The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-05-26
DUAL CELEBRATION.
PLANS ron A GREAT DAY Az EAST
HADDIM.
Two Hundredth Birthday OF the Town
June 6-Tho Nathan Halo schooi-
house 90 be Trnnsfcrred-Defah OF
the Affair--The Committees.


| the Affair-The Committees.
Preparations for the celebration of the
two hundredth anniversary Of the
| founding of the town of East Haddam
are we'll under way, and the interest," ~
creases as the day approaches Inc
date is June 6, and every man, woman
and child in each of the villages that
make up the town of East Haddam APP
| pears to be taking a personal interest," III
the event. The villages that make UP
the town are East Haddam village
| (Which clusters about and nestles
among the hills Immediately surround
| ing Goodspeed's Landing, as the dock
where the New York and Hartford
boats stop, is known, Moodus, Lees
VILE, Millington, Little Haddam and
portion of Hadlyme. These villages
/ cover an area of about twelve miles.
The event the town is celebrating is It's
separation from the town of Haddam'
This was really the founding of East
Haddam.
| To the lover of Revolutionary lore
East Haddam is a choice spot as here
it was that Nathan Hale, the martyr,
! lHuGul StlibOl JtlplG llO liie'NiN tP'N7 100
ic entrance on the stage of the drama
Of the American revolution and the
| tiny house in which he taught is sui
| preserved. On the same date the town
celebrates it's anniversary the Sons OF
| the Revolution of New York state VIII
| transfer to the brother society of Con-
| necticut the historic schoolhouse, and
| this will be connected with the towns
| celebration so closely that the two are
almost one although managed by sepa-
rate bodies Taken both together, the
result will be a celebration such as rare
| ly happens in a place so small and OBJ
scure as this little river town, whose
two causes for renown lie in its close
| connection with Nathan Hale and the
! beauty of its surroundings and location,
| The executive committee of the towns
celebration met Saturday afternoon in
Goodspeeds hall. On account of the
rain the meeting was not as largely at
tended as previous ones but there We're
surprisingly large number present
even then, although some lived several
miles from the Landing. w. S. Com
stock, chairman of the executive COM
mtttee, presided, and the Rev. George
w. Gfllllth, the secretary, was ''l7o
present. The programme as whole,
was arranged at this meeting and will
be as follows for the towns celebra-
ton:
The people will assemble in Good
speeds hall and at ten O'clock the exer-
cises will begin. There will be prayer
and singing An historical address will
be made by f. Emory Johnson. and
Judge julius Atwood. who was porn IN
the Nathan Hale schoolhouse, Wlll tell
"reminiscences of the ancient structure
An appropriate poem viii be read by
Joseph Cone, native of East Haddam,
who is resident OF Camprlage, Mass
After the exercises at the hall pro
cession will be formed, and after
short walk towards the upper END OF the
village the residence OF Judge ATWOOD
will be reached. Immediately IN ffoht
of it, at the junction OF three roadS, IS a
tiny park. II was on TINS spot the ola
schoolhouse originally stood A Dust
statue Of Nathan Hale has been pre-
scented to the town and 1t is to stand on
this park The procession VIII STOP AT
this point and the statue, which was
made by EnoCh S. Woods, the Hartford
sculptor, will be unveiled Mrs MAR
cellus Hartley, of New York, a grand
niece of Nathan Hale VIII unVell the
statue, and there will be appropriate
! exercises. The next step in the town
celebration will be dinner at the Upper
Landing, which is about a mile ana a
half above Goodspeed's Landing The
dinner VIII ne serVeo at ei,nei s,.e
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