Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-31
TRIBUTE TO MEMORY
OF DEPARTED HEROES
MEMORIAL DAY WAS FITTING
,1Y OBSERVED HERE.
Judge George Grimm Delivered
the Address of the Ddy-Ritudl-
iStiC Service at Grave of Capt.
O. D. PedSe-StreWed Flowers
and Rendered Program.

Yesterday was an ideal day for the OBJ
servance of Memorial Day and the citi-
zens of WatertOwn did nobly in paying
a fitting tribute to the memory of their
departed comrades who sacrificed the
lives in defense of their country during
the dark days intervening between 1861
and 1865. The threatening weather of
the early morning gave way to what
proved to be day ideal and the spirit Of
patriotism seemed to prevail every
where.
About $50 in the morning committees
of O. d. Pease Post No. 81, G. A. R., left
for the cemeteries, where evergreen
wreathes were placed on the markers OF
each departed comrade, the same having
been prepared by the good ladies of the
Woman's Relief Corps. In addition to
the wreath, the graves were also marked
by a fiag-the emblem for which the de-
parted comrades fought. The Oak Hill
cemetery was visited by committee
consisting of Gabriel Keimig, Henry
Volkmann, John Tercenski and Benja-
min Gasser. Another committee CON
sisting of William Wilson, Bernard Zil-
ish, William Wachholz and Christian
Bergman visited the Lutheran. St.
Marys and st. Bernard cemeteries, pay
ing the same tribute of remembrance
to the memory of the departed comrades
who sleep in those silent cities of the
dead
The services in the afternoon began at
| 80 o'clock when a procession was form
ed on North First street, marching to
the Oak Hill cemetery, where the ritual
istic service of the Post was held over
the grave of Capt. O. ID. Pease, in whose
honor the post was named. First in the
line of parade came the Watertown band,
the next in order being as follows: J.
Weber Camp No. Z, S. of v, members of
O, d. Pease Post No, 81, G. A. R., manned
comrades in ambulance, Krieger Verein
ladies of the w. R. C. in a carry-all, car
riage containing Judge George Grimm
the speaker Of the day, Mayor Arthur
Mulberger, John Habhegger, commander
of O. D. Pease Tost, and August KuseI
followed by citizens in carriages.
Arriving at the cemetery the parade
formed i'll open order, the Post and Aux
Hilary passing through the ranks to the
music of fife and drum, to the grave OF
Comrade Capt. @. D. Pease, where servi
ces according to the Grand Army ritua
were held, the Sons of Veterans firing &
salute Lights Out"
Returning, the parade proceeded to the
Turner opera house, where a patriotic
program was rendered beginning abou
3 O'Clock. The program opened with al
appropriate selection by the Waterfowl
band, after which Post Commander JOIN
Habhegger, in a few well chosen words
offered an address of welcome to the as
sembled guests, to which Mayor Mulber
ger made meet little response. A pray
er by Rev. III. C. Rehm, pastor
of the First Congregational church
was followed by a touching Sc
lection, Evening Hymn" by the mem
bers of the Apollo club. Comrade Traeu
mer then read the address OF President
Abraham Lincoln to the army at Gettys
burg in 1863, which was listened to very
attentively by the audience, which well
filled the opera house. A very pleasing
feature of the program was a chorus
''The Blue and the Gray" rendered by
pupils of the Fifth grade of the No.
school their teachers being Misses Jaeger
and VOss, Alex Hardie favored the aud.
fence with a recitation entitled "The
American Flag "Tenting Tonight
was rendered by the Apollo club mem
bers in their ever pleasing manner.
The Memorial Day address was then
delivered by Judge George Grimm of JEFF
ferson. 1t was a very touching effort
and was listened to most attentively by
every member Of the audience. 1t was
radiant with patriotism and could not
fail to kindle the spark of patriotism in
the heart of every person who heard it.
| The speech in full will be found else
where in the columns of the Leader this
morning.
The program closed with the singing
of the Star Spangled Banner by the
apollo club and America" by the aud
fence.