Incidents of the Day in Charlestown Parade and Festivities
Charlestown marked its celebration with a loud parade from the navy yard to Sullivan square and a lively street scene. Reporters, Harvard students, and locals described drunken humor and civilian antics, while officials and policemen managed crowds, reviewed the parade, and struggled with a few mishaps. Fireworks, bands, and open houses capped a strenuous but happy day for residents and visitors.
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Charlestown
Pemberton Square
Navy Yard
Sullivan Square
Philadelphia
Post
City Square
Emmons
Harvard
Monument
Stone
Lexington
J. J. Corbett
C.$. Sullivan
Soule
Senate
Beacon Hill
Bunker Hill Street
Joseph A. Dennison
Frank Steele
Harrrington
Quigley
Peter F. Tag
Medford Street
Eldredge and
Goss
Daniel Webster
Bunker Hill
Charlestown Carnival Parade Draws 5000 Spectators
Crowds filled the Charlestown route as a 5000 plus attendance witnessed a morning carnival parade. Chief Marshal Richard H. Hanson led, with Lt. Andrew T. Wilson and aides, followed by cadets, the Fifth Infantry, Davis Guards, and veterans. Float displays featured the John Brown bell, the Carnival Belles, Inauguration of the First Governor of Massachusetts, and several patriotic tableaux. The procession included Concord to Yorktown era scenes, Minute Men, and diverse school and fraternal groups with elaborate floats and costumes, drawing cheers from a lively crowd.
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Charlestown
Richard H. Hanson
Andrew T. Wilson
George B. Hanson
John F. Tierney
Crack Fifth Infantry
Lexington
Davis Guards
Marlboro
John Brown
Harper's Ferry
Maynard
Greater Boston
Dirigo
Maine Signal Corps
Portland
Carnival Association
Faye E. Morrill
Columbia
Concord
Yorktown
St. Mary’s Total Abstinence Society of
Malden
Monument Exercises Mark Boston Philadelphia Bell Reunification
The Bun ker Hill celebration closed with monument exercises drawing about 20 000 people as Councilman Dolan and Mayor Collins spoke then Mayor Weaver welcomed Philadelphia guests carrying the Liberty bell amid calls for enduring friendship between the two cities.
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Bunker Hill
Dolan
Collins
Boston
Philadelphia
Mr. Dennison
Express wagon overturn injures women and children in Charlestown parade
A heavy one horse wagon packed with chairs and 15 women and children overturned on Winthrop street during a parade. Children aged 3 to 6 were thrown out, crying and bleeding. A woman sustained shoulder and arm injuries. driver William Donahoe made a sharp left turn near 29 Winthrop street. The wagon bore James Ellis & Co. of 145 Broadway, Boston.
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Bunker Hill
Monument Streets
Charlestown
Jerry Watson
Roxbury
High Street
Jerry
William Jennings Bryan
Boston
Watson
Doyle
Repre
Winthrop Street
William Donahoe
James Ellis & Co
Broadway
South
Putnam Phalanx Escorts Governor on Bunker Hill Day
In Redding Connecticut on June 17 the Putnam Phalanx of Hartford escorted Governor Chamberlain and staff to the historic General Israel Putnam campground. The program featured grave decorations, a luncheon, addresses, and a 17 gun salute by the Governor. Late afternoon the group proceeded to Danbury for a street parade and banquet.
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Bunker Hill
Redding
Conn
Putnam Phalanx
Hartford
Israel Putnam
Chamberlain
Danbury
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Liberty Belles
Bessie Borden
Connecticut
Lillian Casey
Delaware
Lillian Gillian
Massachusetts
Agnes M’cue
South Carolina
Emma M’manus
Pennsylvania
Myrtle Farrell
New York
Grace Churchill
New Hampshire
ST. John’s Sunday School
Arlestown
Postman
the Union
Fay Morrill
The
Mollie Brown
Rhode Island
Bessie Mason
Maryland
Grace Nickerson
North Carolina
Bertha M. Ginnes
Georgia
Bertha A. Churchill
New Jersey
Cecilia Nickerson
Virginia
James Williams
Redcoats
General Mercer
Washington
Nathan Hale
Francis de Sales
Soldiers of the Future
Dudley Club
Light Cavalry
Knights of Massachusetts
Betsy Hull
Bunker Hill Baptist Sunday School
Betsy Ross
Jonathan Thompson Society
Colonel Prescott
Prescott School
Independent Order of Heptasophs
Winthrop Sunday School
St. Francis de Sales Parochial School
True Blues of
Lynn
Abraham Lincoln Relief Corps
Flowerland
Columbus
Court of
Spain
Mexico
American Eagle
Hight Artillery Section
Italian Military Society
Loyal Adopted Sons
St. Michael's A. B. A. M
Dennison
Yonder Heaven
Bunk Hill
Otis
Hancock
Adams
Continental Confess
Loston
Bunker Hill ‘Monument
Lexington and Concord
A. R
William Geary
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