Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-06
wINTHROP's MEMORY.
Honored By Unveihng of Statute At
 New London To-day.

New London May 6.-The memory of John Winthrop, the younger, for
 many years governor of the colony of Connecticut, and son of John Win
 thrOp, who was governor of the Massa-
 chusetts colony, was honored to-day in
 the unveiling of statue representing
 his figure of heroic size in bronze. The
 occasion was the 259th anniversary of
 the founding of New London by the
 younger Winthop, and 1t was signal
 ized by the presence of the governor of
 the state with his staff, with large
 escort of state military companies, sail
 Ors from United States vessels in New
 London harbor, and coast artillery com
 panies from the forts in the New Lon
 don artillery district. Many distin-
 guished men of the state were in at-
 tendance at the unveiling exercises, the list of speakers including Daniel Da-
 venport of Bridgeport, q descendant of
 the Rev John Davenport, who founded
 the New Haven colony; ex-Governor
 George P. Mclean, chairman of the
 state commission for the unyeiling of
 the statue; Governor Henry Roberts,
 ex-GOvernor Waller and Mayor Bryan
 F. Mahan.
 Special trains from New Haven and
 Hartford brought military delegations and hundreds of other visitors from
 those cities and other places early in the day, while the arrival of the regu- lar morning trains also added to the holiday crowd which filled the city's brightly decorated streets. It was es- timated that about 2,OOO men would be in line during the parade, which was scheduled to start at o'clock this af- ternOon. This parade included a mili- tary and naval division, a division of firemen of this city and neighbOring towns, and a division of fraternal or ganizations and school boys.
 The Winthrop memorial stands on Bulkeley square near "Ye Anientist Burying Ground,' wherein lie the re- mains of the earliest citizens of New London. The statue stands on a great boulder said to weigh twenty tons. It is the work of Bella Learned Pratt, a well known sculptor. A tablet on the front of the boulder bears an apprOpri. ate inscription. The hour set for the was II o'clock, and 1t was arranged that signals should be given to the United States cruiser Minneap- oils in the lower harbor and to the rev. enue cutters Gresham and Mohawk for | the firing of the governors salute of | seventeen guns simultaneous with the | dropping of the cloth from about the bronze figure. The Minneapolis was | ordered here especially in honor of the by Secretary Moody. while Secretary Shaw of the treasury depart ment authorized the presence of the | two revenue cutters.
 Upon the arrival of the state mili- | tary companies. an escort was made up for Governor Roberts and his stan, and | the body marched to the scene of dedl- cation. At the statue the introductory were made by Ernest E. Rog- ITS. president of the New London Coun- fy Historical society. The welcome of the day was made by Mayor Mahan, the response to the welcome by Gov srnor Roberts. and delivery of statue by ex-Governor Mclean. At the con .lusion of Mir McIean's address the of the statue were removed by the touch of cord by Master Henry C. Winthrop. At this instant he guns on the United States vessels m the harbor saluted. the troops pre- tented arms. and cheers rang out from he throng that had gathered. The 'tatue was accepted by ex-Governor Waller. The last speaker of the day vas Daniel Davenport of Bridgeport
 At the close of the ceremony the yuests were escorted to the Crocker louse. where lunch was served. At 2 'clock there was grand parade. which was reviewed by the governors fl a H nd .nfhorz |