New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-07-02

the Huntington Union School escorted by the
6: A. r. Post $50 a. m. raising of the Stars and
British fort. 'Goigotha' or Burying Ground Hill.
address, Colonial and Revolutionary Times
Townsend Scudder; patriotic songs by pupils of the
Main.st. and return back to Fort Goigotha, hack
90 90 scn0oP Gre5e1e a qedca2a by e. a. X Post
and located on terrace adjoining Soldiers Memorial
War" Joseph N. Beiford 1850 a m. historical
s snre 6 oI Ba 6 5 d m the different trent
its settlement 70 the present day Qine of march
and Park-ave through Main-st to Scudder-ave
thence to Ackerman-st through Anderson-st. to
tt9Tical address in Opera, House, H. e Plat ,
lot maTT GTHi'S on Mdn o bT
Flushing Seventeenth Separate Company, n. g. S.
Huntington Bay in his yacht the Sylph. will be
met at the Nathan Hale memoraI bowlder BY the
dental party will be met by members Of the Grand
A Tae d P05 m e. Snq the scn as 6os
cort and amid the ringing Of bells and salute Of
speakers platform. p. m. greeting of President
Roosevelt by Henry s Brush, president 25Oth an
President Roosevelt by John w. Arthur. Super
Re% Dr. samGe OF caTT adess of Wecom
William N, Mckinney address. President Roose.
25o Years" Seth Low Mayor of the City of New
York address The PqT dn and the
Eagle; music: address, The Changes in Methods
William, Fl. Baldwin, jr; president Long Island
Railroad Company; address The Builders Of
District Attorney: benediction, the Rev John c.
York Z p. m, concert on Main-st. by Foh's Man
haitian Band P; m grand display Of fireworks
on Cold Spring Hill. =. ,-,-..
PRESBYTERIAN Church: sermon by the Rev. DR.. Sam
There will be an historic and Colonial exhibit n
the parish house of St. Johns Protestant Episco-
nal in RI will tat
articles of interest. A choice collection of heir
looms, many of them dating back 200 years
more, will he 1t has been the purpose of the
Colonial committee in preparing this exhibit to
show far as possible the conditions OF life in
the past, when Huntington a rough settle
ment. The collection shows articles of furniture
and dress, things of practical utility and for pure
ly ornamental purposes. Mrs. Robert DeForest.
of this city, is a member Of the committee. She
has not only placed her personal treasures in the
collection but has been instrumental in obtaining
loans of other valuable pieces. This exhibition is
free 10 the public
The exercises are all to take place as near the
centre of the village of Huntington possible.
The grardstands and speakers stands, with seat
ing capacity for nearly three thousand. will be
Just north of Main-sts between New-York-ave. and
Stuart-ave. The Huntington electric railroad
passes the spot. Fort GolgOtha, where the flag
raising is to take place, is at the summit of the
hill in the old burying ground Main-st The ten
inch Rodman rife which the United States War
Department has given to the village through the
veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic post
is to stand on the terrace beside the Soldiers and
Sailors Memorial Building. which is used as pub
lie library. Beside thu memorial building there Is
stone statue erected to the memory of the SOL
dierS and sailors of Huntington whose lives were
sacrificed in the Civil War Just in front of the
building is marble shaft and public drinking
fountain erected TO the memory of Nathan Hale
who was captured the shore of Huntington
Bay
IN vrfa
fly for the first time on the Fourth was in the
Revolutionary period the headquarters for the
British forces in Huntington The old First
Church or meeting house. torn down
the British soldiers at this fort Graves
of Huntington patriots were iesecrated
and the only way that some of the head
stones were saved was by relatives removing them
the cessation of hostilities The scene as the SCI
eral hundred school children wend their way I'M
ra6le one They will sing patriotic songs
long time It Is Reaed t hsYe t Sfen Under way
sent the various stages of development in Hunting
Indians through the Colonial and Revolutionary
periods. to the present time The historic scenes
nave been prepared with great care.
Ia his historical address Henry c. Platt Assist
taken 70 bring, out new stories and legends
81 Hnnungon ,o history as well as many that
Huntington HIS address will have to do only with
The 18th Separate Company Of the NatIons,
Guard. from Flushing, will be encamped in Hunt
ington the three days OF the celebration The
priyates will do police duty if needed.
President Roosevelt and Mayor Low will come On
the shore of the bay at 23O o'clock The President
viii come around from his home at Oyster Raw on
the Sylph, and the Mayor will reach HUNTINGTON
Bay his yacht fourth hand coach will be in
waiting at the spot where Nathan Hale was cap
tured and in this the distinguished guests will be
taken TO Huntington village. In New ork-ave a
short distance from the speakers nd. the milf
tary company will be lined up The President will
be salu4sd and then ne will be escorted to the
stand President Roosevelt Will return 70 his home
In the evening on the Sylph
The bard concert in the early evening and the
fireworks display at o'clock have been timed So
as not 10 interfere With each other Ths band con-
cert will be az Main and Wall SITS. the centre OF
the business part OF the village. The fireworks will
be exploded from near the top of Cold Spring Hill
at a point where they may be from the sur
rounding hills and valleys.
The celebration Is not for the village of Hunting
ton alone but for the entire region which vas in
Guided in the original Huntington. The township
at first extended across Long Island from the
Sound to the Later the township OF Babylon
was established in the district which for many
years was known as Huntington South. Hence
Babylon Lindenhurst. Amityyille Melville. Deer
ParIx X, Green