The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-06-05
MEMORIAL DAY.

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The programme arranged for last
Saturday, as announced in The Col
UMBIAN, was carried out fully. At half
past two the line formed on Market
square as follows: c. p. Sloan, Mar
shall, DR.. T. c. Harter, P. S. Meyer
assistants, mounted Bloomsburg Cor
net Band Ent Post G.. A. K. Ladies'
Circle Brockway Camp, Sons Of Vet
Grams American Mechanics ; Gil
more's Band Friendship Fire Co. No
1. Lightstreet Band Winona Fire Co.
No. g.; citizens in carriages. The
Philologian Society joined the process
sion on Normal Hill.
1t was very creditable parade, and
was witnessed by many people, the
streets being thronged all the after
noon.
The Winona boys made their first
appearance in uniform of black silk
shirts, black pants, white caps, belts
and ties. They made fine showing.
AT the Opera House, after PRAYER
and music, Rev. ID. ]. Waller Sr. made
an excellent address A beautiful flag
was presented to Brockway Camp,
Sons of Veterans, by Mrs. c. B.
Brockway, and her daughter, the speech
being made by H. A. M'Killip Esq.
At our request we have been supplied
with copy OF this speech, which was
as follows
H. A. MKILLIP's ADDRESS.
The magic touch Of Fame has ting
ed the feeting years with brilliant hue;
and the records Of our country, written
by the finger of Time stepped in the
we'll of human blood, gleam with un-
dying and everlasting evidence of pat.
riotism, Of loyalty and honor; filling
page upon page with heroic sacrifice,
with daring deeds on fields of carnage,
with valor, with courage, with glorious
results, with records of mcn, brave,
loyal and true, who laid down their
lives to secure union and freedom for
our country, weighted with the shackles
which bound her to the throne, md
sent down to posterity the thunderbolt
of Liberty, making our forests echo,
and echo, and re-echo, till the ringing
gladstone shout swayed our primeval
pines and rocked the cradle of liberty
in which our Nation at her birth was
laid wrapped in her swaddling clothes.
In seventeen hundred seventy six
the Declaration of independence gave
notice to the world that the Colonies
were free and Independent States, and
absolved from all allegiance to the Brit
ish Crown: to this fifty-two men sign
ed their names, solemnly pledging their
lives, their fortunes, and their sacred
honor, and asking the protection of
Divine Providence, sent it forth to the
world, star of liberty, whose light
has never yet paled or weakened be-
fore the august monarchies ofthe earth.
Their earnest desire for government
conducted by the people themselves
was the all controlling principle which
caused these stirring events, and ad-
opted the Stars and Stripes as the en-
sign of our country, under whose grace
full folds they fought with that master
courage, known only to men who are
in the right; dyed with their blood,
sealed with the seal of liberty, CRATE
fully, acknowledged by millions then
unborn, the constitutionally sacred
emblem Of our government still proud
ly floats, ''over the land and over the
sea and in every wind under the
heavens, bearing that sentiment dear
to every American heart, liberty and
union, one and lnseparable, now and
forever"
On this fitting and ausplcious oc-
casion, as we bow before the shrine
of Patriotism, to render our VOWS Of
honor to the dead and living heroes, to
decorate the graves of the fallen ones
with garlands of roses, to keep them
fresh with the dew of becoming tears,
to pay our just tribute to their valor
and to perpetuate their memory, it is
my pleasant duty to present to Capt
Brockway Camp, Sons of Veterans, for
and on behalf of the givers, Mrs. c. B.
Brockway and her daughters, this
beautiful flag. Your Camp honored it.
self in selecting for its name that of a
man, who was a true and loyal soldier,
lion hearted and courageous in battle,
fearless of death, knowing only the sue
cess of the cause for which he fought,
whose record is bright as the sabres
dashed upon the field of Gettysburg,
The Sons of Veterans. auxiliary to
the Grand Army Of the Republic, fol
the purpose of continuing an organiza