Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-06-09
IN MEMORY OF THE dead.
DECORATION DAY OBSERVED
IN MANY CITIES.
Grand Army Men, Regular Troops,
Foreign Sailors and Others Parade
in New York, Brooklyn, Philadei-
phia and WashingtonTEulalia at
General Grants Tomb.

in New York, Brooklyn, Philadel-
phia and WashingtonTEulalia at
General Grants Tomb.
Memorial Day Of the Columbian year was
celebrated in New York and other cities by
parades of Grand Army veterans and by the
decoration of graves and monuments Of de-
parted soldiers.
In New York City the parade Of the GRAND
Army was witnessed by thousands upon
thousands of people. The line Of march
from Fifth avenue and Fifty-seventh street
to Washington Square was through
streets lined with spectators and be-
tween rows Of buildings the stoops,
windows and roofs of which were
crowded, and decorated with bunting.
The parade was reviewed at Madison Square
by Governor Flower, David S. Brown, the
Chairman of the Memorial Committee of the
Grand Army of the Republic, officers from
the Spanish Warship Infanta Ysabel, and the
Italian ships and prominent citizens. The
Spanish and Italian officers were in full uni
form and attracted great deal of attention.
They were kept busy constantly rails
ing their military hats in response to the
salutes given to them by the various officers
of the marching divisions. The Governor
was accompanied by General Porter and his
own military staff, all in full uniform. There
were nearly 5000 men in line. 1t was nearly
11L o'clock when the last of the parade
passed the Madison Square stand The Ole
Guard Immediately fell In line, closed around
| the Governors carriage, and escorted him
back to the Windsor Hotel. The parade
proceeded to the Washington Arch, where
Grand Marshal Barry reviewed It, 1t then
disbanded. and most OF the Grand Army
Posts proceeded to the cemeteries to lay now
ers on the graves of their dead comrades,
The services at the tomb of General Grant in
! Riverside Park were held under the auspices
Of U. S. Grant Post 1927, which left Brooklyn
at the close Of the parade and went by boat
TO the tomb The Grand Army ritual was
read, and then Ex-Governor J. B. Foraker,
of Ohio. delivered an Grafton. The
tomb itself was covered with flowers.
On tho south side of the tomb was pyra-
mid of red and yellow immortelles In bars on
a white background with border OF roses
and lilies of the valley. On the yellow Dars
were the words "China's Tribute to Gen.
Grant, in red The piece was from the
Chinese Embassy. The Infanta Eulalia also
placed wreath on the tomb Of General
Grant. The memorial exercises In Carnegie
Music Hall in the evening formed an appro-
pirate ending to the observances OF Decora-
ton Day.
In Brooklyn business was entirely sus-
pended all the public buildings were draped
with the National colors, and all over the city
there were decorations on club houses and
private dwellings,. There was parade, and
the rapidly-thinning ranks of the veterans,
who occupied the centre Of the line, were led
and followed by United States troops and
marines. National Guard regiments, sons oi
veterans, old firemen, and civic societies.
The perfect weather brought out an army Of
spectators, and no preceding Decoration Day
parade in Brooklyn received such warm pop
ular applause. Mayor Boody reviewed the
parade. and interest centred in the march
ing bodies as they passed under the beau
tiful. memorial arch facing the main
entrance to Prospect Park, near which
the reviewing stand was erected. The pres
ence of eighty girls, the daughters OF vet
erans. in the ranks with Mansfield Post 80,
was one Of the most picturesque features in
the parade. They were all pretty, and,
, dressed in their red, white and blue COS
tunes and carrying little flags and march
ing in faultless manner, they made a
most attractive spectacle. The parade
, was dismissed directly after the review
, ing stand was passed, and the various
Grand Army posts, after brief rest, started
by the nearest route for the cemeteries to
! which they had been assigned. 1t was esti-
q mated that fifty thousand persons were pres
, ent in Woodlawn Cemetery when Farragut
Post No. 81, and its guests, Naval Post No.
400, of Philadelphia, held memorial SER
vices in the Farragut plot. Ex-Congressman
John Quinn delivered an Grafton. Every
member of the Philadelphia Naval Post is a
medal of honor man.
Q In Philadelphia an unusual feature In the
q Decoration Day ceremonies was the partici-
patton in the exercises of seventeen officers
Il from the Russian flagship Dimitri Densko
Y and her consort, the Rynda, and five officers
{ from the Austrian corvette Frundsberg
= The foreign naval contingent was met al
Race street wharf by the Citizens Recep
Z hon Committee and Commander j. +. For
: sythe, United States Navy, and was escorted
Il by Post 2, G. A. R., and other organizations
10 Monument Cemetery. After the decora
g ton of graves at that place the foreign guests
It were driven to the Lincoln Monument il
Paramount Park, where ex-Postmaster-Gen
eral Wanamaker delivered a euloglstic ad
: dress From there they were taken to Laure
= Hill Cemetery. where they witnessed the i'm
Y plessive services over the grave of Genera
o George g. Meade by the Grand Army Pos
- bearing his name.
. At Washington the graves of the soldier:
= In Arlington and other cemeteries were dec
d grated by Grand Army men. The procession
formed at noon after q National salute hat
> been fred by a light battery OF the Fourtl
: United States Artillery and made the rounds
/ of the cemeteries, decorating first tn
% granite "Tomb of the Unknown.
An oration was afterwards deliv
70 cred in the amphitheatre of the Arlington
n Cemetery by William E. Simonds. Rev. Dr
d George L. Spinney, Of New York, Delivers
an Grafton in the Congressional Cemetery
- and j. Madison Couts spoke at Battle Gene
e terry. the scene of Jubal Earlys attack o.
Washington. An incident of the-day wa
the decoration of the graves of General
Rufus Ingalls, and W. w. Belknap b
Major ". G. Duxbury, an ex-Confederate
President Cleveland spent the day, up to tn
q time of his departure from the city, at tn
' White House. Secretaries Gresham and Hell
bert went to Arlington Cemetery Secretar
Carlisle spent the day in Baltimore, Secretar
8 Morton in Nebraska, Attorney General Oine
In Boston and Postmaster-Gen Bissell 1
, Buffalo. Secretary Smith remained in town
The departments were closed.
Il Tn New Jersey Decoration Day was appro
priatelv observed One Of the most prom1
n nent observances was the unveiling OF tn
: monument. built by popular subscription, t
III the late member OF Congress, Edward f M'
g. Donald. of Hudson County, IN the Cen
le etery of the Holy Sepulchro IN New New
ly ark The shaft Is fourteen let
b. HIGH and of polished Quincy granite
1t In Jersey CITY there was a Joint parade {
y the militia, the police and fire Department. Mt
le and several Independent organizations. ID
III absence of the Grand Army posts attracte
20 attention. The day was very generally o.
served in Hoboken There was no parad
Is but fhe Grand Army posts decorate
a. the graves IN the different cemeterrie
= = Fully fifteen thousand persons gathered
10 10 Asbury Park to participate in the dedicatlc
IL of the monument erected by the local Graz
cA 'NO AAAO - 49,, ri tha coldiarc or