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i\.ee ana others took part In the exercise*.est cot the coi wouldIMPRESS I? E OBSERVANCESonDecoration Day Exercise* In New York, Philadelphia And Elsewhere Find More Participants Than Usual.can coi our fla world.•‘Ourneefed-toille,r of »od. no no ? I* fla g astscrease*ex celle be re 1 trainer flclentl the vcaction.* We defensNew York, May 30.—Organ liat Iona which ordinarily take no part in Decoration Day exercises turned out today, and in addition to the Grand Army men, who naturally took the chief part In the parades and ceremonies, there were auxiliaries of school cadets and other military organizations.A detachment of the old guard hoisted the American flag at the battery at sunrise. Sunrise also, according to custom, was the hour for unfurling the flag at the old blockhouse at Central Park and at Fort Horn by war veterans.ped)S*1-prepar“Thefinest that v tion, o make ifor on ford it 4 We that e erty a peaceiose cl atex-rty.s toran-llb-theloryiavoest, ’hat sort not Var-lutr, d to on r of 1 ofThen came a procession through the city, viewed by many thousands and reviewed from a grand stand at Madison Square by Gen. J. P. S. Gobin, of Pennsylvania. commandcr-ln chief of the Grand Army. With him on the reviewing stand were Mayor Van Wyck. Gen. A. D. Shaw and Gen. E. J. Atkinson.Presbut wi lowing“Em Is welpart 1 Gettyi which have i “TIE value signicj syrvaE of Itslovlt*ggetfnl,Graves of dead heroes in Woodlawn, Calvary, Cypress Hills, Trlnitj. Greenwood and all the cemeteries In the vicinity of the city were visited by the soldiers and their families. Lafayette Post No. 140 went to Fishkill to unveil a statue of General Lafayette and present It to the Daughters of the Revolution. The statue of Far-ragut. in Madison Square, his tomb In Trinity graveyard, the tomb of Phil Kearny In Trinity, the soldiers' monument In the same place, Ericsson's at the Battery,prlth rhat a to ead-tbewere all decorated. lT. S. Grant Post held memorial services at the tomb of General Grant after the parade.War
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Baltimore Sun
Baltimore, Maryland, US
Tue, May 31, 1898
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