[1] The kindling of bonfires and beacon lights on the accession of a
sovereign or any other occasion of national rejoicing is a very old
custom in Britain and is still kept up. At the time of Queen Victoria's
jubilee trees were planted closely to form a great V on the side of the
Downs, and when the fires were lighted on Ditchling Beacon and other
heights the letter stood out black against the close turf of the
hillside.
[2] The account of Smith's campaigns and signalling code is given in his
autobiography.
[3] The Delaware.
[4] Some authorities consider the Hudson River to be actually a fiord or
fjord and not a true river.
[5] Greenwich Village.