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In Memory Of Cass

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Day
15
Month
October
Year
1897
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Public Domain
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Exercises commemorating the life of of Gov. Lewis Cass were held in Normal hall, Ypsilanti, Friday morning. The hall was tastefully decorated with flags, and it was fllled with students and citizens. Prof. Daniel Putman delivered a stirring address. He declared that we should have a Michigan Day in our schools, in addition to Flag Day, with exercises for impressing children with prominent facts and features not common to the whole conntry. He also advocated a day to commemorate the names and characters of those who have given luster to Michigan. Few know, he said, that Oct. 9 was the date of the birth of Gov. Lewis Cass, the most illustrious representative of our state in American history. Born in 1782, at Exeter. N. H., admitted to the bar in 1802, entered the army in 1812, made brigadier-general in 1813, territorial governor of Michigan trom 1814 to 1830, secretary of war f rom 1831 to 1834, designed the coat-of-arms now on Michigan's great seal in 1835, minister to France from Ï83R to 1841, United senator from 1841 to 1847, candidate for president in 1848, was again United States senator from 1849 to 18-56, secretary of state from 1857 to 1860, and died in Detroit, June 17, 1866. A large copy of the great seal which beari our coat-of-arms should enibellish the walls of every school room in Michigan, and the teachers should vinderstand and teach the children its history and the meaning of the inscriptions. Oct. 9 in each year should be known and celebrated as Cass Day, to commemorate the services of Gov. Lewis Cass, and to the end that the coming generation may learn to reveré his memory and emulate his example. The exercises of Friday were brought about through the efforts of Mrs. Florence S. Babbitt, chairman of the committee on patriotic instruction, W. R.C.

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News