The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-31
IN MEMORY OF HOHORED DEAD
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Washington, Lincoln and other great
American patriots, the half.dozen ladies
who wore in line tossed the floral offer.
Ing up on the sides of the bunting, half
clad monument. After those simple
ceremonies the army marched back to
Camp Bastile without any demonstra-
tion of popular interest in the proceed.
ings.
Union and Confederate Soldiers Remem.
bored.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, May 3O.-Dec-
grafton Day was observed In Chatta-
nooga by both the Confederate and the
Union veterans. In spite OF drizzling
rain at 10 O'Clock this morning N. P.
Forrest Camp Confederate Veterans, to-
gether with the local military oompa-
MES, marched out to the Confederate
cemetery where the memorial exercises
were held.
In the afternoon the g. A. R. and
other kindred organizations paraded
through the streets out to the national
cemetery, where Col. 81. B. Case deliv.
cred an address and the graves of the
soldiers were decorated.
Tho Exercises at Knoxville.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, May 30-About
5000 people were present at memorial
day exercises at the national cemetery
here, despite the Indictment weather.
Hon. Geo. w. Winstead delivered the
address, at the close of which the graves
Of the 8. 100 soldiers were decorated by
ladies and children from public schools
Generally Observed at Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, May 3O.-Never before
was decoration day SO generally
observed in Baltimore. The Grand
Army of the Republic preparations were
especially elaborate. There wore two
parades made up OF tho various posts
and each cemetery in AMI near the city
was visited by delegations of the blue
clothed veterans and ladies. Thousands
OF graves wero covered with flowers
Flags were at half mast the city over
and business was almost entirely sus-
pended Great crowds took the morn
Ing trains for Gettysburg, while others
went to Frederick to the memory of
Francis SCOTT Key.
New York's Observance of tho Day.
New YORK. May 30.-Decoratton Day
was observed with all tho enthusiasm
that has marked the former years. The
principal feature-the great parade
started at Fifty-ninth strest. Before 8
o'clock the throng began Assem- bling,
and the side streets were alive with
men and women who came to join the
line OF march or watch the old soldiers
and young as they walked down the
avenue.
Owing to the amount of work done
by them recently General Fitzgerald
did MT order out any regiments of the
State national guard. During the morn
Ing the houses along the line of march
were decorated in national bunting and
the bands that marched through the
streets to the rendezvous inspired the
patriotic spirit and fired the srdor of
the citizens.
The Grand Army of the Republic
composed the bulk of the parade to-day,
but other organizations made up the
greater number of those in the line of
march.
The weather was all that could be
desired. The skies were almost cloud
less and q genial breeze proved very
refreshing to the paraders and specta-
tors. 1t WAS estimated that 40, 600 men
were in line.
The tomb of General Grant, at River
side Park, was covered with flowers by
U. s. Grams Post 81. G. A. R. Hon. w.
A. Tenney delivered an Grafton on the
life and worth of the great statesman.
Besides the parades and the decoration
OF graves the programme Of the day was
marked with civil and religious cere-
monies, many of them being imposing.
Confederate Grave Decorated at Chicago.
CHICAGO, May 30.-The memorial
features Of Decoration Day were gener-
ally observed by the patriotic people of
this city. The forenoon was taken I'M
with ceremonies and services in dozen
cemeteries and parks, the programme
for which consisted of songs, ROTATIONS,
music, addresses and orations and the
decoration OF graves.
Flowers received from many Southern
States, sent by women to decorate the
graves of 6,0O0 Confederate soldiers
resting In lakewood Cemetery were dis
tributed by the eX-Confederate Soldiers
Association, OF Chicago, on the gra YES
OF Northern and Southern soldiers slike.
The parade of the Grand Army of the
Republic and other military societies
this afternoon was the event of the dav.
The Day at st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, May 3O.-The memorial
day exercises were held here to day
under cloudy skies and with cool
weather. This afternoon different
Grand Army posts formed in general
parade and marched to Bellefontaine
Cemetery, where the statue OF General
Mcneil was unveiled. Col. w. FL. Blod.
get delivered the grafton. The statues
OF General Grant, General Sherman, Col
onel Miller, Colonel Hassenduebel and
other illustrious soldiers were profusely
decorated with flowers
The Celebration at Brooklyn.
BROOKLYN, May 30.-The celebrate lion
OF Memorial Day in Brooklyn began at
sunrise this morning and continued all
day. With the first streaks of daylight
Rankin Post, No. 10, G A. R., hoisted
the stars and stripes above Fort Greene,
at Washington Park, and fred salute.
Following this the two leading fea-
lures OF the celebration were the mill
tary and civic parade and the exercises