4 July

Born in 1857 — Joseph Pennell, American draftsman, etcher and lithographer.

Above: Hail America, 1909

Also, born in 1826, American songwriter and composer Stephen Foster.

‘Tis the song, the sigh of the weary;
Hard Times, Hard Times, come again no more:
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door;
Oh! Hard Times, come again no more.

While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay
There are frail forms fainting at the door:
Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say –
Oh! Hard times, come again no more.

Previously on July 4, Nellie Mae Rowe and Nathaniel Hawthorne.