The evening world., 1893-11-25
THE WORLDS SATURDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 20, Is9a

down for the afternoon. All else led up
to n grand elimination of patriotic en-
thusiasm in the unveiling OF the bronze
statue of Nathan Hale, the schoolmas-
country at the age of twenty-one years
on that Sunday morning. Sept, -, lI1G, |
calculated fervently:
II only rrer"t mat hove. but one
life to lose for my country
II was near TINS spDt ~ The city Hal
Park that the British erected the scat
fold that was to he Nathan Halc's
The youthful 'rebcI' was not to bc
shot Ike soldier. b4i ignominiously
hangsd, like traitor. But as he stood.
barrel for the rope he was radiant with
l,anly excellence; iie was a siN-footcr.
The American sculptor. Frederick Mac
Monnies. has given us Nathan Hale in
br"nze at that fatal moment. lie Is
saying, as he. did on that day. III years
and more ago:
You arr shedding the blood OF the
innocent. If had ten thousand lives |
would, would lay l,, them down in defense of my
! Then. 1s the executioner concluded his
work, he uttered that last defiance of the
| oppressoL.
-, mat was a sad day for the little city
The place of execution was on its north
ern outskirts. The people were silenced
| but not subdued
J To-day all about the location OF Ma
/
joicing. The National, State and city
lidss were. nHins from uhe C!,y RAN
STATS Old Glory Heated in The wind
| over hundreds OF buildings. public and
private. The people were out in holiday
| attire.
| iIarchng bodies of men moved up and
| down the city, and 3,OUO,0O0 happy pee PIE
did honor in the great community that
has grown up around the place where
Hale Welded up his life.
Fittingly, the Sons Of the Revolution
fnr ln h.a EttnaN NtNNfr lat
cel"hratior with an .e""'M'~"
FIaunce's Tavern, where Washington bid
| farewell to his ,ieneraIs alter Inc. yD.n
of liberating their country had been
| completed.
The programme for the afternoon
celebration was arranged as follows:
| Assemblage of the Sons Of the Revou-
ton, 800 strong. at the, Headquarters.
Fraunce's Tavern, Broad and Beaver
streets, at , o'clock
Parade through Broad and Wall streets
| and Broadway to the City Hall Park.
rnveiling OF the statue of Nathan Hale
by Miss Cornelia Montgomery, daughter
OF James Mortimer Montgomery, at 3
o'clock, preceded by prayer by. Rev. Or
Morgan Dix General Chaplain VI the
Sons of the Revolution and presenta-
tion of the statue by William CASTOR
Hamilton. Chairman Of the Statue Com
mittee.
After the unwilling, salute of thirteen
guns by Light Battery, X. First United
Governor's Cover Gg Island is this morning % ar and 1 Was
stationed on the City Hall plaza.
America by. the First Artillery Band.
Tallmadge in behalf of the Sons OF the
Revolution, and presentation to the City
of New York, represented by Mayor GIL
roy.
Rev. DIR. Edward Everett Hale. a great
granddaughter Of Nathan Hale.
The order of the parade was as fol-
lows:
Platoon OF Police.
Grand Marshal.
First United States Artillery Band.
mand Of Capt. William NJ. Hack. u $. A.
Ten Batteries OF First United States Artillery.
Two Batteries OF Second United States Artillery.
| Company A. Sixth United States Infantry.
Old Guard, in command OF Major Thomas f.
Naval Brigade. under command of Capt. R. R.
Wallace L. S. y.
: First Battalion United States Marines. =,
Second Battalion United States seamen, u. S. S.
New York and MRchlas.
: Third Battalion United States seamen and United
Ships New York and Miantonomoh.
Seventh Regiment Band
: President and officers New York Society sons
| of the Revolution.
| Officers Of the General Society.
| Society OF the Cincinnati
Society OF the War OF 1872.
| Aztec Society OF the Mexican War.
| Military Order OF the LOYAL Legion.
Washington Continental Guard, under command oi
| Capt. John G. Norman.
Sons of the Revolution. New York Society.
Fraunce's Tavern, the Sub-Treasury
Building. in Wall street; Cen. Mont
, gomery's monument. in st. Paul's, ant
/ the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, II
{ Trinity Churchyard. were decorated with
flowers and bunting in honor of the day
: After the stirring events Of Nov. %
1888. in the evening, while the people
were still celebrating their emancipation
Gov. George Clinton gave a grand ban
quet to Gen. Washington and the lead
ing officers of his army at Fraunce's
T.: Tavern.
That historic banquet will be comemo
rated, as 1t has been since 1883 by tn,
Sons of the Revolution in banquet a
Delmonico's at 730 this evening. Their,
will be $50 plates.
i Among the guests who will speak will
t be DR. Il. f. Hale. Gen. Howard, Johi
Lee Carroll, General President of tn,
Society; Jonathan Trumbull, OF Connect
GTt: Eto:h f0stmaStSr 1s Sdra,, DaSteh, AshDei r
Tomlinson, Col. Louis L. Langdon anC
Asa Bird Gardiner.