Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-08-30
THE GREAT c. A. R. PARADE.
Marching Veterans Receive Gener-
Gus Applause.
THE PAGEANT OF PATRIOTISM.
Five Hundred Thousand Spectators Watch
Forty Thousand Veterans March BY
The Grand Army Man Was Monarch
of the Dsy-Blg Holiday.

Chicago, Aug. 29--With military
pomp and martial tread the Grand
Army of the Republic paraded here
Hundreds OF thousands of sight-seerS
were in this city by the lake to cast
garlands of public affection in theiI
path and mark their way with gener-
Gus applause.
These men of honor, victory and
years marched from one century into
another. They left the farm and fire
side as blue-coated boys when they an
swered their country's call and hurried
to the front. They afterward departed
in peace and scattered into all the
walks and ways of life unto the utter
most parts of the land Today they
met in mighty conclave once again.
The pageant of patriotism was one
of the leading features and a part
of the arrangements in which Com
mander in Chief Shaw and the other
officials and distinguished guests who
viewed the parade from the reviewing
stand took great interest This sec
ton was headed by Phinney's United
States Band with sixty pieces. Then
came Lafayette Post of New York on
the right line, with Commander Allan
c. Blackwell with 100 men.
Next was the staff of honor. com
posed of one-armed veterans, General
Daniel Z. Sickles, General Bradley
Winslow and Captain b. f. Nourse.
Twelve herr IDS in costume blowing
French truI4pets announced the com
ing of the ,geant of patriotism
In this display first came fifty tar
tered and torn battle flags which we
carried by New York during the great
four years fight. These, all closely
clinging TO their oak and ash poles.
protected from the breeze. were car
ried by members of Columbia Post,
Chicago.
The formation was in four platoons
in charge of Commander NJ w Diffley.
The regimental flags and escort wa
guarded by hollow square of Column
bia Post men.
Interest Centers In Parade.
The event of the week, the great par
ade of civil war veterans, took place in
the midst of a struggling mass of peo-
pie. G.. A. r. sentiment, like an 0cto-
pus. had stretched forth it's tentacles.
and held all folk within its grasp. 1t
had dug into the home of the rich man
and pauper. into the hotel and farm
home and cottage. into the recesses of
great cities and far-away hamlets. The
sun was merciful and the throngs were
content-just so long as they We're
privileged to cheer the warriors that
had helped to make the nation what it
is today and throw around their homes
the soft influence of peace.
Crowds Struggle to See.
II took hours for this monster OUT
pouring to scatter itself along sidewalk
and over roof and pile on windowsill
and grand stand AS the veterans, who
had seen carnage instead of beauty;
who had heard the whirr of bullets in
stead OF cheers, and who had dashed
through danger instead Of paths of
pageantry, with hating steps-as these
men tramped past bowers of color and
pyramids of brightness an earthquake
shook the city-that was a great thrill
of patriotism.
Down at Randolph street and Michi-
gan avenue, the gathering point for the
participants in the parade, the scene
became busy at an early hour. Mar
shals were there and the detachments
and departments and bands and escorts
for relics and prominent people and
carriages and all the rest of the com
ponents of a great pageant put in an
appearance; they were allotted to side
streets and lake front vacant land. and
when the word was given for the par
ade to start streams of men came from
countless directions, but all flowing
gracefully and gradually into common
center. And then through a mass OF hui
manity the column of old soldiers NOV
ed. ii wound in and out through net
work II fences and bridges OF people
and over the rough bed of down town
cobble stones and finally to the court OF
honor
Monarch of the Day.
Hero prominent people OF this and
other Lands had come to join in show
eria- tue smiles Of appreciation upon
the king Of the hour-the G. 4 r. man.
Forty lousand persons We're in the
paraGe il Is estimated Five hundred
thousand others watched them march
by. And a grand sentiment bound tn
IN ol0 .-F rho 500 Gn1 together