Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-08
DECORATION DAY NOTES.
MEMORIAL EXERCISES IN
HONOR OF HEROIC DEAD.
of Their Fallen Comrades - The
Way the Day Was Observed at
Various Points s-Parades, Ban
Quets and Speech Making

Decoration Day was celebrated through
out the country in an impressive manner by
strewing flowers Oh the graves of the heroes,
by military and civic parades AMI by COM
menorative exercises of various kinds.
In New York City more perfect day could
scarcely have been ordered for the annual
Grand Army parade. The wrinkled vet er-
ans OF hundred fights rejoiced in sunny
skies and balmy breezas as they gathered in
Fifth avenue. near enough to Central Park
to inhale the sweet odors which arose from
woodland and meadow, preparatory to form
ing ranks for the observation of Memorial
Day. The tattered ensigns which they
carried bore the names Of Gettysburg. An
tietam. Fair Oaks, Spottsylvania, Peters
burg. Cold Harbor. Chickamauga, Lookout
Mountain, Stone River. Vicksburg. Atlanta,
Fort Donelson, Nashville, Franklin, New
Orleans and scores OF others which instantly
send the memory back through decades Of
time recalling deeds Of valor which
stir the patriot heart as only like
references can do. Never did they re-
ceive more cordial welcome than arose in
cheers from the waiting multitu les which
lined the avenue from Central Park 10 Wash
ington Arch. New York was out in force
and in genial humor. AS the column
moved down the great thoroughfare, from
every flagstaff surmounting hotels, clubs,
mercantile houses, the Stars and Stripes
waved greeting and goispeed. One
of the most attractive features in the parade
were the divisions Of school children. After
the dismissal Of the parade at the Washing
ton Arch. those posts and organizations
which had not already visited the graves
and plots which they annually care for. pro-
ceeded to the various cemeteries, where the
beautiful ceremony Of decorating the rest
ing places offallen comrades was performed.
The usual exercises at the tomb of General
Grant, in Riverside Park, drew an immense
n naOnin FY-IOitnH States AftOr-
ney A. w. Tenny. of Brooklyn, delivered the
Oration. The unYeiling Of Horace Grealeys
statue, in Greeley Square. Broadway AMI
Thirty-third street, by Typographical Union
No 6. took place in the presence of several
thousand people. The principal address was
made by Congressman Amos j. Cummings.
There was large attendance at the memorial
services held at Music Hail. Seventh avenue
and Fifty-seventh street, in the evening. Post
master Dayton presided and the Rev. H. ~
Gallaher, Brooklyn's we'll known pulpit
orator, made the principal address. The
Sons of the Revolution placed a wreath of
laurel on the statue of Nathan Hale, in City
Hall Park. The statues Of Lincoln, Wash
ington, Lafayette, Farragut and Conk-
ling, in Union and Madison squares,
we're decorated with more or less
profusion. SeWari's statue had been
neglected. however. Memorial Day seems
to have become the great athletic day Of
the year. There never were more racing,
baSeDan, cricket, yachting, rowing, bicycle
contests and all the sports AMI games in
which the muscular part Of the community
delights than were developed this year.
In Brooklyn the fas was hoisted on Fort
Greene at daybreak and salute was fired by
Rankin Post The survivors Of the Forty
eighth. Ninetieth ,158th, 173d, Fourteenth and
First Long Island, war veterans, formed a
provisional brigade in front OF the City Hall
shortly alters o'clock under command oftheir
respective senior officers. Preceded by Il band
the veterans march TO the Soldiers and Sail
ors' Arch, and lstenedto an address by th9
Rev. S. Y. Robinson, Of Hanson Place Bap-
tist Church. They then proceeded to the
cemeteries to decorate the graves Of their
comrades. The feature Of the day was, OF
course. the grand parade. It was made up
OF six divisions. under the command OF
Grand Marshal NJ. c.. Shattuck. The entire
route was thronged with men, women and
children. The reviewing stand was i'll
North Plaza street. east of the
Soldiers and Sailors Arch. Mayor Schieren,
Rear Admiral Gherardi, congressman Clan
cy, Coombs, Magner and Hendrix, and sew
eral city and county officials were on the re-
viewing stand. Then the marshal and staff
took up a position to the right and were sa-
luted by the marching columns Ia turn. The
parade was dismissed shortly after o'clock.
After Dartaking of refreshments the G. A.
+. posts proceeded to various cemeteries.
At Cornwall, n. Y, bronze tablet to tho
memory Of E. P. Roe, the novelist, was uu-
veiled. The address was delivered by DR..
Lyman Abbott.
The granite monument in the Belvidere On.
j. Cemetery, erected in memory of General
Robert McAllister. was unveiled and dedi-
Gated The orator of the day was John Y.
Foster. Of Jersey City.
A monument to Thaddeus Kosciuszko was
unveiled at Perth Amboy, N. J. The exer
cises consisted OF religious services IN the
forenoon and a parade and oration in Eng
lish, Polish and Lithuanian tongues in the
afternoon.
Governor Werts laid the cornerstone Of
the new Second Regiment armory, Paterson,
n. J.. in the presence Of several thousand
persons, including nearly two thousand mem
bers of the New Jersey National Guard.
Thomas B. O Dell, of New York, was the
orator of the day.
The route of parade in Newark, N. j., was
from Military Park to Lincoln Park. Tho
First Regiment, n. g., made its first public
appearance since the consolidation Of the
First and Fifth Regiments, two years ago
Mayor Lebkuecher reviewed the procession
at the City Hall.
At Yonkers, N. Y. the Fourth Separate
Company paraded under command of Cap
tain Pruyn the High School Cadets, com
manded by Captain Ernest Belknap, and
members of Kitching and FarnsWerth Posts,
G.. A. r. The school children also took part
in the exercises at the soldiers monument.
Post Mexican, G.. A R., conducted exer-
ClSoS at the IranC cottage, On MOUNT NC
Gregor, N. Y. General Thomas J. Morgan,
of New York, was the speaker. The exer-
cises were conducted by Wheeler Post and
the Sons of Veterans.
The ceremonies at tho grave Of John
Brown at North Elba, n Y. were largely at
tended. Hundreds of New Workers who are
stopping at the hotels in the vicinity were
present.
Philadelphia observed Memorial Day with
Iomp and ceremony. The weather was
bright and cheerful and Grand Army men
and other patriotic citizens turned out in
great numbers to do honor to the memory OF
fallen heroes. The city was extensively deco |
rated. In tfn cemeteries the singing OF
school children mingled with the beat OF
mufhed drums and the booming Of cannon;
while without, the marching of veterans, TO
the martial strains OF numerous hands,
formed a spectacle that was intensely inspr- |
ing. The most elaborate exercises Wer3 |
conducteI in Laurel Hill Cemetery, over the
grave O. General George G.. Meade, and at
Morris VI. over the grave of General Win |
field s. Hancock. Members Of the Hancock
Veteran Association and others also visited |
Trenton, n. j for the purpose Of decora-
ting the tomb Of General Mcclellan. Every
cemetery and burial place in Philadelphia |
and Its vicinity was visited and flowers AMI |
flags were distributed over graves by the |
thousand. \ handsome flag was raise |
over the grave of Betsy Ross, the colonial !
lady who made the first Stars and Stripes. |
Her grave in Mount Moriah Cemetery was
the scene of touching ceremony, which |
was conducted by the U. S. Grant Camp Of |
the Sons of Veterans.
At Gettysburg, Penn, Memorial Day on |
the battlefield was observed with the usual |
appropriate services. In the morning the
colored school children decorated the graves =.
OF the colored veterans. In the afternoon. at |
2 o clock, in the Soldiers National Gene !
terry, the children of tie public schools |
strewed the thousands of graves, and Post 9, |
G. A. R.. performed their ritualistic services. |
At the rostrum. after a prayer by the Rev. ]
DR.. Milton Valentine, of the Lutheran Thee