The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-14
GRAVES OF PATRIOTS.
DECORATED TOMORROW IN GROVE STREET CEMETERY.

One Hundred and Tyenty-thrse sOl- l dIersand Patriots of the Revolution n a 1 ary War Lie Buried Thero--SoDs of l American Revelation Have Pro- ! Urnmme Completed. William E. Chandler. secretary of the General David Humphreys branch, No. 1, of the Connecticut Society," Sons of the American Revolution, has sent out notices to the members to the effect that the society will hold its annual decoration day exercises tomorrow i'll the Grove street cemetery. The mem- bers of the General David Humphreys branch, assisted by the Second compa- ny of the Governors Foot Guard, will tomorrow afternoon decorate the graves of 123 Revolutionary soldiers and patriots who are buried in the Grove street cemetery. The exercises will be held at o clock The Mary Clap Woes ter chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, has accepted an invitation to be present at these exercises, as have also the members of the Amos Morris chapter Children of the American Rev. olution.
 Those in charge of the arrangements for the occasion expect a large turning out of members of the above mentioned orders, and the services of the day will be made especially impressive and ap- propriate. The programme provided for the day is an excellent one and will be carried out as follows: Exercises-The bugler will sound the
 assembly at p. m. Compatriots and
 guests of the branch will assemble at
 the grave of Noah Webster Cedar
 avenue.
 Invocation--By Rev. Edwin s. Lines, D.
 D., chaplain of the Connecticut soci-
 ety and of General David Humphreys
 branch Remarkably the president of the Gen
 eral David Humphreys branch, Gen
 eral George H. Ford. Decora ton of the grave of Noah Web i
 ster by the chairman of the standing
 committee, Nathan Easterbrook, jr. Detail of the various members of the |
 branch and of the Foot Guard to the |
 following members of the standing |
 committee: Nathan Easterbrook, jr., 1
 Hon. Hobart L. Hotchkiss, Everett E. |
 Lord George F. Burgess and Chris
 topher E. Prince. Decoration of Graves-Compatro will | proceed through the districts assigned | the several members of the standing
 committee and decorate the graves of
 the Revolutionary soldiers and patri- ots in accordance with the printed roster.
 Assembly-At the expiration of twenty minutes the bugle will sound for as- sembly at the grave of General David Humphreys on Cedar avenue. The following formation will be observed: Members of the Sons of the American Revolution on the east, facing west; the Daughters of the American Revo- lution on the north, facing south; the Second company's Governors Foot Guard, on the west facing east; the Amos Morris society Children of the American Revolution, on the south, facing north, under the direction of the following ushers: General Phelps Montgomery, Seymour c. Loomis Ma than B. Fitch, Samuel A. York and William D. Scranton.
 Exercises at the grave of General Da- id Humphreys as follows: the chaplain, Rev. Edwin S. Lines, D. D.
 Decoration of the grave of General Da- vid Humphreys (by the presidenD in the name of the General David Humphreys branch, Connecticut Soci- ety, Sons of the American Revolu- tion,
 Address-By Compa triot Rev. Frank Russell, of Hartford Rev. Watson L. Phillips D. D., chaplain of the Second compa- ny, Governors Foot Guard, National hymn-My Country, 'Tis of Thee-By all present. 3enediction.
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