Great And Glorious Fourth Celebrations In Bristol
Bristol celebrated its 153rd anniversary with a grand Fourth of July, banners and fireworks filling the town. An estimated 20 000 visitors joined parades naval sailors from the USS Richmond, a midnight bonfire on the common, and a Battery C dance at the State Armory as townsfolk enjoyed a long tradition of holiday revelry.
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Bristol
Narragansett Bay
United States
Old Town
United States Navy
Richmond
Pappasquash Point
Hope Street
Bradford
Church Streets
von Hope Atreet
Belvedere
Wood Street
State
Church
Mt Hope Avenue
Battery C
243D Coast Artillery
State Armory
Church Street
Jack Mackay
Trinity Church
Bristol Common
State Street
James W Goff
T Clyde Foster
EK. L. Leahy
CAC
Everett Lee Church
First Division Aides Up to Naval Station Band Detachment
A report lists Col Merton A Cheesman Marshal overseeing the Richmond Detachment of 200 men from the Newport Naval Training Station. The unit is assigned to the Naval Station Band Detachment.
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Merton A
Cheesman Marshal
Os Naval Training Station
US Soss
Richmond
Newport Naval Training Station
Military and veterans units listed with officers and posts
The document lists multiple divisions and posts with officers including Fred Williams Jr Marshal aides Palestine Temple Band, Ray S Black commanding, Harold W Tucker Bristol Train of Artillery Band, Alfred McMernman Co A, Gordon R Brown Co BR, Fred M Straight, Arthur W Barrett, Daniel Fk Dwyer, G C Sims Camp No 10 United Spanish War Veterans Edward P Gladding commanding, and Kearnes Post No 6 The American Legion Harold W Gifford commanding.
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Bristol Train of Artillery
Alfred Mc Mernman
Gordon R Brown
Fred M Straight
Arthur W Barrett
Daniel Fk. Dwyer
G C Sims
United Spanish War Veterans
Edward P Gladding
Kearnes
American Legion
Harold W. Gifford
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Bristol. R
Railroad Avenue
Croade Street
Warren
R. I
Cornelius Harrington
Wwe
Pastime Theatre
Lois Wilson
Golden West
Tom MIX
Sharon Lynn
Rocks Mountains
Mix
Fox News
Olive Borden
Jack Pickford
Tiger's Shadow
Clara Bow
Clara
National Public Service
United Light & Power
Virginia Public Service
F. Reginald Dimond
Anderson & Company
Industrial Trust Building
Gaspee
Old
New England
Clyde Foster
Newport
Navy
Jantzen
Suzman’s
Fred Williams Jr
Palestine Temple Band
Ray S Black
Harold W Tucker
Kodaks and Films
Eastman Films
Kodaks
Moving Picture Films
Eastman Kodaks
Edward D. Kmortometsis
Bristol District NurSing Association
THE
Waldron CO
Bradford Street
Ferrycliffe Farm
Glen Smith
E. A. Skinner
Hope St
Jennie Ferrara
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