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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1936

Page

11

Ten Survivors Carry On In Memory Of Civil War Veterans

Ten members of T. Z. Cook post No. 235 G. A. R. survive on the roster marking Memorial Day with a service honoring comrades who fell in battle and those who died in the decades since 1861. The article profiles Eugene Allen George Bushnell Enoch Byng James Goodhue J A Hildebrand Simeon Haun and others detailing their ages origins enlistments and postwar lives in Cedar Rapids Mount Vernon and beyond.

Union Grand Army of the Republic T. Z. Cook T. Z. Cook Post Eugene Allen Bever Avenue George Bushnell Thirty-third Street Enoch F. Byng Third Avenue James H. Goodhue A Avenue J. A. Hildebrand Simeon J. Haun Mount Vernon William Pentz Seventeenth Street Samuel Shafer Sixteenth Street L. W. Shields Fourth Street Henry Zimmerman C Avenue Iowa Allen Abraham Lincoln Twelfth Wisconsin Cavalry Mr. Allen Cedar Rapids England Clinton Liverpool Twenty-sixth Regiment Iowa Infantry Volunteers Milo P. Smith Vicksburg Company K Eighth Iowa Cavalry Mr. Goodhue Atlanta Lisbon Goodhue Waverly Landing Tenn Baden-Baden Germany Niles Mich Mr. Hildebrand Fifteenth Michigan Infantry Hildebrand Marion Ristine and Palmer Andersonville Simeon Haun Lincoln Pennsylvania Yorktown Bull Run Fredericksburg Chancellorsville Mr. Haun Pickett Gettysburg Richmond Belle Island Ellea Cheney Pentz Shafer Libby Prison Mr. Pentz Mount Vernon Avenue Shields Leasville Ind Twenty-third Army Corps Indiana Volunteer Infantry Scofield Sherman Indiana Thomas North General Hood Mr. Shields Raleigh N.C Kingston N. C Bloomington Zimmerman Shiloh Plms Henry R Rapids

Gypsies Gather at Les Saintes Maries de la Mer Festival

National Geographic notes the annual Les Saintes Maries de la Mer gathering in southern France drawing gypsies from Romania Hungary Spain and Italy along with locals. The May festival honors Saint Sarah and two Marys with religious processions bullfights horse races and a sea blessing on Monday.

Washington, D. C Europe Les Saintes Maries de la Mer France Mediterranean Les Saintes Notre Dame de la Barque Mary Jacobee St. James the Less Mary Salome James and John Sarah Holy Land Les Saintes Maries Saint Sarah Roumania Hungary Spain Italy India South America

Memorial Day Address and Services in Anamosa

Dubuque resident Frank J. McCarthy will deliver a Memorial Day address at 2:30 PM in the city park. A Junior Drum and Bugle Corps lead the procession to Riverside Cemetery where Robert Bride reads General Logan's orders and Donald Beggs recites Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Services at the Soldiers' Monument will be held by the Woman's Relief Corps and the American Legion firing squad.

Anamosa Frank J. McCarthy Dubuque Riverside Cemetery Robert Bride

Lost Nation Poppy Poster Contest Winners

Winners announced for the Lost Nation contest include Sev in eighth and ninth grades Elroy took first place David Christen earned second place and fourth to sixth prize went to Be re pe seumd a poet among the entrants.

Poppy Elroy David Christen Be Re Pe Seumd

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