The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-07-06
PATRIOTIC CELEBRATION
INTERESTING EVENT AT BEAC0N
 HIEL PARK YESTERDAY.

Bronze Tablet Unveiled in Commem oration
 of the Invasion of New Hnven-General
 E. s. Greeley the Presiding Officer of the
 Day-Oration by Senator orviile II. PIatt
 -Other Addresses-Presentati of Prize
 and Certificate to Percy A. yi hitmore, of
 Washington chool, for Best Essay on
 "The Invasion of New uaven'-Recep-
 ton After the Exerc ses at the Townsend
 Residence.
 The patriotic celebration which took
 place at Fort Wooster Park on Beacon
 Hill yesterday afternoon In connection
 with the unveiling of a memorial tab
 let was most inspiring occasion
 inspiring, both from the natural beauty
 and historic associations of the place
 where the exercises were held. as well
 as from the presence and earnest words
 of patriotism of the men and women,
 who were moved by deeper love of
 country to undertake such a celebra-
 tion.
 It is interesting to think what might
 be the feelings of the stern farmer warriors of the revolution, who so brave
 ly made a stand against the maraud-
 ing troops of General Tryon at Fort
 Wooster, if they could have beheld
 the event of yesterday. That which en-
 listed the attention of most on ar
 irving at the park were the improve
 ments which have been made during the last few years by the park com
 mission. A well-made road leads up the hill to the park which crowns the
 summit of Beacon Hill. Standing on the very topmost point of the mounds, which were used as earthworks by the forefatherS the views which lie at ones feet in whatever direction vision Is cast are unsurpassed in beauty and variety of scenery. Towards the east spread out the broad and fertile mead ows of East Haven, rich in all that wealth of rural beauty which charms the eye Still beyond lowlying hills yelled in blue haze form the boundary
 limit of vision. Turning the eye to the south and southwest, one is trans ferred from all the charm of a rural landscape to breadth and expanse of the blue waters of the sound. At the DdSG OI tIlS 1llll clIlu ScSllllllSly sil-
 most at your very feet lies New Ha- ven bay with the breakwater and light house at the lower end, many vessels riding at anchor all over It's surface { nd the grand old city Itself encircling it's upper end. Few who walk the streets of New Haven from one week's s end to another take the time to realize the extreme beauty of the situation of this old university and colonial town. If such people would attend a patriotic celebration at Fort Wooster Park they | would see 1t as they never saw 1t be- fore. Situated high and dry above the harbor, with East and West Rocks rising up perpendicularly to the heighth of about 400 feet and over on either side the city like eternal sentinels, Quin-
 nipiac and West rivers bounding its | east and west sides and thus making 1 a water boundary on all but one side, | and then the city itself In its rich array of green with the spires and towers of many churches and edifices rising above the tree-tops, one cannot but be l impressed with the scene as one of unparalleled beauty. Altogether the view of New Haven and its immediate surroundings as seen from Fort Woos- ter Park Is most beautiful, and was | much enjoyed by the hundreds who visited the park yesterday. But 1t was not alone to enjoy the natural beauty of the spot that the sons and daughters of the American revolution went out to the park for yesterday. It was to hallow and consecrate the historic as- | sociations and traditions of the place with an enduring memorial of the pa- l triotism, bravery and high purpose of l the men who took their stand there | for the cause of liberty one hundred l and sixteen years ago. Amid such sur roundings what more fitting place for a shrine sacred to liberty!
 Six special cars left the corner of l Chapel and Church streets at 9 o'clock
 and took the Second Company Cover | nor's Foot Guards, the General David Humphreys branch, No. i, Connecticut 1 Society of the Sons of the American l Revolution, Mary Clap Wooster chap l ter, Daughters of the American Revolu- tion, and the officers of the Society of | Colonial Danes, the invited guests and | many others. Just before they start ! ed the weather had been clear, but oh | the way out dark threatening clouds came up and it sprink1ed little. But | fortunately the rain held off during the l exercises, and it was not until those l who were not fortunate to have partak- en of Captain James M. Townsends hospitality had all reached their homes l that the rain came. But the Second Company Governors Foot Guard and | some of the invited guests, who had | had the pleasure of regaling themselves I at Raynham, the beautiful country resi- dence of the Messrs. James M. and Geo. l H. Townsend, after exercises, were l caught in a. heavy shower just as they | were leaving the cars at the corner | of Elm and State streets. The mem | bers of the Foot Guard were obliged to | take refuge in neighboring stores to ee- cape getting their bright red coats | drenched. They filled up every store | in the neighborhood, which for the time ! took on the appearance of military bar racks. While marching up Chapel
 street they were caught in another | shower.
 Those who went out os1 the special | cars to the exercises were taken to the
 foot of Beacon hill just beyond St. An | drew's NJ E. church, and from there marched up the hill in the following or
 der:
 | Governors Foot Guard band.
 | Sacond ComDanV Goyerpor'S Foo,