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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1905
Page
5
Across towns veterans gather for Memorial Day services with Grand Army posts attending church services. Clergy and veterans recall Civil War and Spanish War histories, deliver sermons on patriotism and sacrifice, and end with taps as veterans salute their fallen comrades.
General Joseph Wheeler visits Maine for Memorial Day events arriving in Boston and traveling to Bangor by special car. Officials greet him and plan stops for citizens to welcome the guest. He will deliver addresses at City Hall and at the park ceremony with flag raising and a Board of Trade banquet.
Rev. Thomas Van Ness tells E. W. Kinsley Post 113 veterans at Second Church that implements of war will turn to implements of peace. About 60 post members led by Commander E. B. Stillings attended with General W. W. Blackmar as guest. flowers and colors adorned the pulpit.
Rev. William McElveen of Shawmut Church delivers a memorial service sermon praising democracy as a religious faith and a nascent global experiment. He cites Civil War sacrifices, the Spanish-American War, and the idea that democracy is still an infant, learning to walk. John A. Andrew Sons of Veterans and John A. Andrew Post 15, G. A. R., attend as the largest congregation ever in the edifice.
Rev Dr P Henson at Tremont Temple warns that Boston graveyards preserve history and patriotism amid modern contempt for religion. He cites Elisha’s bones and the nation’s founders motives, from liberty to gold, urging respect for monuments as a moral guide.
A speaker compares modern labor struggles to Civil War era peace, citing General Lee and a call for harmony. He notes union bands refusing to parade with non unionists and envisions Blue and Gray bands marching together to patriotic tunes. The tone emphasizes reconciliation across historic rifts.
Dorchester held memorial services at 10 Sunday morning in Christ's Church on Dix street and Dorchester avenue. The Rev. Mr Pratt spoke on Lincoln from barefoot boy to president. Attendees included G A R Post 68 led by Commander Vinal, W R C Post 68 led by Mrs Annie Perkins, and Lieutenant Nathaniel Bowditch Camp 30 of Sons of Veterans led by Captain Benjamin Hunt.
The Brookline post at Whitney Hall heard Rev. Dr. George L. Perin urge that national greatness rests on righteousness not sheer size. He cited Russia’s overbearing power compared to Japan and warned against equating rapid growth with strength, honoring old soldiers and their sacrifices.
Mrs. Austin C. Wellington of Cambridge plans a full Memorial Day schedule. She will visit the grave of her late husband Colonel A. C. Wellington, attend Kinsley Post observances at Tremont Temple, and speak at the Soldiers' Home in Chelsea.
Chairman Memorial Day committee and Ladies' Aid Association of the Soldiers' Home Chelsea announce a speaker for Tuesday at the home. The event highlights local honors and community involvement.
At his death Colonel Wellington led Kinsley Post. Mrs. Wellington will join Gettysburg Post at the Soldiers Home lot in Forest Dale Cemetery Malden where a monument donated by Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Luether stands.
Chelsea's Memorial Post 3 G A R and allied groups observed Memorial Sunday with ceremonies at First Methodist Church Cary Avenue and Unitarian Church. Rev Philip Frick spoke on The Glory of the American Soldier and Rev Ernest S Meredith spoke at the Unitarian Church. A musical program directed by Edmund Munger featured a double quartet. Seventy five Soldiers' Home veterans attended the First Baptist Church service in Revere with Rev Nelson S Burbank delivering a patriotic address and special music provided.
Rev Arthur Little of Dorchester addressed Francis Washburn Post 92 at Quint Avenue Congregational Church in Allston urging memorial services to honor justice. He argued the Civil War hinged on ending slavery and warned remembrance without action harms national redemption.
A readable line suggests a regional argument about necessity and actions taken beyond the Mason and Dixon line, hinting at postwar attitudes and decisions. The fragment implies disagreement over justification and the right course of conduct across divided regional loyalties.
Rev. Dr. Reven Thomas spoke at Harvard Congregational Church Brookline last night. He praised those who died in war as martyrs and heroes saying their sacrifices make the country more sacred and worthy of devotion.
The Hon. Thomas E. Grover delivered a eulogy at Memorial Sunday services for dead comrades. George J. Whitten Camp, Ss. W. V., attended as guests. Grover called the Civil War the greatest, fiercest, and most memorable struggle, noting its vast impact on the development of the United States.
Cambridge marks Memorial Day with a veterans parade under chief marshal William N. Megrath. Four G A R posts assemble at Harvard Square at 8 a.m. Post 30 leads with L W Grose. Post 56 with W H Howe. Post 57 with G H Howard. Post 186 with L J Cook. Mayor Daly speaks at Cambridge Cemetery. Dietz of Post 30 recites Lincoln's Gettysburg address. Rev J L Campbell offers benediction. taps follow. Nina Littlefield to speak for Daughters of Veterans.
Members of the Veterans organization will decorate the urn memorial to the unknown dead. Each post will hold separate observances at their headquarters later, with wives daughters and women friends in attendance.
Services at St Patrick's Church in Stoneham drew about 2000 attendees. Delegations from J P Gould Post G A R led by M P Weston and from the Spanish War Veterans under Captain Peter Quinn joined a high school battalion. Sermon delivered by Rev W J Millerick.
Memorial services for the unknown dead were held last evening in Post 68 G. A. R. Hall on Park Street Dorchester. Saturday evening the draping of the Soldiers Monument on Meeting House Hill green was performed by the Women’s Relief Corps with aid from the G. A. R. and the Sons of Veterans.
Two boys from Boston were found hiding in a coal car as a freight train stopped at Union station Worcester. Special Officer C N Dodge chased the train to the yards and apprehended Edward Mansfield fifteen of 44 Boston street and Edward Moynihan twelve of 191 Fourth street East Boston. They were locked up at Waldo street police station charged with being runaways.
J Montgomery Sears, long critically ill, showed slight improvement with report issued last night.
Between 300 and 400 attendees gathered at Smith College in Worcester yesterday afternoon for a charity program at the home of Mr and Mrs J Russel Marble. The event featured several renditions of the tragic drama Julius Cesar to Date to aid the college fund.
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