The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-04-20

CHIEF JUSTICE IS THE HOST.
The House Transformed into a Bower
of FIowers-AeesfdentJ Jones Makes
an "Reminiscences of a
Visitor to the Famous Old Town.

The home of Chief Justice Albert
Francis Judd, LID, on Nuuanu
avenue was filled last Saturday night
with the members of the Hawaiian So
ciety Sons of the American Revolution,
who with their wives and a number of
especially invited guests met in honor
of the 121st anniversary of the Battle
of Lexington and Concord, Licking
ton Alarm Day as it is called by the
patriots nowadays.
Beautiful flowers and plants made
the spacious home of the Chief JUS
tice thing of beauty indeed. The
guests were made speedily welcome to
the hospitality of the Judds by mem
bers of the family. At 7:30 o'clock
the president of the society, Hon. Peter
Cushman Jones, called those present
to order in the front parlor and after
invocation by Compatriot Birnie, in a
speech described the glorious day on
which the patriotic sires of those pres
ent had made the stand against the
troops of King George 121 years ago.
Vice-president of the society, Chief
Justice Judd, followed in a more de-
Revere had ridden away at night to
warn the patriots John Hancock and
Samuel Adams of their danger from
arrest by the British authorities. How
s1
retreated was torn up so as to prevent
the enemy following but, unfortunate
ly, the planks had been placed on the
wrong side of the stream and the sol
diers simply had to replace them.
How that these few shots fired had
been heard in all the thirteen colonies
east and west, north and south, and
the blood of the patriots who fell on
that day was speedily avenged on the
soldiers of England. Mrs. w. w. Hall
followed in a stirring rendition of
Longfellow's Paul Rsvere's Ride"
which evoked long, applause. Mrs.
Henry Castle then spoke in a most in
teresting way of Lexington 100 Years
After This town has jbeen Mrs.
Castles home and she described the
great ceremonies at the Tooth ami
yersary of the Battles of Lexington and
Concord when the late president U. S.
Grant and thousands of Americans
wended their way to this liberty spot.
Though but a child at that time, Mrs.
Castle remembered the dreary, driz-
zling day and the great crowds that
thronged the village on that auspicious
day. The old house in which Paul
Revere had his interview with John
Hancock and Samuel Adams was de-
scribed and although still inhabited
was being pulled down right on the
heads of the dwellers therein by patri-
otic relic hunters. Marble slabs mark
the spots of interest around these his
tOric towns and the annual recurrence
Of the 10Th Of April brings a concourse
Of people from all over the East to
Concord and Lexington to view again
the place where our fOrefathers laid
down their lives for liberty Mrs |
Castle was at Lexington a year ago
and found the place thronged on that
day with sight seers. All through
Massachusetts and in all the older
states markers have been placed by the
Society of the Sons of the American |
Revolution on the spots where great |
events occurred in the War of the |
Revolution.
Fast Day in Massachusetts has
been changed to Patriots Day" Mrs. |
Castle spoke in a conversational tone |
and her speech was full of witty rem |
iniscenceS. When she concluded the |
audience only wished it had been three |
times longer.
William Douglas Alexander gave the |
genealogy Of his distinguished ances- |
tor. Colonel Douglass, who commanded |
tOtllla on Lake ChampIain during |
the Revolution and died martyr to |
the cause in 1777. President Jones |
spoke of the formation on these Islands |
Of chapter Of the Society of the |
Daughters of American Revolution. |