ON THIS DAY IN 1874 , the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Mexico accepts the invitation to be represented in the Centennial, and will organize commissions for that purpose in both countries.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1895 , the Eagle said, “No patriotic citizen can think of the celebration in this city today of the glories which the sons of Maryland won in the revolutionary war without emotion. When the colonies were struggling for freedom they were united. They were fighting together for a common cause and the common sufferings and the common hardships of war were bonds that held them together. Since that time there has been another war, in which a part of the original colonies were pitted against the rest. It is true that Maryland did not secede, but the secession sentiment was strong in t

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