Il. Nix Redding Center, Conn., is a small park preserved as a Revolutionary Memorial; for here General Israel Putnam's soldiers had theis winter quarters in 1778-1779. Long rows of stone camp fire-places still remain to stir a child’s imagination. The hardships which the soldiers endured and the agitation of a few hot-heads to break camp and march to the Hartford Assembly for relief, is a part of Redding history. ‘Once upon a “4th of July,” somé time ago, so the story goes, a child ‘went there on a picnic, held under the auspices of the First Church and the Village Cornet Band. Wandering away from the rest of the children past the camp ground into the woods, he hopes to catch a glimpse of some of the old soldiers. As he rests on the hillside of laurel and hickories, the ‘vanes of the band and the songs of the children grow fainter and fainter; —when—“mirabile dictu”—over the trees on the crest of the hill he sees a tall woman standing. She reminds him of a picture he has of the Goddess of Liberty, —but the face is sorrowful—she is pleading with the soldiers not to forget their “cause” and the great sacrifices they have made for it. But they march out of camp with fife and drum to a popular tune of the day. Suddenly a new national note is heard. Putnam is coming over the hills from the center,—the soldiers turn back and cheer. The little boy awakes, he hears the children’s songs and runs down past the monument to “listen to the band” and join in the games and dances. The repercoire of national airs at that time was meagre. Most of them were of English origin. It isa curious fact that a tune very popular with the American soldiers was “The British Grenadiers.” A captain in one of Putnam's regiments put it to words, which were sung for the first time in 1779 at a patriotic meeting in the Congregational Church in Redding Center; the text is both ardent and interesting.Horn ia F EPs l Alege (Qtek Se) Tin, ett Fee ap eh 2ha. To abe ‘Sar i Br vu cetteave Ha tee De unt vias cee 8FL a. Tepe Treat, toe Sa.Ds Base, Piano vit cee5 A on. aan [2 S0.De Bh be vir vioon, 1 Bae Pian wr vat iotaFA. c. Dasa Me rept Tron Tree Ba De via vur * f yta. Plato: Viste0 a Tm Troan. aoe Piano vu iota Dass ¥Toe Trem. Tobe Sade vu cettePiaae atteFL Bawa inseym Pas vit a wut atte a“ AL oy co Plano vu wut Vols cetteAndaste animate uae weds 2, A. ov. c. Bas'e Tent Treat. roe 7 divest @ ma aan fey sty ae Viola cettePo A. o>. us vit Vows cto0, c. Baw’ He Tet ‘Troe, Yee S0.De an ‘ae Peo] foe Pi momo tise or pe pee Tid ad vit etoDia goto rammed ep Ooi nto eats . rn. co 7 a ov. v a. gabe wabe| inghiaa} cateon, a Pian®, Sen Allegro modcrta viet west F. on, 1. Basie Me Tet ‘Troms. Tobe vu Viola cetteA ov, 1 Tent Tom. ams Piano vu vu ious “ siti attic is mone it emg ay Fe pie TP elea AL tT Trem. Toe vt violaA a. He Tent Trom, Sede tine Piano vu viola 7 Wa Or 7 ne“ Brae il F=vd 18 a. ave Ha Baer Pian @ Animate ee ord Views cette ala? PAI REE EO | g Tele eyAL on, Toe“ on, Tet Tron, cotta@ on a. Tepe Tom, tw BE S0.Dr sees & rrtscten Ss violaA 1 THe Bete De = va catesacl Fa ib) Zi = c. Base He Tepe ‘Troms, Tove ~ sae Bie Be ‘no oa vu cette80 A on, a. Tent Trem, wit vu cettecn Base oa Tepe sae cette8 om Tepe Trem, va Piccla FatfA Ter sa De aus Be Gini vit t atta Base 2co. Trent, Piaoe View cetteon. on Tee vu Viote cetteil eioe ih Fate a 4 tte on Teepe mera sep SoBe a rate treia wutyy [Pacharce ets] o. Desa Ten cettecn To Trem Toe VionTept rom. Teta so.De vitD con fume o fatale eet A T 4 be oy 5 £ “Set eles fae pale hele y a Dasa Tepe Tom via vn vols cette Base«2 A, c. Trem. Sa.Dr aa De Violaa. Bare Tromt, via cette Base fond