Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-06-14
DOBBS FERRY'S BIG DAY
Monument to Mark an Historic
Spot Begun.
MANY PROMINENT MEN PRESENT.
Sons 81 tho American Revolution Meet
Where Washington Planned the York
town Camraiga-Addresscs by Chauncey
ECoew, Adloi stevenson and Others.


Where Washington Planned the York
town Observation-Disclosures by Chauncey
Copew, Adlai stevenson and Others.
DoBBs FERRY, \. Y, June I4.-Tha
New York Society Of the SoEs of the Amer
lean Revelation today laid the bascstone
of monument at this place designed to
mark the spot WI IL Washington had his
headquarters in 1893.
The monum; mt will stand in front of
the old Livingstone House, in which the
Yorktown campaign was planned, and in
which the. American and British COM
manlcrs arranged for the final evacuation
of American soil by the British. and OPP
posito which the British sloop- Of-war fired
the first salute ever given by 3 'itain to
America. Juno Ii was chosen for the
celebration of tho laying OF the BaScStono
because it is the anniversary of the date
when tho stars and stripes were first Sc
lected as the official national standard of
the United States. The monument will
be of Maine granite, about 10 feet high,
with n fiat top, on which II statue of the
French Admiral Comic dc Rochamhcau
will be placed at some future date.
On the basestones the names of Wash
ington and Rochambcau will be placed
Higher up an inscription will tell what
the shaft is to commemorate
Prominent Men Present.
The Starin line Steamboat Howard Car
roll arrived here with about 900 persons
on board, members of the Sons of tho
Revolution ana their guests Among tho
latter We're Vice President Stevenson and
family, Secretary Of the Navy Herbert,
Assistant Secretary MoAdoo, Admiral
Gherardi, Admiral Benham, General w.
A. Stryker, Postmaster Dayton, Fitz John
Porter and many others
President Cleveland, Sir Julian Paunce
fotc, the British ambassador, and NJ. Pa
trenotre the French ambassador, sent their
regrets, rs did also Governor Flower and
Mayor Gilroy.
The men -of-wu Miantonomoh and Lam
caster representing the old navy and the
new, awaited the party and fired II salute
to the vice president The party was re
coivcd by the local citizens committee,
who acted rs hosts during the stay in the
village. Great cXertions had been made
to cause the town to look bright and clean.
Before the arrival of the Carroll the
school children sang national anthems i'll
front of the Livingstone House, and then,
with the local militia, fire department. and
civic organizations, they escorted their
guests to the site of the monument, where
ccy NJ. Dcpew, president of the society,
laid the basestonc, the Marine band play
ing the national anthem and the warships
firing II national salute.
Tho procession then moved to the Liv-
ingstono House, now occupied by DR.. Jo-
soph llasbrouck, who gives the society the
land on which the monument stands, and
the following literary exercises took place:
The Exercises.
Archdcacon Charles c. Tiffany of New
York opened the exercises with an invo-
cation, nftcr which an address of welcome
was delivered by Hon. ID. Ogden Bradley,
chairman of citizens committee of one
hundred, Eobhs Ferry. Colonel John c.
Calhoun, chairman of the monument COM
mittco Of Sons of the American Rcvolu-
ton, made n fitting response.
Then occurred the presentation of the
site by DIR. Joseph Hasbrouck, president
Of the village and owner of the property
The acccptation and dedication address
was made by Chaunccy NJ. Dopcw after
which Il salute Of y guns was fired from
the men ofwar Miantonomoh and Lancas-
ter, which were anchored OF the town in
the Hudson
An address was then made by Adlai f.
Stevenson, vice president of the United
states, with repetition of historic salute
Of | guns. Letters of regret were then
read, General Horace Porter mado some
interesting remarks, and Il historic address
was delivered by General Stewart l.. Wood
ford. Archbishop NJ. y. Corrigan repeat
I'd tho bcnediction.
After the exercises luncheon was served.
Afterward tho marines and sailors from
the warships We're landed and marched
down to Hastings, mile below, where
they re-cmharked. There were several
other features OF interest, among them q
coaching parade by residents of Dobbs
Ferry