
the Revolution" is a thrilling tale, and all adornment is given to it.