New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-06-20
HERMAN SONSDEDICATEFLAG
Washington Lodge No. / Receives
New Banner.
Immense Crowd Attends Sunday
Dedication Ceremony.
Northwestern and St. Louis Roads
Bring Excursionists.

lodges IN the state, the weather has
been good. AS a rule the announce
ment Of a picnic by these people is a
sufficient guarantee for a rain storm,
but the best it could do>Sunday was to
cloud up and threaten little towards
the close of the day.
From all points of view the picnic
was a success. There must have been
during the entire time in the afternoon
at the monument something over 1000
people. At noon the excursion train
on the st. Louis arrived and was met
at the station by the Union Concert
band and a number of the members Of
the local lodge.
The twelvecar-loads of people spread
out over the city, most Of them looking
for some place to eat their lunch and
the largest number of them going to
the park, where the dining room at
that place did a good business.
About three O'Clock the ceremony Of
the dedication Of the flag took place.
Carl Harpke, ex-state president of the
society was master Of ceremonies and
directed the exercises. He announced
the meaning of the gathering and the
purpose Of the celebration, saying the
Washington lodge No. l, which was
the first of the lodges of the Sons Of
Herman to be organized in the state,
for the past thirty-six years had been
using its own banner and that was in
bad condition, that lately they had
been presented with a new banner,
which they had with them and it was
to dedicate that they were assembled.
He introduced Gen. Bobleter who,
on behalf of the New Ulm lodge gave
them greeting and welcome to the city,
and then John Kunz, present state
president of the org anization made the
address of dedication at the conclusion
of which the banner was foated to the
breeze.
The old banner was turned over to
Julius Berndt as custodian of the
monument to be placed among the
mementOs of the order in the museum
of the monument. In accepting the
banner Mr.. Berndt made a very fine
and we'll turned address. He said that
it was a good thing for the members OF
the order to assemble in their national
park for the purposes of different kinds
| that called them together in bodies
and he was glad that Washington
lodge had made this the place of the
dedication of their banner. He hoped
that it would have tendency to draw
them together oftener and in large
numbers. Mr.. Berndt made an excel
lent short address and was greeted
with applause at its close.
At the opening of the program the
Union band played the German nation
al air and at its close the Star
lSpangled Banner. The New Ulm
Maennerchor furnished few numbers
of vocal music and the Mankato band
a number or two of instrumental music
and then the old banner was carried to
the crypt of the monument where ii
will remain part of the relics of the
/ order in this state.
There seemed to be spirit of the
best of good nature in the large as
sembly of people. They were out for
a good, time and they had it. There
was little disturbance of any kind and
few if any Of the people were notice
ably loud in their actions on account
of drink. The st. Paul and Mime
apolis people left at eight O'Clock and
the Mankato deleg alton left about ten.
/ All of the attractions at the park
were in operation and there we're the
usual souvenir peddlers and wheels Of
chance. The help at the park was
paid by the state Organization and the
proceeds more than sufficient for this
purpose went into the state fund. Il
was in all of its apartments a state af.
i fair and brought people to the city
/ from nearly all the lodges Of the state.
] The flag that was dedicated was q
creatlon Of most exquisite beauty an6
4 perfection in the art Of flag making
/. The work was done by Mrs. Mary
i Guenther of Mankato. On one side is
the flag of the United States, beauti
i fully colored piece Of silk and on The
other side the emblems of the orde1
with the American eagle with out
! stretched wings, and the words, October
LIS, 1870, " ashington Lodge No. /
i The colors Of the lodge, white, yellow
and black. Before concluding th,
{ program the master Of ceremonies an
lnounced that he had neglected to cal