On July 4, known as Philippine-American Friendship Day in the Philippines because the U.S. granted the country independece on July 4, 1946, _The Philippine Star_ ran an editorial quoting Mark Twain's "To the Person Sitting in Darkness." It concludes: "I cannot think of a better way of celebrating Fil-American Friendship Day than by permanently honoring Mark Twain with a fitting monument that could serve as the focal point of every annual Fil-American Friendship Day commemoration." The editorial is online at: Fil-American Friendship, _Philippine Star_ (July 4) http://www.philstar.com/datedata/i04_jul4/EDI5.HTM Jim Zwick [log in to unmask] http://home.ican.net/~fjzwick/ http://marktwain.miningco.com/