Excerpt from Illustrated Programme of the Centennial Celebration in New York, April, 1889: 1789, 1889 Nothing practical, however, came of the Historical Society's movement, and nearly two years later the Chamber of Commerce went through substantially the same formula with somewhat more imposing results, but nothing ofa more practical nature. The Chamber of Commerce resolutions, which were introduced by Nathaniel Niles, declared that the day was the birthday of the Government of the United States, and asked for the appointment of a committee of five to consider and report appropriate action. The committee of five was accordingly appointed, and made a first report April I, 1886. This report suggested the appointing of a committee to prepare a bill to be presented to Con gress for the purpose of having April 30, 1889, made a national holiday, and securing an appropriation from Congress. It suggested the bringing of the matter to the attention Of the Governor of this State and the Legislature, with a request for a State appropriation and the taking of other important and necessary action. 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.