The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-06-03
THE TWO CELEBRATIONS.
Memorial Day Exercises Attended by a
Large Crowd.

/ the natlOnS nero Q0dQ. u0 udy was
one not we'll calculated for the celebra-
| ton of such a solemn day. It was cold
and disagreeable, the wind was strong
and blew the sand and dirt about in
most unbecoming fashion, while the
clouds for the greater part of the day
threatened to break into tears, and
| looked glowering and gloomy. Not
withstanding the unfavorable condi
tions, however, there must have been
from $500 to 5000 people on the Gene
terry grounds. They began to arrive
early. In fact the cemetery was the
Mecca of q great portion of our citizens
all day. From early in the morning
the flowers and people filed into the
place and nearly every grave which
had living soul in Kenosha toremem-
Der it was planted with natures richest
gifts.
The exercises for which the day was
set apart, were held in the afternoon.
The people who attended them began
to arrive very soon after l o'clock and
did not cease appearing until after the
exercises were we'll under way.
The G.. A. r boys gathered at the
hall and marched to the cemetery fol-
lowed by a host of citizens, who made
very creditable showing. The pro-
cession was easily block and a half
in length and was formed in the fol-
lowing order:
Guard of Honor.
| Speaker Rev. H. S. Robee.
| G.. A. r. Post.
| Carriages with disabled Comrades
w. r. G.
Wagon with Flowers.
| Citizens
The procession started from the G.
A. R. hall at about 2 o'clock, and
marched to the. cemetery by way Of
Main street and Park avenue. The
old boys formed into square about
the soldiers monument. Commander
Boyington opened the exercises by
calling upon Chaplain Sherwood to
offer the prayer. Post Adjutant, NJ.
81. Bacon. read the orders and the
address OF Lincoln at Gettysburg in a
most impressive and appropriate man.
ner. The commander then turned the
ex ercses over to the Woman's Relic
corps, who presented Miss Hermie
Hoehn for the reading OF poem. She
was followed by another little girl who
had forgotten a portion of her recita
ton. The corps then strewed flowers
about the soldiers monument.
Rev. H. S. Roblee was then called
upon for the address of the day. Mr..
Roblee was in excellent voice and
spoke in most impressive and power
full manner. The subject matter of it
was the causes of the war and the man
ner in which the old soldiers had met
the arguments against slavery and dis
union by solid fronts of musketry and
punctuated them with the points of
bayonets. The thoughts of the address
were POLITICALLY and strongly put and
made splendid impression on the big
audience of listeners. Following the
address the post sang a patriotic air
and the firing squad Of the post fred
the salute for the dead.
More patriotic songs followed and
the bonediction was pronounced by
ReY. I. w. Corey. The soldiers then
marched to the flower wagon and each
took two or three potted plants and
placed them on the graves of dead
comrades, without regard to political
or religious creeds. The graves in all
the cemeteries were thus remembered.
In the meantime the second celebra-
ton appeared on the grounds. This
was composed Of the A. O. H., German
veterans, the cadets, Zouaves, St.
Georges society, st. Michael's society,
Catholic Order of For esters, Catholic
Knights, st. Joseph's society, German
Workingmen, German Brotherhood,
and school children of ST. Georges
church. They marched into the Gene
terry headed by a playing band
and kept the band playing
throughout the whole march to the
center of the grounds, across to the
south and back to the north by way of
road which led almost directly to the
soldiers monument. This was done
during the time the G.. A. r. ceremon-
les were in progress. The procession
halted a little to the west of the g.. A.
r. boys.
At the closing of the G.. A. r. exer-
cises large portion of the citizens
left the grounds, while the societies
marched up to the soldiers monument
and held exercises under the chair
manship of Mayor Culley. The prin-
cipal address was made by Louis G.
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