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- pRAISING RXRRGISK.4Hi:LI AT LASHLKY1 PARK• isI#nclant of Revolutionary I Soldier || in Charge of Ceremony.f|as day was appropriately elios-on j||' the members of the locjj’l chap-the Daughters of the American Re||lutiou for the flag raisinig exercise# at the Lashley park, located on rthe|j^crest of the elevation ijat the euc(|)f southeast Second street The propam was given at 10 o'clock inthe|j forenoon. Members of the city’s , atPatr|otic organizations and. nuijnerous int;i|BSted citizGns attended. rirhe ex-e|-4fs 'WGre carried out with the rei|est simplicity but weTe unusually impressive. j^jss Mary Waller was in charge of the||rogram which opened with the singSig of America.”, An jlddress' by [tSe Re.v. W. S. Rader who com-meliued the I). A. R. society|-for its l°yfy to the .flag in his remarks follifved. After prayer by Pro#. Itam-let Ifllen, Miss Waller'read ail inter-! est$j|; history of the Lashley family, PHIM whom, George W. llashley,. a* rlfoiutionary soldier, islt; burled in thejSark. The honor of raising the ,'fla.^j|o the top of the staff w‘ps confer ml upon '.Miss ‘Mary Colbert, a Jdesjmndent of the revolutionary pa-tridg the audience 'joining jin the sin||ig of The Star Spangle^ Banker)! during the pretty ceremony. $Thd |flag raising concluded t|ie pro-.gra*« 1r. . site recently was givenjito thelocdijD. A. R. society by the hash-morial takenieirs to be iheid as a m ery. The society has of the park and already it has mad| extensive Improvements) at thesiteij^ Other improvements art) to be niaae from time to time until the. . . * ti: -parij| is converted into one jof the citypj- most historic and beautiful snoMi Vi- it)flag staff :s dedicated (jto the ry of all revolutionary \yar sol-buried in Daviess County, e Lashley, whom it especially s, came west after the plose of ar. ’His wife and two piaiden dapMiters are also buried in thje. park, ^hejtfpssession of the family cemetery having been retained ny the‘!famlly
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Washington Gazette
Washington, Indiana, US
Fri, Jun 16, 1916
Page 4
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Gene I.
GA, USA 29 Jun 2017
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