The Newtown bee., 1879-05-27
DECORATION DAY.
HOW CUSTER POST AND CITIZENS aENER-
 ALLY PURPOSE HoNoRING THE MEMORY

HOW CUSTER POST AND CITIZENS aENER-
 ALLY PURPOSE HoNoRING THE MEMORY
 OF TH ! DEAD BRAVES.
 As befits the occasioL-the celebration 'or honoring of the memories ofour fallen h eroes this year promises to be eNena more successful than any previous one How sweet and pleasing the duty--streW- ing aowers and offering up prayers for the dear departed-relat comrade, or even stlanger, who died on the holy cannot be metcd to the members of Gus ter Post G. A. R., for their unceasing Ia bors for some time past to make the day as reflective of credit and national pride as possible Below we publish ill detail full particulars and programme of route and exercises.
 PROGRAMME.
 Custer Post will meet at their hall at ' A. NJ. sharp for q special encdmpment. All teams will report at Sandy Hook to the Marshal of the Day, Charles Dayton, at 7.3O sharp. The procession will move at A. NJ. precisely in the following order: - .. .ga. ssva e5.s
 Marshal Charles Dayton and Aids on horseback .. Citizens Cornrt Baad of Bethel. Commander Custer Post and Chaplain in opeu carriages.
 Post Colors and Gnard.
 Decorated Wagons with flowers, etc. Officers of tho Post and Comrades in wagons ... Citizens generally. t z '. The procession will then proceed to the cemeteriessi in the following order: New town, over Mile Hill, to Berkshire; from there to South Britain. After the exer- l eises there they will return to the Cath olic and Sandy Hook cemeteries. Appro- priate exercises will be held at each of the above places, after which the Post will return to hall and prepare for the Memorial Exercises to be held in the Methodist Church at Sandy Hook, com mencing at F. Nj. Hon Mark D. Wilbur will deliver the oration. and the Temple Quartette from Bridgeport will render appropriate music for the occasion. An ori 5inal poem, dedicated to Newtown's heroic dead. will be read. These exer- cises will be appropriate and impressive. All ex-soldier9 and sailors are earnestly invited to take part with the Post i'll the exercises of the day. The citizens are cordially and earnestly invited to co-ope rate with the Grand Army of the Repub lie i'll rendering homage to the memory of our gallant heroes who fell during tn, war. The church will be appropriated, draped for the occasion. The ladie. are very respectfully requested tt contribute loose flowers and wreath at the house of Commander Vile, il insland, at Newtown. on the evening o Thursday, the 29th, or early onthe morn ing of the 3Oth. You cannot bring to, many for the day. Private pieces 10 special graves should be plainly mark cd
 As the procession comes into the re spective villages, the sextons of the dii ferent churches are requested to toll tn
 bell until it passes through the villag
 limits. As the procession starts iron Sandy Hook the Gun Squad will fire a sa lute of B guns. also national salute jus
 before Memorial Exercises commence
 The clergy of the different churches ar
 requested to take part in the exercises a the graveyards and church. At the clos
 of the exercises at the church collectio
 will be taken up for the benefit of the k,
 lief Fund of Custer Post. ... ... ...