New-York tribune., 1890-04-20
pa1RlorfC DoIyGs 4r LEXINGTON
CELEBRATING THE ANNIvERsARY OF I'M
OPENING BATTLE OF THE REVOLUTION

CELEBRATING THE AxXIvERsARY OF THE
OPENING BATTLE OF THE REVOLUTION
Boston. April 10 CSpcclan-Ths Is the one hundred
and fifteenth anniversary of the Battle of LeNs''"
ana the historic old Niddlc,cx town IS In holiday "'c
Flags are flying from all the public and many p'N'''
buildings. while bunting is also literally u9ou "
show patriotic sentiment. Tie celebration j. maui
notable by the Joining with the townspeoplc oil 'nc
Massachusetts, .ocictv Of the sons Of the American
Revolution which holds IT. ANIMAL meeting ana AZ"
a public meeting In the church on the common III.
celebration on the part Of the town Wa nO-"" -
sunrise when salute was fired. bells were r"h- anu
a parade Of the principal streets made ny the N'''
ne drum, and huglc corps Early in the forenoon
An old fashioned breakfast wa, served M the NaN'1
chusc, House and later there trades pro'e''ioh'
for which the Grand Army Post and the fire d'par'n'"
did .se,r dutv The procession va, under the 'Hi''
u,,r.hal-nip - John Y. Morse with Ah.od flcr''
Frank d. Brown and William ". Feed a. ans anu
WAS headed Us George G.. Meade Pot - 10 '' ~ ~
Commander " :. Locke. accompanied W '"' ""'"'"
land About twenty I've comrades t|rh'n o"''
fire department under the leadership "i h"'" - !"
xour-c came next headed by the acton corps ana
then followed carriages contanln- the s'ic''N'" "
several # the oldest residents. The trades "i7IiN'
long line of barecs wagons and noat'. brought up u"
rear and was \ crcdiiahlc one. The line oi "a''"
was through the principal sir"'i,
Tho society of the sons Of the Revolution loheh
in the celebration at 10 O'Clock. MaNN "i ~
members arrived from Boston ana o'hcr P"'N
=, ,b,, time and were taken In carriages I"
many oi the historic spots around the town in'
ANIMAL meeting Of the society was held Al lo'"' ~
Tho vcstrv Of the church. the president, Chare' IL.
s,unae-s Of Cambridge presiding. TIC report VI
The register Luther L. TarbeI. II Marlboro, wa, P'
scutcd and showed that the society had had s'c'"s
and healthy growth ever since It's orsai"'''"' "
rifr~f
was not t.,o much to expect that the mc"oo''
world be doubled during the coming year IL Ger
taln:y eonld be II the members would pun J" '"',',
and faithful work to that end From mc'rD'' ,''P
of forty on. month after organization the society nan
crown 10 A membership Of 26o, and was stI gf""lhT
The report Of the treasurer. Colonel Johh L. Sc''
SON Of Boston. showed receipts OF r'"i ~ anu oN
pcrditurcs Of si-l. leaving balance "i -" w. ~
wa voted that the semi annual meeting IN the au''"
be a ladies day. and narLci by an excursion I"
some historic spot. preferably Plymouth
The ,ollovluc officer, were elected for the ensuing
year: President Charlie, II. -aurdeis. Camorid'c' ;
vice president, Edwin : Barrett Concord, secretary
,ifrca Brooks Fry. Boston. trrsnirr colonel JONI
l.. stevenson. Boston. registrar, Luther J. l'r''H'
v,rr,ro. historian. Dr. A \. >iochcr. CimbrifS', !,
cb,ulin the Rev C. \. staple Lexington diir't'ir'
II. j. Ilo,mer. Concord \. scott Harris 'Acl'e''
Henry 4 Wills, Fitchhurg. Joshua VI 'h-hh-'
DuNhury George \. Coitius, Iind-on' william H.
Pearson IIo>ton Nathan l.. Revere. Worcester iV''
FAY aouihboro. stephen ID. salmon N"n''''''''
James NJ barker. i1ttshcli Nose, T. IHlncr' '''''"
,..orgc ". Brown. Roxbury william y davenport
Marlboro. Iicmry Guild, Bosion; Andrr" II. "''i'
Lo,ton; Captain Mark J. Folsom Cambridge WIZ
.am nancs. Marlboro and Lieutenant "iilHm d.
Clarke. Boston.
At II 80 O'Clock the society made - oecD''i'"
nf "Lcxington Day. by public meeting I'D "c
church. President saunders pr ding. Thcr' wa
mrsc attendance. and the church was t.'''i"'p
decorated with the National c0ors IN ln-' ana ni'S.
Tho exercise, we're O,-ncd by an oisin N"l"l''N
bv Mrs Holt and PRAYER 10y ur NY
- 1" and th.n an address
of welcome was made by the Rev. Dr. C.. W Porter
president OF the Lexington Historical so,icN, ana
,pproprately i,- pOndcd To- hy President Hh"i"'i'.
The Rev Mr. staple. made an addr',,. IN "h,h ,le
objects of the .ocicy fully 1T iorih' ana Hi''r
a SOLO by Miss Minnie Brown. address, were h'nc 'y
l. T. Deming Of Ncwllavcu. Conn. Genera JON, '.'
swift of Boston. J. {. lumpcily, pre- -det oi 'nc
New Jersey soricty: DR.. William Thornton iNh'r.
Of Newport f.. J.: the Rev. Dr. y iutn,n'' III
Concord General Howard l.. Porter OF New ramp
shire j. IT, Morgan. of New York, ana T. !. rr',li-
halgc Of Lowell. The exercises closed VII, WIN M ~"
signing Of "Thc star spanscd b'hhcr' "s '"o
md icuce