Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-05-02
Ine Yorktown. Centennial,

| tA' ALL eSSeu IL ttO - A:tlt, ta5 StG:CLtlAi
Ass3c!,,:oo M Ct .3:y ia he g vernon :
T0tr, sl .hg g; Hi. il Il To;,, e: wbich
Eee!Isg ii r;oa'H!I::,a tCr the Gs:ctrsicu YES
adopted. ~ l-3ivj9u ii! c.ln1:etc; De-
toe'r e. iie 2l.:!e:s'r} d !@e Day ca HLioh
'h) allied icIc"s f F,syc SID Amvrio. s!cc:ed
Ire IFS: para /. q II : v,li il !l.s Y,Ik,oTa
losHfc 'i.o?. o. his ,lsy n, Ihc llc.ni,o's Of
the p!0uu e.tc.s Ct lie y c'.r. let II ia!c-
pefdetc, vi IL i12itd 10 a!ieat. o. The
NIX day lie sostrrE1 Of 81 h, ,ss sill r ocive
The relresc1iG,.v. Ct he Er.ici republic
! Thch viii ia all !! t.n.i! Gltsist Ct SSH.
t!ct a0d rce;o u. Diticg t Gil sly tb.y will
DC cntcr'a Dei ~ h. cYly:i, S.e:,s III h tnrsei
| pTac;ice il the III I:9icg. i Ir,u3 dress parade
| IL. tic a.cr43C0, a"l 4 hall a ntGt. lie 90
| to!tslcG:rt sill lat ih!culh0u1 10, o,let,a-
ll2o, cac@ !9H:ure biz g arp1opilaiciY Yafcd %
each day oi thn tti.ir. Se.ctr! historical in
tcrtst vi hc a:itc:icG 10 j., As h3 Lu1 Use
Will be c2vrlcd ca ifcm day 10 Day by trdosrc,
| ErIrls:oi:ug The various si3gcs 10 tho progress
| ct tEoucry AID Kun Iranufaclu;a from the
revolution 10 eur ti;H2. The IauiI vii! Eo
| furnished By (!iHDoTo6 fGeatg sGco1d Regiment
bard.
a ua:s meeting rs h:'i a, oigati ia MAIDS,
Square. The FqGsrs wa ii,unioated with
erc:iio lights, AID a na.nit;o. ut displty Of fire
woiks ;aai'. Ab0u: | 500 ptrso1s attended
the m:eirs. which Was go cutAu:lsslis cae
! Mr. Fred. Il Ccudcrt WIS chairman, uud he,
With CIV, Holiday. Hon. John Coed, AID
Judge JCs,ph Christina, CT Virsiais, aud
Others, delivered the speeches Of The eyeoing,
The Gard Lafayette" Sky strong, sur.
sounded the platform du'irg the meeting.
y lett;r ifcu President Grevy Vas reed
| announcing the iaelti9n Of Ffsvca TO ,ske part
| 10 the celebration.
The f,luHior is the substance Ct Govcrocr
Holiday speech:
'Gan.leme2, -i'to sIqrktow1 Centennial
be!coRs rog 10 lie people o! sill The States.
Begun IL little meeting CT tho ciiizars
Ct that village mai vicinity il hng been
tsk"p Up ty The Government OF The Uoited
States. which proposes 10 celebrate the day spd
marx the spa. with q memorial worthy CT The
event. These otrs!iOrs ere light 10 every
way. Trcre i5 small topo fer people who
have 60 memories. They src q rrc,Icss AID
oitcn!imts costly tlcriltg,. La them i; the
rich soil Gu OF which sp'ifgi m9s. that is OF
vsluo 10 peoples lie. Eogiaid marched 10
her prCs'0t greatness through the BATTLES ssd
storms Ct thousand years The victories Of
this young R!pub:c arc the memories which
Sill cn;huso God GdVaEoe is ooniog power.
ear atter yosr the peopie are celebrating, from
Lexington 5n, the centsnuial return OF s)mo
epoch marked bY Tho maoifts uion CT their
fathers virtue and vaior We ar, DOW about to
celebrate lie lost SID nao.t mo .aoatGus. Virginia
IS :o.tucsto in hayinE furnished tho scene and
the MAJ. " arc proud Ct il. AID sUr,y i:
- a psrda1attc pride. Bat if W, aro proud,
you cshnot Say thst We are Sc 6 81, VirciIia
ehNs1cs her i2w:s with az in!cnse devotion as
tho ROMAN mother; Yet she took them ircm
her oFn bcslm std gave them tia, .tey might
Glow ii tic Republics dI4dcm. Vrsiois ard
Vreioians want this celebration to b, worthy Of
the day. We sre nat Itch SD cAnuot lavish
rpon you Silver aud p2atfs, nor spread bsn-
que! that Shall rivsi .ho E:llt 0! the Cloth of
Gvld, bu. Ho WI give yol ihat Saicoms which
Is better thsn tic ds;isy Of impe,s wealth
aud that cOrdlsl Eo:ltaii!y which irnipcs
with FL DIST rail:D,, !h9 haGb!cst hom,. II
thcFo b. amp q The bitterness If Hqriics lingcr-
log among us. 1T u forget it. Whist bu.iacsa
has it here Z. suc:, III h0ut?' Wo will meet ct
yorktown, ond, i3i;ing hands, vo will tujld a
m2G2mcnt 20 :ha mtmo:y Of our fathers ard
Their graf GiiS, Bud tic banner that shall
~ava to tic woId The ensign aot cn!y Of pow.
efla', but Ct Il u~itri aud happy ptoile."
At It's c}so III o. jur@cd loeciiog OF tha As.
sociatau vas he'd "a. .7hic'l !Ion. John Gooda
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