Excerpt from An Account of the Centennial Celebration at Princeton, N. J: June 27th, 1876 And as, in all ages and by all people, to awaken the dormant feeling of patriotism and kindle anew the fires of devotion to country has been esteemed a solemn duty, into this same line of thought and channel of action we ourselves seemed to be still further thrust, and to be shut up to the belief, for the time being, that no more honorable work could be pursued than to approach with reverence and gratitude those altars of the past, and there do obeisance. It were impossible, at this late day, to enumerate the names even, much less the deeds, of greater or lesser heroism, of all those of Princeton who took part in the Revolutionary struggle. Families do not generally, and we may say it, perhaps unhap pily, perpetuate the exploits of their ancestors. Nor do com munities, except in very striking instances. The dangers and sufferings undergone by the common soldier on the tented, per haps untented field, on the march, and on the scene of carnage of the officer of high birth, wealth, luxury, and social position of the women at home toiling and agonizing, and of the children capable of appreciating the exposure and sacrifice of fathers and brothers, lover and friend, lie very much in the world's unwritten history. It would not be our object, however, here to rehabilitate these, even were it possible, nor even to mention, at least in any detail, those men and deeds which have been rescued from the jaws of oblivious time, but only to give a few names and outline of things as awarrant for the commemoration that was held. Further mention of these will occur in the pro gress of this narrative. While for a full exhibit, reference must be had to the larger and completer histories. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.