Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-06-23
HONOR BUNKER HILL
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF
THE HISTORIC BATTLE.
IMPOSING CEREMONIES At THE
HISTOINC SITE
Immense Parade Of Veteran Soldiers
Complete History of an Old and Val
ued Association-Stru for Sue
cesS-Judah Touro, who made the
Monument Project a Success.

rs: on, Mass, June IT, This dav
is the occasion of the anniversary of
the b title of Bunker Hill. and Charles
ton { ebrated the day in manner
amp e t,n.rd in local his DRY. Pat
rlotic sentiment IS unusually potent
bccau> c This Is the fftieth anniver> arv
OF the dedlcat on of the Bunker Hill
nionnm, mt.
The parade, under the auspices of
the Carnival Asso:i ton. was strength
ened o,y all the clubs of this vicinity
and many outside. This afternoon
anoth, paral", under the direction of
the { ~ =, mmittee, was participated
IN 10y GA military organizations,
Gran Army posts Sons of Veterans,
kElr- hts OF Lauor, fremen, Ancient
Crd>r of IIihernians, high school
cadets marine corps and blue jackets.
The organizations included Company
a. fifth Regiment: Charlestown City
Guard: Company Ii, Fifth Regiment;
Charic>town Artillery, Company ID,
Ninth Regimen Charlestown Veteran
Volunteer Eirvmen'S AS ISOLATION,
OConnell Assembly, Knights of
Labor: Abraham Lincoln Post. q. A.
r.: MAJ. George l.. Stearns ost, G. \.
r.; Thomas r2ncis Meagher Com
mand /. V. T.; Abraham Lincoln
Camp Sons of Veterans and large
visiting delegation of out-of-town Sons
of Veterans. Also Col. Ezra Trull
Camp Sons of Veterans; Division j,
Ancient Order of Iiiberians. Admiral
Kim berly Garrison, two companies of
the Charlestown High School Cadets,
and the blue jackets from the receiv-
ing ship Wabash
II NJ.
ton has lived for seventy years, and
the great shaft stands to-day a monu-
ment to their energy and devotion.
ear by year the association meets to
stir the patriotic memories of the day,
and during the years that have come
and gone the most distinguished men
of the old Bay State have added their
names to the roll of those bound to-
gether in ascred association us trustees
of a noble monument. sacred to the
story of a great national battle for
liberty and honor. The final success
full effort for the collection of funds for
the completion of the monument was
made by the patriotic women of the
country. who held Il brilliant ladies'
fair It faneniI Id tiuin V halls, rails
ing in this way over $500 %. This
with the donations of $1,000 each
from Amos Lawrence of Boston and
Judah TourC, of New Orleans, with
other smaller contributio S. placed all
that was needed in the treasury.
The cornerstone of the monument
was laid in 1925. on the 5Oth anniver-
sa Y of the battle, in the presence Of
La ayette, who was then the guest of
the nation. In 1913 the capstone of
the monument was I'd, and both oc-
casions were marked by special celebra-
tions and were rendered nota-
bic in history by the great
orations delivered by Daniel Web
ster- The. association has held
regular annual meetings, each Of them
being duly celebrated. On the 18th
anniversary of the battle Edward Ev-
erett gave one OF his eloquent adj
dresses in the shiphouse, in the navy
yard. On the Tooth anniversary the
cele bration was national in it's char
acter, representatives from all parts of
the union participating, the Grafton
being given on the battlefield by the
president Gen. Devcns.
The triumphant contamination of
the project was mainly brought about
by the noble benefactons of Amos
Lawrence and Judah Touro. which
'uDIIt "H0H dU
a low ebb.
Judah Touro was born in Newport,
r. L., June IL, 11T6, a year after the
battle of Bunker Hill and eighteen
days before the declaration Of indie
pendence. His father. the Rev. Isaac
Touro, came from Holland. His ma
ternal uncle, Moses Michael Hayes.
took him into his counting house. In
1901 Judah sailed for New Orleans and
opened small store, and soon pro-
cured large New England trade.
AS a merchant he was noted for his
right honesty and he was a patriotic
citi1 EN- and a ,rue friend. At the bat
tie of New Orleans Juda b was assigned
to the militia, and while carrying anu
milton he was struck on the thigh by a
twelve ound shot, which to- off a
large mass of flesh. Touro was pro
nounced by tie surgeon to be in
dying condition, but his friend, Shep-
herd, one of Commodore Patterson's
aides, carried him from. the field,
nursed him and saved his life In his
will. made in 1854. a few days before
his death. he made his friend his ex-
ecutor and residuary legatee. The
good old man had grand funeral and
was buried with honors.