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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1897
Page
2
Boston holds a series of Jubilee events in halls and churches. The Rev. Mr George speaks at St Matthew's, Dr Lorimer at Tremont Temple, and Dr Thomas at Music Hall with full arrangements announced.
Thousands of Boston residents joined Jubilee Day ceremonies praising Queen Victoria. Churches and public meetings featured songs of England and America, with prayers and anthems, amid a display of Union Jack and Stars and Stripes unity. The Tremont Temple program included the Tremont Temple Orchestra and Commonwealth Quartet soloists under director A. R. Mac Kusick.
The official jubilee programme began with Ascension Sunday services at St Matthew's Episcopal Church Broadway South Boston. Rev A E George preached on the throne established by righteousness praising Queen Victoria and describing her reign’s reforms and Britain America friendship. Representatives of British charitable societies and Irish and other groups attended.
Dr George C Lorimer preached at Tremont Temple as 9000 loyal citizens gathered to honor Queen Victoria and McKinley Wolcott amid flags of the United States Great Britain and Scotland. The audience applauded England’s leaders and united in reverent tribute.
A Boston Music Hall gathering of British Americans honors Queen Victoria with prayers hymns and praises. Speakers praise her integrity and goodness while celebrating reforms and the union of Britain and the United States. Large crowd expected for the banquet with participants from multiple cities and civic groups.
A public event featured the Stars and Stripes and the Union Jack raised together, guiding an orderly ceremony that drew applause and a sense of unity among attendees. Local officials emphasized friendship and international accord during the closing remarks.
A full English cathedral service honored the Queen's Jubilee at Grace Episcopal Church. A sixty-voice vested choir directed by Archibald J. Houghton led the ceremony with decorations and delegations from several English societies in attendance.
Lieut Pottinger and Mr Lawrence with Gurkhas were attacked by Black Mairus on May 22 while probing the Irawaddy. A native surveyor and a Gurkha were killed. The rest fled into Chinese territory, losing all baggage.
The nation marks Queen Victoria’s jubilee with multi church services at Westminster Abbey and St Margaret’s, processions led by the Lord Chancellor and Speaker, and royal family attendance. Envoys, peers, and foreign dignitaries fill St Paul’s and Westminster, as Cardinal Vaughan and church leaders praise her reign and deliver Te Deum.
Afternoon and evening services at Westminster Abbey and St Paul’s Cathedral. At Windsor’s St George’s Chapel a major musical service featured Mme Albani and Edward Lloyd with the Windsor and Eton Choir. American preachers addressed the Queen’s life, streets buzzed with crowds, and processional routes prepared for a packed procession tonight.
Special despatches from Paris Berlin Vienna St Petersburg and other major cities report services in local English churches and large crowds. Vienna and St Petersburg press long eulogies to the Victorian reign while Constantinople sends Ottoman officials and a full diplomatic corps attends the service. A guard of English bluejackets stood nearby.
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