The Portland daily press., 1889-05-31
THE DAY THE NATION MOURNS.
Honor Paid to the Heroic Dead In
Portland Yeste day.
Laying OF the corner stone of the
Soldiers Monument.
The Rain Unable to Dampen the Ar
dor of the People.

Memorial Day opened fair and bright in
this vicinity aud everybody made up their
minds that the signal service had made miss
of it when it predicted rain, but by 10
O'Clock the clouds gathered and assumed a
threatening appearance. The executive
committee of the Soldiers and Sailors Mon
ument Association at Monument
square at II o'clock and discussed the adyis-
ability of postponement of the exercises
relating to the laying of the corner stone Of
the monument, but finally. as the clouds par
TALLY broke away, thought 1t better to go
ahead as it might not be possible tie get so
strong representation of the different Or
CARNATIONS interested on another day. The
clouds grew heavier and heavier and, finally,
just as the procession started in the after
noon. there was heavy shower which pre-
vailed during part of the march, but for
tunateiy did not continue long, although the
skies were lowering all through the services
and there were occasional shoit spurts of
fine drlzzle
From every public,and many private build
ings, flags were displayed, the majority at
half mast as is proper, but some few at full
pended, while the public buildings were, of
course. closed. The streets. until afternoon,
presented quite Sabbath-like appearance,
more so than we can ever remember to have
seen them before on Memorial Day.
The Morning Exercises.
In the morning at 7.3O o'clock the members
of the different Grand Army posts assembled
at'their headquarters in accordance with
orders, previously issued, to prepare to
march in squads to the different cemeteries
for the purpose of decorating the graves of
soldiers with flowers. Detachments from
Shepley Camp, Sons of Veterans, accompan-
led the veterans Of both posts.
BoswoRrH POST.
Bosworth Post, with squad of Sons of
Veterans. decorated the graves of the fallen
heroes at Calvary, Western Cemetery and
Evergreen. AT Evergreen 2S5 graves were
decorated by the post. Rev. DR.. N. I. Whitaker
offered prayer. A squad of 16 men under
command of Comrade Gooding decorated 1O6
graves at Calvary The religious services
consisted of prayer by Rev. John Bradley
and singing by the cathedral choir.
cemetery were decorated by a squad under
command of Comrade Alonzo Sawyer Flags
and flowers were placed upon "a mounds
that mark the resting places of the dead.
Rev. Mr.. Perkins offered prayer.
THATCHER POST.
Thatcher Post decorated the graves of the
soldiers of 1872 on Munjoy Hill, those in
Eastern aud Forest City cemeteries, divi-
sion in Evergreen, and the Lincoln and Gar
field trees. Comrades had charge OF the
Lincoln and Garfield trees and Evergreen
cemetery. A squad of IA men under COM
mand of Senior Vice Commander j. 3.
Leighton proceeded to Lincoln tree where
Rev. N. I. Whitaker. ID. D., offered prayer.
AT the Garfield tree Rev. Mr.. Frost offered
prayer. The squad proceeded to Eastern
cemetery where they decorated AZ graves.
Here Rev. A. T. Dunn oficiated. They
then went to Evergreen, de ,orated: A graves
there, joined Bosworth Post. and listened to
prayer by Rev. N. T. Whitaker, d. ID. OFF,
Ger of the Day. Adjutant d. W. Scribner.
and squad of men, decorated the graves of
20 veterans of the war Of 1912 who sleep on
Munjoy Hill. At Forest City cemetery
squad of II men under Officer of the Day,
Geo. w. Sawyer, decorated 50 soldiers
graves, and services as follows were held;
Singing by Chapel Choir of Turner's Island.
Prayer by Rev. +. w. Smith.
Singing by Choir.
Recitatlon-Our Nations Floral Day. .........
M IS Gertie Green.
Singing by Choir.
Recitation. Miss Hattie Reynolds
Singing by Choir.
Micc Il
Recitation-My Fathers Grave. Miss Dodge
Sinping- Amerlca=hV all nresant