Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-30
HONOR TO THE SOLDIER DEAD
Wadham's Post Veterans
 Decorate Graves
MANY FRIENDS ASSIST.
Address by Rev. Fir. Zeiter at the Soldiers Monument Father SlO. cum's Talk to the Veterans and Their Friends at the Church of the Immaculate Conception.

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 Their Friends at the Church of the
 Immaculate Conception.
 This is Decoration day and the occa- sion was observed in Waterbury in a manner which shows that as the years roll onward it is becoming more and more of holiday so that survivors of the war, the men who put down SC cession and compelled all to respect the flag, and observe the constitution, have every reason to believe that when after they have been gathered to their fathers and joined Grant, sherman, Sheridan and the rest of the commands z CTS of the Federal army on the other side, they will not be forgotten and a grateful country will see that the graves of the heroes dead are kept green and and the deeds of the men whose bones are inferred in them held up for all time for the emulation of the youth of the country. The morn ing was cloudy, but this did not deter the committee from getting out and strewing flowers upon the graves of the different sailors and soldiers in the local cemeteries. This work was done by the following committees, assisted by representatives of the Women's Re lief corps and the Sons of Veterans:
 Riverside-George Platt, B. A. Pen dleton, John Stephen. Charles Good win, H. c. Scott, B. F. Merrill, H. F. Sanford, George Hartley, N. w. Green man, r. D. Bangs and two Sons of Veterans.
 St Joseph's Cemetery S. z Hayes, John Egan, H. F. Northrop, Frank Hoey, E. D. Rush, John Saxe, ] William Milton, Theodore Knapp, Edward Bergen. J. Keefe, John Byrnes. John Friend and two Sons of Veterans.
 Crockett Cemetery George C. Tut, tie.
 Bucks Hill Cemetery Fl. ". Brown.
 WatervilIe Cemetery-J. D. Chat field and c. A. Bradley.
 Calvary, East Farms, Pine Grove and Melchizedeck Cemeteries See ley H. Garrigus and 0. A. Robbins
 The cemeteries never looked prettier. | The recent rains helped vegetation wonderfully and the sextons and pri- yate individuals have not been idle for the past few weeks. Large numbers of people collected to see the work of decorating the graves and many took occasion to strew flowers upon resting places of friends who, perhaps, were it not for Decoration day exercises never would be remembered in that way, so that the burying grounds were fra grant with the scent of flowers and thousands took pleasure i'll going from one place to another admiring the good offices of the Grand army and that of private individuals.
 Returning to headquarters between 9 and 10 o'clock, the committees after a brief rest, joined the post in the pa rade- to the soldiers monument where exercises were conducted under the auspices of the Sons of Veterans, in cluding a patriotic address by the Rev MT Better of the Chapel street M E. l church and singing by about fifty pu- pils of the Washington school An immense crowd collected about the place and everybody apeared to enjoy the singing, The address was also commended and the speaker received unstinted applause
 Tn the afternoon the service at the trn in Riverside cemetery. under the ausices of the Women's Relief corps. drew big crowd The exercises in cluded singing of the national anthem, America" prayer by the chaplain, Mrs J. C. Cornish, and an address by Mrs Dutton. Addresses were also de livered by Commander Michael Kaya- naugh of Wadhams post and the Rev Mir Buckley of Trinity church. Miss Florence Wightman read a selection. after which Dr Buckley gave the benediction.
 The post had an abundance of very beautiful flowers, many of them com ing from the hot houses and the rest being the offerings of friends who SC cured them from their own premises or culled them after considerable ef- fort through the brushwood in the rl1 ral districts of the town, chubby boys and bright girls dropping in laden with a aprofusion of beautiful bouquets. all of which were greatly appreciated byl the Women7s Relief corps who had charge of making up the garlands