Widow of Gen Pickett Recites Gettysburg Charge Tale
Mrs. La Salle Corbell Pickett widow of Confederate Major General George E Pickett speaks at Tremont Temple as veterans and 1000 schoolchildren cheer. She recounts Gettysburg from the Confederate side detailing Pickett’s Charge and Lincoln’s friendship with the Pickett family.
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Tremont Temple
la Salle Corbell Pickett
George E. Pickett
Gettysburg
Pickett
Picket
Maj Gen Pickett
Wide Range of Suits and Savings in Stock
A large selection of suits in many patterns styles and fabrics is offered with a suit for every man. Prices range from 10 to 35 dollars and shoppers can save 5 to 10 dollars compared with other retailers.
Cornerstone Layed for Malden Memorial Monument
May 31 Malden ceremony at Bell Rock Park honors soldiers and sailors monument with Masons officials and local leaders. A parade featured multiple veteran and fraternal groups. Memorial Day plans include unveiling a completed monument by sculptor Bela N. Pratt next year.
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Malden
Soldiers and Sailors
Bell Rock Park
Dana J. Flanders
The
Masons of
Massachusetts
J. Albert Blake
G. Louis Richards
William G. Chapman
Post 40
Charles D. McCarthy
E. E. Locke
Fifth Regiment
Hiram G. Berry
Moses B. Lakeman
George H. Patch
Sons of Veterans
Masons
Beauseant Commandery
Melrose Council
R and S. M
Royal Arch
the Tabernacle
Mt. Vernon
Converse
Boston
Bela N. Pratt
Memorial Day ceremonies on Boston Common honor fallen mariners and veterans
Edward W. Kinsley Post 113 and Kearsarge Association of Naval Veterans led Memorial Day observances on Boston Common with a larger crowd than in years past. Veterans marched from the State House, placed floral wreaths at the Soldiers' Monument, and processed to Tremont Temple as Admiral Andrew Houghton oversaw bearing of colors and flower distribution.
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Norman
Edward W. Kinsley Post
Tremont Temple
Edward W. Kinsley
Pickett
Kinsley Post
East Boston High School
Frances Dunton Wood
Oliver P. Ricker
Gettysburg
State House
Kingsley Hall
Ford
Coast Artillery Corps
Arthur E. Hall
Pease
Goodrich
Andrew
Kearsarge Association of Naval Veterans
Boston Common
Nathaniel Wales Commanding
Coast Artillery Band
Beacon Street
Charles Street
Kinsley Associates
Soldiers’ Monument
William H. Alline
William E. Murdock
George E. Savory
John B. Lewis, Jr
F. A. Langley
Andrew Houghton
Thomas J. Corely
Nathan Forbes
Michael D. O’connell
Decorate Wolcott Grave by Spanish War Veterans
Ex Governor Roger Wolcott's grave at Mt. Auburn cemetery was decorated by Roger Wolcott Camp No 28 Spanish War Veterans. Ex Commander John B. Day led the ceremony as taps by E. E. Smith echoed. Later a detail from the camp visited Forest Hills cemetery to adorn fallen comrades.
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Roger Wolcott
Mt. Auburn
Wolcott
John BE. Day
E. E. Smith
Battery C
First Maine Artillery
Forest Hills Cemetery
President Taft Speaks at Gettysburg Station Visit
President Taft visited Gettysburg and Hanover delivering a brief speech from the car platform and at the monument. He urged Congress to adjourn by June and tariff action to be settled soon as thousands cheered on the historic field.
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Hanover
Congress
Washington
Charles A. Richardson
L. L. Lomax
Gettysburg National Park Commission
Taft
Lomax
Third Field Artillery
13Th Coast Artillery Band
America
H. H. Chouinard
Fifth United States Infantry
Monument to Regular Army at Gettysburg Unveiled
A speaker lauds the regular army for its unrecorded heroism and urges Congress to commission a memorial on the Gettysburg field. The address honors those who died there and stresses the army’s spotless record and civil oversight while the monument is revealed amid flags and ceremony.
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Congress
West Point
United States
Philippines
Santiago
Cuba
Republic
Gettysburg
Taft
Protest Against Race Prejudice at Shaw Tablet Services
Orators at Memorial Day services criticized racial discrimination in Boston and nationwide. Lieutenant Carpenter warned colored Bostonians could lose city representation under the new charter without unity. Clergy urged action to counter prejudice and ensure fair representation and judicial fairness amid national tensions.
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Robert Gould Shaw
State House
W. Spencer Carpenter
Peter Salem
Robert A. Bell
Dugro
Supreme Court of New York
Lieutenant Carpenter
Georgia
Carpenter
South
Boston
J. H. Boone
Robert G. Shaw Association
B. W. Ferris
St. Paul
Taft
Mr. Ferris
Too Old to Work Veteran Hangs Himself in Bronx Park
John Schmidt 69 a Civil War veteran who served under General Grant was found hanging from a tree in Bronx Park yesterday afternoon. Unable to work due to old age he refused to seek a pension and grew despondent as funds ran out with Memorial Day approaching.
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New York
John Schmidt
Bronx Park
Schmidt
Grant
Large Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters Attend Memorial Mass
Over 500 members of the Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters attended a memorial mass at Gate of Heaven Church South Boston yesterday. They marched in a body to the church bearing banners of their courts including SS Peter and Paul St Michael St Patrick St Augustine and Notre Dame. Rev Father Robert Johnson celebrated the mass.
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Order of Foresters
Gate of Heaven
South Boston
SS. Peter and Paul
St. Michael
St. Patrick
St. Augustine
Notre Dame
Robert Johnson
Statue of Francisco Tomeo Unveiled in Malden
Malden May 31. Fully 1000 devoted friends and relatives attended the unveiling of the statue of Francisco Tomeo, a former prominent Boston merchant, at Holy Cross Cemetery this morning.
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Malden
Francisco Tomeo
Boston
Holy Cross Cemetery
Roche memorial tablet dedicated at Holyhood Cemetery
Dedication of the Roche memorial tablet at Holyhood Cemetery Brookline honors poet James Jeffrey Roche. Ex President Roosevelt and other notable figures attended as John Boyle O'Reilly Club conducted ceremonies.
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Roche
T. R. Sullivan
Holyhood Cemetery
James Jeffrey Roche
Brookline
Roosevelt
John Boyle O'Reilly
Joseph Smith
Jeffrey Roche
Boyle O'Reilly
Margaret Roche
Florence Roche
Matthew Murphy
Miller
O’callaghan
Balloon Mass. Flight By Glidden Postponed In Gale
After four hours of prep and 200 men holding the Massachusetts balloon, a flight by Charles J. Glidden George S. Hunter Dr Winfield Smith was postponed due to gale strength. The balloon, inflated with 56000 cubic feet of gas, leaked gas and was ripped to keep it from being blown away.
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Massachusetts
Charles J. Glidden
George S. Hunter
Catlin & Co
Winfield Smith
Boston
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Anderson
Seminary Ridge
Garner
Lincoln
Harold F. Erlenbach
Bicketts
Nathaniel Wales
Adams
Horsford’s
Porto Rico
Honorable Profession of Arms
Heroes of the Regulars
Shaw
Foresters Hold
Lace
Paris
Philadelphia
R. H. Stearns & CO
Gale
Glidden
Pittsfield
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Gilschrist
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