La visite de Lafayette Germantown, le 20 juillet 1825 ; une allocution prononcée devant la Société de généalogie de la Pennsylvanie, le 1er mars 1909, l'Ohio Historical Society, le 10 mai 1909, le Site et la société relique de Germantown, 20 mai 1910, la Société d'histoire de la ville de Philadelphie, le 11 janvier 1911 . Lane. Notre Germantown Acad-emy a fêté le fiftiethanniversary dans 191 o, et lorsque Lafayette vis-il limité, il l'avait été pour les deux tiers d'un centuryan objet d'intérêt et de la sollicitude à l'incor-porators et leurs descendants. Les troubles de la révolution malheureusement interféré avec l'ord

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Lafayette's visit to Germantown, July 20, 1825; an address delivered before the Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, March 1, 1909, the Pennsylvania Historical Society, May 10, 1909, the Site and Relic Society of Germantown, May 20, 1910, the City History Society of Philadelphia, January 11, 1911 . Lane. Our Germantown Acad-emy celebrated its one hundred and fiftiethanniversary in 191 o, and when Lafayette vis-ited it, it had been for two-thirds of a centuryan object of interest and solicitude to the incor-porators and their descendants. The turmoil ofthe Revolution sadly interfered with the orderlyand continuous conduct of the school. Here, as at Wyck, the floors were stained by theblood of the wounded after the battle. It wasoffered in 1793 as a meeting place for Congress, and later was occupied by two of the big citybanks during the yellow fever visitation. Welike to say that its old weathervane is sur-mounted by the crown of George HL, and thatits bell, which still calls the schoolboy to hisstudies, was sent home to England in the teaship Polly, when this vessel was refused alanding in Philadelphia by our indignant citi-zens, and at the time when the Boston patriots, with no more earnestness, but with far morewastefulness, were pouring the tea consigned tothem into the harbor.. TO GERMANTOIVN 43 Arriving at the school, the instructors, withWalter R. Johnson, * the principal, at their head, and the pupils were drawn up to receive thedistinguished visitors. Mr. Johnson then de-livered the following address, which in the mainwas like hundreds — yes, almost a thousand —oratorical efforts to which Lafayette had listened(in his tour), but which, as it is short and con-tains some local references, is given in full. Itwas received with that urbanity and courtesywhich everywhere marked the Generals visitto Germantown. Mr. Johnson said:General: In behalf of the members of the Academy ofGermantown, permit me to express the high satisfac-tion inspired in our hearts by the visi

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