The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-17
THEIR FREEDOM ANNIVERSARY
CoIored Citizens Appropriately OBJ
serve Emancipation Day.

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! serve Emancipation Day.
Emancipation Day was duly observed
| by the various colored organizations of
Washington A civic parade, participated
| in by the members of the Lincoln Eman-
| cipation League, and a military parade of
| the Eighth Independent Battalion were
| held in the early afternoon, and were fol-
lowed by programme of exercises, in
| Guiding addresses appropriate TO the oc-
| casion.
| The military parade, consisting of the
| Butler Zouaves and the Capital City
| Guards, the two companies of the indie
pendent organization known as the
| Eighth Battalion, assembled at and
Tenth Streets northwest, The parade
| formed about l o'clock. The route of
march was along Tenth Street to r
| Street, thence to Fifth Street, to NJ
Street, through NJ Street to Twenty-fifth
Street, thence to New Hampshire Ave-
| nue., returning TO r Street, to Twelfth
| Street, and thence to the Vermont Ave-
nue. Baptist Church.
| Major A. Acwith commanded the bat
| TALON, and Capt. r. Wormley, officer of
| the day, acted as marshal The Butler
Zouaves were commanded by Capt.
Tasker Thompson, First Lieut.. W. l. Her
Capital City Guards were under the COM
| mand of Capt. j. II. Taliaferro, First
| Lieut. John B. Robinson, and Second
Lieut.. George E. Brown.
| The civic parade formed at South Capt.
| tol and Streets. Its route was from
the rendezvous along D Street to Third
Street southwest, to Pennsylvania Ave
nue., thence to the White House, thence
| to New York Avenue, to Massa chusetts
| Avenue, to Lincoln Park; thence on North
| Carolina Avenue to ID Street southeast
| to Second Street southwest to the grand
stand at Second and c Streets southwest.
where the ceremonies commenced at 3:45
| O'Clock.
| Thomas Robb was grand marshal of
| the civic parade. The staff was as fol-
lows: Chief of staff, Lieut. Winston B.
Hill; right aide Paul Cant; left aide,
Francis S. Golden; assistant aides, Daniel
| Cant, Charles II. Strother, Emanuel
Simms, p. E. Stubbs, Glen Smith, w II.
| Brown, Henry Matthews, P. w. Ross,
| and r. w. Gillian. Charles II. Strother
is secretary of the staff.
| At the Vermont Avenue Church the ora
| ton of the day was made by Jesse Law
| son, formerly professor at Fairhaven
Academy. n: j. Other addresses were de-
| ilVered by DR.. Reyburn of Freedmen's
| Hospital. George II. White, ex-Represen-
| tative from North Carolina; r. j. Bould-
| ing, pastor of the John Wesley Church.
and a. l.. Manley, and the Rev. A. Will
banks. pastor Of the Virginia Avenue
| Baptist Church.
The exercises We're under the direction
of Capt. Ralph Wormley, and the speakers
| were introduced by Adjutant w c. Payne
| both of the Eighth Independent Battalion
| Memorial services under the direction
| of the Blaine 1nvincible Club were held at
Grand Army Hall last night. Mrs. Julia
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| and progress of the organization. A must
| cal programme was rendered under the
direction of Prof. John r. Layton Eulo-
| CYSTIC orations on benefactors of the negro
| race Were delivered.
| The meeting arranged to take place
| on the triangle bounded by Second Canal
| ana streets southwest was not pro-
| nounced success. w. Calvin Chase and
| Thomas l.. Jones were announced as the
principal speakers. but neither was
| present.
About 100 people were on hand at the
time, S:45 O'Clock. that Mr.. Chase was to
| have appeared. This meagre crowd ling
| cred and was Increased to probably 200 by
| o'clock. About this time Chase and
| Jones drove eastward along c Street in
| carriage drawn by two grey horses,
| but they did not stop.
| The crowd remained. however, until
| 5:iO o'clock, when james W. Poe. Presi-
| dent of the Lincoln Emancipation League,
| mounted the speakers stand and opened
| the meeting, W. II. Matthews being in
/ SAdllth dS itlhSltI pl ttEtIHbiiSS- MI p-
| spoke for fifteen minutes. He deplored
| the fact that there had arisen among the
| colored people a wide difference as to
| the manner in which Emancipation Day
| should be observed, and TO this he at
| tributed the apparent failure of the
| celebration.
Mr.. Poe was followed by w. II. Mat
| thews, who said ne had been slave, and
| that his last breath would be given to
| praise Lincoln, his liberator.
| Joseph G. hin followed blr. Matthews.
| His speech was much on the lines of
| those which preceded.
| Charles II. Strother. Louis Willis, JOS
| eph NJ. Lee, and Louis A. Wiles, the lat
| ter of Iowa. were the other speakers. The
| meeting broke up at GAS o'clock. with
| cheers for Lincoln and Mckinley.