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Memorial Day Tribute Honors Lincoln and Veterans
Muscatine and its patriotic groups marked Memorial Day with a downtown parade to First Presbyterian Church. Rev. J. B. Rendall delivered an eloquent address praising Abraham Lincoln as The Ideal American, linking his leadership, faith, and devotion to American institutions to enduring national values. The event included a church service, readings, and a floral tribute at cemeteries, with businesses closing and a seafront tribute by schoolchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patriotic Societies
Fourth
Waleut Streets
Third Street
Mulberry
Second
Town Avenue
Presbyterian Church
Fred W. Hoffman
Shelby Norman Post Martial Band
54Th IN
American Boys’ Benefit Association
Sons of Veterans
Shelby Norman Post
A. R
J. B. Rendall
Muscatine
Memorial
Army of Volunteers
Torrlida
Ange
G. A. R. Post
Matthew Vantrile
Greenwood
St. Mary's
High Bridge
Mississippi
Church Ix
Presbyterian
J. A H. Carl
G. W. Schrours
Herman Schmidt
Rendall
Abraham Lincoln
Tabernacle
Clay
Stanton
Hig Chin
Hle
Siith
Alexander
Caesar
Charlamaynd
Cromwell
Frederick Hannival
Napoleon
William the Conqueror
Ariatotle
Epicurus
Marcus Aurelius
Plato
Socrates
Amparica
Servius Tullius
Rome
Codrus
Athens
Aristides
William the Silent
Henry of Navarre
Alexander the
Rusala
Europe
Old World
America
Towsell
Lincoln
Joseph H. Choate
Fair Land
Henry van Dyke
Princton
Abraham Linton
Alexander the Great
Charlamagna
Alfred the Great
God
Abraham
Moses
Mt. Sinai
Samuel
David
Israel
Esra
Jerusalem
Washington
Hoe