Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-05-26
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL NEWS
ON MEMORIAL DAY
Rev. Father Carmody Will Be
Orator at Auditorium

The other Exercises and the Several Or
CARNATIONS Which VIII Appear in the
Procession.
In compliance with general orders from
national and department headquarters of
the Grand Army, May 80 will be observed
as Memorial day. A day set apart by
our government that the citizens of this
broad land of ours, of whatever sect,
race or age, may in some degree show
their gratitude to the memory of those
veterans who sacrificed their lives that
a union of states might be preserved and
that Old Glory, our emblem of liberty,
might wave over all. Let us then one and
all pause from our other obligations long
enough to strew a few flowers upon their
graves.
BY invitation of Rev. Father Carmody
of the Roman Catholic church, the Grand
Army post, associate members of the post,
Spanish war veterans and the
Woman's Relief corps will attend his
church at the morning service of May %.
The veterans will meet at Grand Army
hall at $50 to go to the church in a body.
Monday, the goth, the veterans will meet
at Grand Army hall at o'clock a. m to
attend the high school exercises and at
O'Clock p. m. to go to the Canal street
school exercises to be held at the Uni
versalist church. Tuesday morning a
delegation from the post will meet at the
hall at o'clock to go to West Brattle-
boro to assist in memorial services there.
At 1 O'Clock p. m. the veterans will meet
at the hall to attend the services at the
Auditorium at 2 o'clock. The program
will be as follows Music by the band;
prayer, Rev. F. l.. Masseck; singing by
the scholars from the school; reading of
Lincolns address given at Gettysburg Nov.
10, 1863 by E. H. Putnam, post adjutant;
singing by scholars; address, Rev. Father
Carmody; singing by high school scholars.
The exercises will close with music by
the band and singing of one verse of
America.
The procession. will then be formed on
Main street, right of line resting in front
of Brooks Free library, in the following
order:
Chief Marshal and Aids
First Regiment Band
Company 1, V. N. c., as escort, Captain
E. w. Gibson commanding.
Committee of Arrangements.
Sedgwick Post, No s, G. A. r.
Associate Members
Spanish American War Veterans
Speakers, Invited Guests and Citizens,
with Disabled Veterans in carriages
Canton Militant Captain William Cain
commanding
The line of march will be through North
Main street to the soldiers monument,
where appropriate exercises will be held.
The march will then be resumed back
through Main street, hating in front of
town hall for flowers provided for the
post to the Connecticut river bridge,
where service will be held for the sailor
soldier dead; thence to the cemetery
where the usual ceremony of decorating
the graves of fallen comrades will be
performed. A delegation from the post
with the band, will visit the Roman
Catholic cemetery and decorate the sol
diers graves there. delegation also
will visit Morningside cemetery. On the
return ranks will be reformed and the
procession will return to Grand Army
hall to be dismissed.
Contributions of flowers are solicited
from the citizens, especially from the
school children, to be left at the Auditor
ium Tuesday morning, when they will be
arranged by members of the Relief corps
Contributions also are solicited from the
citizens and children of the West village
which may be left at Stockwell's store.
T. w. EASON,
p. FENTON,
Z. e. FISHER
Committee of Arrangements.
G. II. BOND, Chief Marshal.