The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-05-25
MEMORIAL DAY, 1904.

| Monday, May 50, i'll the usual appro-
pirate manner. The Commander of
the Post has issued the following
orders
HEApouARrERs Posr ~, q. A. r.,
LAMhERrNILLE, n. j., May IL, 1901.
General orders No. /.
|. Memorial Day-that day upon which
patriotic people gather together throughout
our land To do honor To their sacred dead Is
again upon us and II becomes our solemn
duty To pay tribute to the memory of our
deceased comrades by strewing their mounds
with the choicest flowers of Spring. Let us,
comrades, as is most fitting, unite In making
the services of Memorial Day as Impressive
as possible by appropriate exercises and so
show 10 the world that we as citizens appre-
clale the great sacrifices made by our COM
radeS and that We revere their memories, and
also show tothe rising generation that he who
dies for his country dies noblN.
IL. Comrades Will assemble at Post Head
quarters ON Wednesday evening, MAY p, nj
O'Clock, for the purpose Of attending "a
patriotic meeting To he held at the Centenary
NJ. T.. Church
Ill, 1t Is earnestly requested that all who
can possible make II convenient will meet nj
eadquarterS ON Friday afternoon, MAY . at
o'clock, to attend Memorial Day exercises
Al the High school.
~. Comrades Will also assemble at the
headquarters ON sunday, MAY ~, at T.. NJ
for the purpose of visiting RiNerNiew Gene
tet+ aud decorating the graves therein with
flags and flowers
V. VIII also assemble at Post HEADQUARTERS
on sunday evening, May ~, at o clock. and
attend service at the First Baptist Church
comrades Will wear O. \. X, badge ON len
breast, carry cane and wear white gloves.
VI VIII assemble nj headquarters on
Monday morning, May 10, AT y o'clock, and
proceed from thence TO Mt. Hope and st
Johns Cemeteries and there hold exercises
appropriate to the day.
VII. All Comrades are urgently requested
10 attend u reception to he rendered the Post
by the Epworth League AT the Centenary NJ
r. Church ON Monday evening, May ~, nj 4
O'Clock.
VIII. a cordial invitation Is extended to
all veterans and sons ot veterans to take part
with the Post IN all OF the exercises of Me
IN. order of exercises and committees Will
beannounced by the Committee on Memorial
bay. by order OF
u. H. JOINER,
Attest commander
II. = kRorsES, Adiutani.
The Memorial Day Committee IL.
=. kroesen, James .. Bells, Charles
Lindsey. James Mcconnell and Jacob
Haas make the following details and
announcements:
The Post will visit Riverview Gene
terry on Sunday, May ~, at $50 T.. NJ,
where appropriate exercises will be
held and an address delivered by the
Rev. James T.. Diyerty, ID. d.. pastor
of the New Hope NJ. +. Church.
Committee to visit RoSemont, Sandy
Ridge and surrounding country Cy-
renas Slack and one coiHrade
Mt. Airy and Rock Church William
l.. Welsch and one comrade.
New Hope and vicinity Jacob Haas
aud one comrade.
Committee to mark graves in city
cemeteries Il. II. Joiner, ID. 5. Viii
liams and II. $. Kroesen.
ON Memorial Day, at $50 A. NJ, the
on Ferry, in the following order
Pioneers.
Liberty Band.
Marshal, II. s. Kroesen.
Company +, N. q. N. J.
Major {. A. Angel Post, No. %, G. AR
Invited Guests.
Carriages, with speaker and clergy,
Mayor, Members of City Council
and City Clerk.
Line will move down Ferry street to
Franklin, to Mount Hope Cemetery,
where the following exercises will be
observed
Music by Band.
Prayer by one of the Clergy
Reading President Lincoln's Get
tysburg Address.
Music by Band.
Address by the Rev. H. A. Mac
Kubbin, Pastor of the First Presby-
terrain Church.
Dirge by Band.
Decorating graves in Mt. Hope and
st. Johns Cemeteries.
Firing volley by Company i.
Benediction.
Taps.
Line will reform and march to
-
Monument on York street, where flow
ers will be strewn, then march to
Union street, to Post Headquarters
and dismiss.
Contributions Of flowers may be left
at the Post room on Saturday evening,
Sunday or al an early hour on Monday
morning. Flowers intended for any
particular grave should be marked.
All persons attending the exercises
in the cemeteries are requested to
avoid walking on the plots.
The Knights Templar of New Jer
sey will hold n grand pilgrimage to
the Pacific coast and the Yosemite
Valley from Aug. % to Sept. 10, the
occasion being the triennial conc ave
of the Grand Encsmpment of knights
Templar of the United States, which
will be held at San Francisco Sept.
to 8 The fare for the round trip is
$2l5.
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for the next twenty Veara
Saturday afternoon "A prominent pro-
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per until April lG, 1926.
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