July 22: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
ON THIS DAY IN 1912, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Dr. H. Allan Tupper, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, Fourth avenue near Fourteenth street, preached a sermon yesterday morning on ‘The Olympic Games.’ His text was Hebrews xii:1: ‘Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which doth so easily beset us and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.’”
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ON THIS DAY IN 1914, the Eagle reported, “WASHINGTON — Plans for mobilizing at least one thousand marines within striking distance of Haiti and the Dominican Republic move forward another step tomorrow with the arrival of the naval transport Prairie at Guantanamo from Vera Cruz. The transport Hancock, which has just landed 300 at Guantanamo, is now headed to the Philadelphia Navy Yard to return with another load to bring the total force up to at least one thousand. The Prairie will bring the full complement of officers for the marines already at Guantanamo and will remain there to transport the force to Haiti should an emergency arise while the Hancock is away for more troops. With those preparations, President [Woodrow] Wilson’s decision as to what action the United States shall take to quell the revolutions in the island republic and satisfy the pressure of European creditors will be awaited. War and navy officials, confident that peace can be restored on the island only by the active intervention of the United States, are perfecting their plans.”
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