The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
EXERCISES AT EAST ROCK IN HONOR OF HERO DEAD Most Notable Memorial Ser vices Ever Held at
 Monument.

Back from the battlement from which could be seen the flags of the city flying in their silent homage to the dead, with bonny blue skies, with a background of green, golden with the rays of the sun, on terraced slope beautiful with shrubs and flowers, with noble shaft of granite in the background and trophy guns in the foreground, with the plaza alive with many people, the happy merry chil- dren, the aged veterans, heroes of many battles past and victors in many struggles to be with the ladies of the Women's Relief Corps, typical of the women who remained at home and waited while they knew not, but fear ed, with soldiers sons, older than their fathers were when their country | called, with these surroundings, amid | these conditions, and among and with these people, took place at East Rock park, yesterday morning, beginning at eleven o'clock the most interesting ex- ercises that have been held there since the monuments dedication.
 At the entrance to the monument square the procession quickly formed:
 Park Police.
 Nathan Hale Camp, Sons of Veterans Commander James D. Hislop
 Delegation from Admiral Foote Post
 Comrade John Mccarthy
 Delegation from Admiral Foote Post
 Women's Relief Corps,
 President, Mrs. L. B. Brown,
 Rev. Theodore Fischer and Chaplain
 J. S. Seibold.
 Lowell District School Children.
 After passing around the monument the people massed in front of the monument. Commander James D, His, lop directed the exercises. Chaplain Wallace s. Bassett of the Sons of Ve terans delivered the invocation anC read the words of that song so ap 1 propriate for the the day, Cover then over with beautiful flowers. Ther took place the decoration of the monu ment, first by the school children, wht had been divided into four companies and who placed their flowers on thu steps leading to the tablets, the boy rendering their homage with head un, covered The ladies of the Women Relief Corps then placed their wreath in front of the tablets containing thu | names of many veterans well knowr to them. The last honors were pai( by the veterans and sons of veterans
 The address of the morning was b! Rev. Theodore Fischer, and contained many expressions of loyalty to the ve terans and appreciation of their ser vices and appealed to the school chil dren as lovers of home and country For the Sons of Veterans, William ( Dickinson spoke in regard to the ''un known dead" showing how the monu ment was typical of the graves of thos soldiers of the land and sailors of tn seas, who were buried where no on knows, but who are honored by tn people of to-day in their knowledge love, and memory of the boys of '61, living and. dead. Past Commando Lewis B. Brown of the post spoke ii his most interesting way, leading iron the struggles of the war to the con tests of peace, which require the sam loyalty, energy, and enterprise Pas Commander William F. Smith, who i the posts adviser for the Sons of We terans, related some incidents of tn war and explained their value to tn rising generation. He was followed b. Comrade John Mccarthy, whose inter est in the monument remains unabated AS much as to any man, New Havel is indebted for that stately granite, it location, It's plans, it's care, and it honor, Chaplain J. s. seibold, U. $. A retired, spoke briefly of the lesson suggested by the exercises and afte the singing of America" by all pres ent, pronounced the benediction.