Memorial Day Observed Across Boston Churches
Memorial Sunday in Greater Boston featured full church services with patriotic addresses, flags, flowers, and veterans in attendance. Notable observances included the Second Unitarian Church at Copley Square with E. W. Kinsley Post 113, sermons on war and peace, and recitals by church choirs, along with numerous other churches marking the day with sermons, lectures, and musical tributes.
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Boston
Veterans of G. A. R
Greater
Second Unitarian Church
Copley Square
E. W. Kinsley
Nathaniel Wales
First Baptist Church
Roger Wolcott
John A. Buswell
Tenth Artillery Band
Francis H. Rowley
Shawmut
John A. Andrew Post
Berle
Dr. Bicknell
Cambridge
Temple Street Methodist Church
People’s Temple
Roxbury Universalist Church
Columbus Avenue Universalist Church
F. Fitzgerald
Dudley Street
Darwin C. Pavey
Fifteenth
New York Engineer Brigade
Army of the Potomac
Pavey
Rosella Bishop
Naval Veterans Open Mass at St. Philip’s Church
The Kearsarge Naval Veterans Association attended mass at St. Philip’s Church on Harrison avenue and East Lenox street invited by Rev. Father Philip O’Donnell. About 140 veterans gathered at 1151 Washington street before marching via Groton and Tremont to Massachusetts avenue and Harrison avenue. Surviving Kearsarge members Peter V. Ludey and Patrick McKeaver led the procession. John King, once slated to march, has died at his South Boston home.
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Kearsarge Naval Veteran Association
St. Philip’s Church
Harrison Avenue
East Lenox Street
Father Philip O'Donnell
Austin Doherty
Father O'Connell
Washington Street
Andrew Houghton
Massachusetts Avenue
Kearsarge
Peter V. Ludey
Patrick McKeaver
John King
Association
Boston
Church of the Assumption
Manchester
Mass
Gardella
Angela Gardella
Giuseppe Gardella
Harris Street
Sacred Heart Church
Parker
Cambridge
Henry C. H. Parker
Bigelow Street
Stearns
Elizabeth
Marshall M. Stearns
Flowers Strewn in Charlestown Harbor in Naval Memorial
Garlands and wreaths drifted across the Charlestown harbor as decks of the New Jersey and Vermont released flowers to honor unknown sailors buried at sea. The Adelaide Worth Bagley auxiliary led memorial rites aboard the Vermont with Mrs. George A. Haywood directing and participants from visiting camps.
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Navy Yard
Charlestown
U.s. S. New Jersey
Vermont
Adelaide Worth Bagley
George A. Haywood
Water Street Gate
Memorial naval ceremony honors fallen sailors aboard New Jersey
An escort of jackies and Marines led to the battleship as bugle calls and whistles called crews to quarters. On deck, prayers and songs preceded a tribute by Chelsea Mayor John E. Beck to sailors who died at sea. Flowers were cast into the water as taps sounded and a subsequent ceremony took place aboard the New Jersey with Mrs. Annie M. Rush and the Major George L. Stearns Post.
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Jackies
Stone
John E. Beck
Chelsea
America
George L. Stearns
Woman's Relief Corps
John Finn
Veterans attend service at St Mark's M E Church
Members of Chandler Post 143 G A R Brookline and the Woman's Relief Corps attended services at St Mark's M E Church yesterday. Some comrades rode in carriages due to mobility issues. Notable among riders was ex commander Willard Y Gross veteran janitor of the Town Hall.
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Chandler Post
Brookline
Woman's Relief Corps
St. Mark's M. E. Church
Willard Y. Gross
Local G A R featured at Mystic Congregational Church service
Colonel H C Law rence Post 66 G A R with Mayor Clifford Brewer and city officials attends services at Mystic Congregational Church. Reverend George M Butler delivers the sermon assisted by Lawrence Light Guards and Sons of Veterans with family members present.
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Medford
C. Lawrence
Clifford Brewer
Lawrence Light Guards
Sons of Veterans
Mystic Congregational Church
George M. Butler
Empire City Quartet to Perform at Scenic Temple Revere Beach
The Empire City Quartet, a longtime Keith circuit headliner, will play one week at the Scenic Temple on Revere Beach. The act is billed as the best summer theatre lineup yet this season.
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Keith
Scenic Temple
Revere Beach
Adv
Veterans in Beyond Honor Day Observances Nationwide
Veterans groups mark Memorial Day with multiple ceremonies across Tremont Temple City Point and Boston area. Edward W. Kinsley Post 113 hosts Mrs. L. C. Pickett for the annual oration while Kearsarge and Gettysburg posts honor fallen sailors and soldiers at state capitol, cemeteries, and veterans homes with school children assisting and a slate of marching parades and monument garlands.
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Edward W. Kinsley Post
Tremont Temple
L. C. Pickett
General Pickett
Pickett
Kinsley Post
State House
Soldiers’ Monument
Kearsarge Veterans' Association
City Point
Gettysburg
Chelsea
Abraham Lincoln Post
Charlestown
Bunker Hill
John A. Andrew
Mt. Auburn
Theodore Winthrop
Marine Hospital
Boston Common
Kearsarge
Soldiers’ and Sailors
James E. Cavanaugh
George J. Whitten
Ninth Infantry
Tremont Street
Northampton Street
Mt. Hope Cemetery
W. S. McNary
Roger Wolcott
Cunningham
Bogan
Cambridge Posts at Church for Memorial Sunday
Four Cambridge G A R posts observed Memorial Sunday by attending church. Post 30 under Eben W. Pike met at Harvard Street Methodist and heard a patriotic sermon by Rev. Raymond F. Holway. Post 56 led by Theodore P. Prentice attended North Cambridge Universalist Church. Post 47 went to Church of the Sacred Heart East Cambridge with Rev. John O'Brien. Post 1 attended Pilgrim Congregational Church under George R. B. Smith with Rev. Richard Wright.
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Cambridge
William H. Smart
Eben W. Pike
Harvard Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Raymond F. Holway
Charles Beck
North Cambridge
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Salonica
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Kearsayge Sons of Naval Veterans
Legion of the
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Church of Christ
Father Doherty
Vichy
Naval Veterans At
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St. Philip's Church
Medford Services
Empire City Quartette
Winter St
William C. Gregor
Winter Street
Edward W.kinsley
Copley SQ
Womens R Relief Corps
East Cambridge
Stearns Davis
Sandwich
G. A. R. Post
Beyond
University City
Gold Dust Twins
N. K. Fairbank Company
William R. Brown
Brown
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Dudley Street Terminal
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