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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1909
Page
6
Veterans and New Yorkers joined classic Civil War veterans in Memorial Day parades and grave decorations. The G A R muster peaked at about 1 800 marchers while crowds swarmed Coney Island and seaside resorts, leaving the city quiet by afternoon.
A lengthy Memorial Day parade in Manhattan drew crowds along Riverside Drive to 52nd Street. Civil War veterans, active troops, and auxiliary posts marched past reviewing stands at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument and Grant's Tomb. May Day activities and services followed, with Governor Hughes and many officials attending regional ceremonies.
Postmaster General Hitchcock and Governor Fort joined twenty two hundred letter carriers from Manhattan and Brooklyn in a Memorial Day parade in Jersey City. The event, part of the State Association of Letter Carriers annual convention, drew over fifteen thousand marchers and included veterans, postmasters, and civic spectators. Fort and Hitchcock received praise from the crowd as the parade stretched for two hours with many onlookers fainting from the heat.
General George B Loud condemned War Department approval of a West Point cadet ball game on Memorial Day. He contrasted California militia sports bans with the cadet game saying the day is sacred. Grand Army leaders spoke as the 69th Regiment Band performed.
Robert Todd Lincoln, head of the Pullman Sleeping Car Company, fainted from heat after the Lincoln statue unveiling in Hodgenville Kentucky. He traveled from Chicago for ceremonies and hoped to visit the Lincoln birthplace but weakness and numbness in his left side delayed the farm stop, with Henry Watterson helping him to a carriage. After hours of rest he recovered but remained very weak. The scene included Mrs B Hardin Helm pulling the drapery cord and the statue by Weineman.
Governor Hughes watched the Colonial and Revolutionary pageant in Bronxville with two thousand Westchester residents. The event featured Lord and Lady Pell roles, a fatted calf episode, and was staged by Eugene Sanger with Violet Oakley as originator. Proceeds were expected to net about 3000 dollars for the Lawrence Hospital.
At the National Cemetery in Greenville Tennessee thousands attended the first memorial since its cemetery became national. Martin W Littleton of New York spoke praising Andrew Johnson the seventeenth president and urged a national homage as descendants gathered for the decoration of the grave and a program in the Greenville Auditorium due to rain.
Memorial Day was observed in Washington with government offices closed. At Arlington the Grand Army of the Republic held ceremonies with flags and flowers, honoring fallen soldiers. Hollingsworth of Ohio urged opposition to placing Jefferson Davis on commemorative silverware, asserting Lincoln’s enduring reverence in Civil War memory.
In Boston on May 31 the Grand Army of the Republic paid tribute to battle flags at Memorial Hall and held further exercises at Tremont Temple. Mrs La Salle Corbell Pickett, widow of General George Pickett, addressed the crowd on The battle of Gettysburg from the Confederate Side under Edward W. Kinsley Post.
Governor Hughes spoke at the Grant's Tomb Memorial Day exercises under the Brooklyn Ulysses S. Grant Post banner. He praised Grant's leadership and patriotism, recalled Civil War hardships, and urged unity as veterans and citizens. The New York cruiser fired the salute and prayers followed the ritual readings.
Chicago on Memorial Day featured a subdued sports scene with only the usual American League baseball games. Thousands visited cemeteries for decoration ceremonies as former athletic highlights were absent.
Memorial Day was observed by the American colony in Havana. Representatives laid a wreath and placed the colors at half mast over the wreck of the Maine.
The Tribune announces its Summer Resort number for next Sunday June 6 featuring an authoritative guide to beach escapes and vacation planning.
A small band of unemployed city residents decorated Hart's Island potter's field for unknown dead. Led by Alexander Law, they traveled on the Massassoi to lay flowers around a memorial shaft, sharing harsh words about wealth and neglect while recounting their own hunger and lack of work.
About six hundred people gathered at the Manhattan Lyceum on East 66th Street for a rally urge relief for the unemployed. Dr Ben Reitman criticized police as enemies of the unemployed while noting police are workers under a system that oppresses them.
If you are undecided about where to spend your vacation this summer, consult the Summer Resort number of The Tribune next Sunday for ideas and destination coverage.
Witfield H. Crooks aged 75, longtime inmate of the Soldiers Home in Kearny New Jersey, dropped dead during Memorial Day events. He rose early to visit a former comrade’s death chamber and planned to rejoin Company I 25th New Jersey Volunteers for the parade. Authorities suspect excitement triggered his heart failure.
Mounted Patrolman John Mc Manus on fast horse Moose chased a runaway landau for twelve blocks along Madison Avenue. Driver John Ward was thrown at 69th Street and later hospitalized with a broken arm. The landau collided with a curbside car at 72nd Street before Moose caught the runaway at 7th Street. Ward returned home after treatment.
About fifty soldiers on the corner of 138th Street and Willis Avenue watched an express wagon driven by Lawrence Terrill crash after striking a cobblestone. The wagon overturned after hitting car tracks, Terrill sustained severe injuries and was taken by ambulance to Lincoln Hospital. The horses halted following the overturn.
A vast Sunday crowd at Coney Island set records with estimates ranging up to half a million as Ocean Parkway and boardwalks overflowed. Traffic surged, injuries were minimal, and a rolling egg swing accident prompted swift medical response. police inquiries into Sunday-law warrants stalled pending higher authorities.
Corporal James Tanner spoke at Ocean Park Casino in Long Branch on Memorial Day. The speech noted five Grand Army of the Republic posts and three Sons of Veterans camps were present and argued the public should study Civil War history as the nation’s population grew from thirty to eighty million since the war.
The Tribune announces next Sunday’s Summer Resort issue packed with vacation guidance and richly illustrated content on mountain and seashore getaways. It promises extensive information to help readers plan trips.
An advertisement touts Hunyadi Janos Water as a faster and better relief for stomach and bowel trouble and indigestion. It claims easy use by simply drinking a glass as needed.
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