Statues and Salutes Mark Farragut Dedication in South Boston
South Boston prepares a grand observance with navy yard crews and a Russian fleet contingent for the Farragut statue unveiling. Marines and sailors line the stands as Battery A fires a seventeen gun salute followed by flagships firing in reply. The official program includes hymns, prayers, an address by Alexander H. Rice, and a benediction amid civic and G A R contingents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Boston Yacht Club
Mosquito Fleet Yacht Club
Commonwealth Yacht Club
Carter
Eukas
E. A. Horton Toot
Henry O'Meara
Pilgrim's Chorus
Tannhauser
Alexander H. Rice
Benediction
Jubilant Boston Day Parade Opens with Ceremonies and Fireworks
South Boston readies for a day of ceremonies with a parade set for 2 PM and statue exercises at 3 PM. The district fills with bunting, paintings, and mottoes as stores showcase hunting influence. In the evening a park concert and fireworks are planned from a wharf seen on shore, featuring 71 pieces and a Farragut display. The procession forms on Fourth Street and heads to Dorchester Avenue.
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General Washington
Farragut
Tammany Club
Ward 13
Engine Company
Dorchester Avenue
Thomas F. Phillips & Co
Richard Kelley
The
Catholic Institute
Harry Cook
United States
South Boston
Broadway
Fourth Street
Spectacular Broadway Festooning At Bethesda Building
A vivid display of streamers and bunting decorates Broadway with the Bethesda building turning into a bannered mural from top to bottom. A central tableau shows Admiral Farragut on the Hartford in Mobile Bay flanked by the Goddess of Liberty, guiding the parade toward Marine Park for a review by the chief marshal and guests.
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Bethesda Building
Admiral Farragut
Hartford
Mobile Bay
Broadway
Marine Park
Paraders to Be Placed for Unveiling Salutes
At the procession end the marines will march in the first division and line up on the left of the ceremony space as part of the unveiling salute.
Parading Units and Civic Pageant in Boston Harbor Event
A long roster lists military bands Naval bands and civic groups from the Army Navy and veterans organizations marching divisions in a large public parade. Chief officers include Lt Col Logan and Lt Hayes with multiple ships bands and associations from Enterprise Kearsarge and Post 32 G A R participate alongside civic groups and school contingents. Delegations from Governor Russell and the Russian fleet attend, with the Goddess of Liberty among the participant pageant and dozens of state representations carried by Misses from Maine to Wyoming.
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Carter
United States Marines
B. H. Fuller
United States
San Francisco
Vesuvius
W. H. Ruddick
Aids
L. J. Logan
Newall A. Thompson
B. Belt
John R. Slattery
Elmer Millett
G. H. Carey
John J. Healey
F. H. Crowin
J. Henry Piper
P. Reddle
B. W. O'Neil
Fred W. Lyons
John F. Falvey
G. B. Proctor
R. M. Cole
J. W. Bragdon
John A. Collins
C. H. Whitney
J. 8. Dean
H.S. Everett
W. E. Mansfield
Thomas Ryan
P. J. Kyle
William H. Quirk
Y. J. Sullivan
Edwin R. Spinney
J. Carlton Nichols
Hayes
D. L. Pendergast
Albert G. Pike
T. W. Flood
Logan
H. Z. Hayes
United States Ship Enterprise
Ensign Miller
United States Navy
Naval
Naval Brigade
M. V
M. J. O'Connor
J. E. Brayman
H. S Everett
Kearsarge
Kearsarge Association
Naval Veterans
Kimberly Garrison
N. U
Charles H. Whiting
G. A
Sampson
Treadwell
Ing
Wyifth
W._B. Mansfield
Russell
Massachusetts
Army of Potomac
South Boston Citizens’ Association
Lillian Connolly
Catherine Barry
Rhode Island
Mary Moran
Connecticut
Kate Brennick
New York
K. McDonald
New Jersey
Harriet McGuinness
Pennsylvania
Gertie Murphy
Delaware
Lizzie Keres
Maryland
Annie L. McCarthy
Virginia
Mollie Fielding
West Virginia
May Towler
North Carolina
Hattie Ferguson
South Carolina
Edith Holmes
Georgia
Annie
Cassie Ecker
Kansas
May Smith
Veterans Read Poetry and Sing At Faneuil Hall
The piece recalls a veterans gathering with Comrade Joseph L White performing We Old Boys and an oration by Rev Arthur Little D D. General Porter ends with a quip about marching through Georgia as the crowd departs singing From Atlanta to the Sea and honoring 6000 fallen soldiers.
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Joseph L. White
Arthur Little
Potomac
Porter
Georgia
Faneuil Hall
Atlanta
Amy Robsart
John Porter
C. L. Pearson
C. L. Dunham
Thomes Sherwin
Russell A. P. Martin
A. A. Pope
W. P. Shreve
Horace Porter
Billy
E. A. Horton
Russell
Boston
Army of the Potomac
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Emerson
Charles
Chicago
New York
R. W. Gilder
Mr. Gilder
George Kennan
Siberian
Commonwealth Avenue
Russians Attend Boston Army Potomac Event At Faneuil Hall
The Army of the Potomac gathering at Faneuil Hall featured Russian naval officers in full regalia sitting on the platform with gold epaulettes and white caps. Generals Porter and others spoke as poet R W Gilder performed and Comrade White led "We Old Boys" in song amid crowd revelry and a Georgia march finale.
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Potomac
Alleghanies
Chesapeake
Sea
Liberty
Faneuil Hall
Society of the Army of the Potomac
Horton
Michaelovitch
Kazonkoff Bouchvostoff
Fitz
Governor Russell Welcomes Army of the Potomac Veterans
Governor Russell extends welcome to veterans in the Commonwealth, praising the historic grounds and monuments around them as the Army of the Potomac reunites. He vows heartfelt hospitality and service to make their visit pleasant at Faneuil Hall and related sites.
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The
Commonwealth
Temple of Liberty
Army of the Potomac
Grand Old Commonwealth
Gantic
Faneuil Hall
Bunker Hill
Appomattox
Lexington and Concord
Massachusetts Farewell Address to Army of the Potomac Veterans
In a solemn speech to veterans, the speaker honors the Army of the Potomac, noting Massachusetts sent nearly forty regiments and the North supported the army from Bull Run to Appomattox. He recalls Gettysburg anecdotes, praises its bravery, and urges the living to carry forward lessons of patriotism and duty.
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Commonwealth
Massachusetts
North
Army of the Potomac
Union
Bull Run
Appomattox
Doubleday
Gettysburg
Archer
Iron Brigade
The Great Remembrance in Honor of War’s Memory
A tribute poem by Richard Watson Gilder recalls shared campfire years and battlefield nights. It honors soldiers, nurses, and captains, praising brave deeds and sacrifice. The poem laments memory’s burden, evokes marching armies, fires, and signals, and ends with hopeful faith in eternal leadership and peace.
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Richard Watson Gilder
Kate
Earth
Dr Arthur Little Addresses Comrades In Soldierly Speech
Dr Arthur Little of Dorchester delivers a wartime style oration to comrades. He honors dead heroes with solemn imagery and recalls the names of Samuel as he speaks of courage, memory, and enduring spirit.
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Arthur Little
Dorchester
Dr. Little
Samuel
Revolutionary War memories at Faneuil Hall ceremony
A Boston gathering recalls Adams Hancock Otis Warren Webster Everett Phillips Sumner Garrison and Andrew as symbols of liberty. Speakers discuss unwritten Civil War history and the soldier citizen bond while touring Fort Warren and returning on the Mayflower with veterans and dignitaries aboard.
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Adams
John Hancock
Phillips
Otis
Warren
Webster
Everett
Sumner
Garrison
Andrew
Faneuil Hall
Duke of Wellington
Eton
Union
Howard and Sickles
Gettysburg
Militia Corps Elects Officers At Annual Meeting
The morning session in the antique armory elected officers including Colonel Jacob F. Stine of Washington as president and General Nelson A. Miles as president. Reports from secretary and treasurer were received and a life membership fee set at $19. The next meeting was tentatively set for Concord New Hampshire with Gettysburg battlefield issues discussed and a petition to Congress proposed.
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Ancient and Honorable
S Armory
Jacob F. Stine
Washington, D. C
William L. Ross
Benjamin Murphy
Fitz John Porter
George B. Fielden
Jersey City
Andrew D. Baird
New York
George B. Dyer
Orland Smith
Gettysburg
Congress
Nelson A. Miles
P. DeLacey
Scranton
Joseph S. Smith
Bangor
New Jersey
Thomas Wilson
W. H. Mills
U. 8S. A
Hazard Stevens
Boston
Albert A. Pope
George Burton Dyer
A. C. Hamlin
FE. L. _Molineaux
S. E. Chamberlain
Samuel Truesdell
Horatio C. King
George H. Sharpe
Harbor Excursion for Veterans Aboard the Mayflower
After a city business meeting at 1 pm veterans boarded the steamer Mayflower at Rowe’s wharf for a harbor excursion. The outing was hosted by a city committee led by chairman J Payson Bradley.
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Rowe's Wharf
J. Payson Bradley
Dinner to the Ladies by Army of the Potomac at Young's Hotel
The Army of the Potomac held a dinner for its women associates at Young's Hotel with Governor Russell and staff General Nelson A. Miles newly elected president General Horace Porter and his father in attendance. The day’s program offers free morning time and a 1 PM carriage departure from the State House for a suburban drive and Farragut exercises before a 7:30 PM banquet at the American House.
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Army of the Potomac
Young’s Hotel
Russell
Nelson A. Miles
Horace Porter
State House
School Committee Elects Evening School Principals for 1893 94
The last regular meeting of the season elected principals for evening schools for 1893 94 including Benjamin Tenney at Evening High School and John D. Philbrick at Bigelow. Several teachers resigned and were accepted to take effect in September.
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Evening High
Benjamin Tenney
Bigelow
John D. Philbrick
Comins
Augustine L. Rafter
Dearborn
John S. Richardson
Eliot
Harvey L. Boutwell
Franklin
William H. Martin
Hancock
Julius A. Weigmann
Lincoln
Gustavus F. Guild
Lyman
Alice L. Lanman
Phillips School
Charlestown
Margaret Moody
Lawrence School
Massachusetts Naval Reserve Plans Summer Cruise
The Massachusetts Naval Reserve will begin a summer practice cruise on a U S cruiser by July 18 with about 400 men. They expect to proceed to San Francisco, as the Navy Department favors modern cruisers for away from home training over coastal cruises.
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Washington
Massachusetts Naval Reserve
Navy Department
United States
San Francisco
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Citizens’ Committee
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Uncle Sam
Navy Yard
Enterprise
Navy
Q Street
East Second Street
St. Omer Hall
Order OF Exercises
Germany
Berlin
Bundesrath
Hood
Ardor
Francis A. Walker
Pei
W. Wheeler & CO
Brave Farwell
Peace Bee
Ane
Governor Russell
Dalton
Donohoe
King
Keeler
Dimitri Donskoi
Ohio
Fort Independence
Fort Warren
Sinclair
Commodore Bird
Sea Bird
Boseton
Wilton
Conn
William Oo. Olmstead
Olmstead
Sevral
John Desmond
Whitey Street
Roxbury
Bumstead Lane
Sr? McNulty
City Hospital
Williams
Williams & Carleton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk
Joseph G. Eaton
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