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kcr,portRe-1 fc' •a id a copv of the Baltimore .Sun of Monday, both in advance of the mail.The Fourth of July-The seventy-second Anniversary of Ameri-nelt;l can Indepen lence was the appropriate occn-the sion in our city of an impressive an interest-the j cQienionv. The Masonic Fraternity, Thev . ,i i o » j 9Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Tire Sons mel , ot Temperance, also, The Mayor of the city and Members of Council, formed a procession at the Masonic Hall, and moved to the soundot martial music and with gav and en:-n -lilt -lin*Vaf-ich*per, blematic banners, to the front of the City Hull, 316 to the spot on which is to be erected the raon-*ne ument to the remains of Geohue Walton andlen-icll, nter itin, gran,“ fie Masonic Lodge of Georgia, the II m. Wm,the i C. Dawson, after which, the corner stone was laid in due and ancient form.After this ceremony, the procession moved into the Citv Hail Park to the stand erectedLyman Hall, two of t]ie three signers on thepart of Georgia of the immortal Declaration of American Independence- An appropriate Address was delivered by the Grand Master ofCol. Win- T. Gould then delivered a very fine Address to the large auditory present.andlild;and , rf r the occasion, and a Prayer suitable tootlelead i occasion was offered to the Throne of Grace,bv the Rev* Mr. Rogers,tain z.— ieneibie. who seemed deeply and favorably impressed ling, with its classic style and the beauty and ap-propriateness of its sentiments. As it was delivered in tlic open air, and there was ueces-lpri- s inly some noise ami confusion o:i th^ out-iz— skirts of the assembly, many were unable tow warul h *;tr it distinctly. We hope that they arc to* M V A ^ ^nits* tnj°y ^ie Pleasure of seeine it in print, and Inis 11 ^lc Proper steps are to be taken for that?ers,
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Augusta Daily Constitutionalist
Augusta, Georgia, US
Thu, Jul 06, 1848
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