Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-17
MEMORIAL SERVICES
Meagher Monument Unveiled at St JOseph's Cemetery.

Ine inherent dlVlSlOnS or the A. U. H. and the Ladies' Auxiliary held memorial day services yesterday af- ternoon and also unveiled a hand some monument to the memory of the late James Meagher in new St Joseph's cemetery. The weather was very warm, but this did not deter a big crowd from making the trip in- cluding very large delegation of women. The Rev James E. O'Brien, orator of the day, T. F. Luddy and J. H. Moran, rode in carriage.
 The parade formed on East Main street under the direction of Grand Marshal John F. Calvin with P. K. Finnan, Richard Barry, Patrick Mo- Fadden and Patrick Brennan as aides. The Hibernian Rifles. Captain John Griffin, turned out in full num- bers and made very creditable ap- pearance. These with the five divi- sions and Ladies auxiliary made up quite lengthy procession. St Anne's drum corps furnished music and when the boys started up the Second regiment march and the grand mar shal gave the order, Forward, parch!" several hundred people were lined up along the sidewalks many of whom followed the parade to the cemetery and joined in the exercises.
 A stop was made at the Hibernian plot in old St Joseph's where the Ladies auxiliary placed a number of garlands at the foot of the large monument after which prayer was offered by Grand Marshal Calvin, the vast assemblage joining in the re- sponses. This was followed by pithy and intensely patriotic address by Attorney James M. Lynch, who re- ferred to MT Meagher as a man who for many years lived and had his being among the people of this com munity and had left the impress of his strong personality upon those who had come in contact with him. The remarks of the speaker. were greatly appreciated. After the rem dition of Nearer My God to Thee" by the Ladies auxiliary, the process sion moved on to new St Josephs cemetery, where the monument had been placed in position by Charles A. Jackson of Bank street. The lot, which is the gift of Monsignor Slo- cum, stands in full view of the main highway, quite close to the massive cross set up there when the cemetery was consecrated and alongside the space reserved as burial for mem bers of the priesthood. The site is something similar to that described in, far n of c Davis, entitled My Crave" in the sense at least that it is ''on green hillside, in an open lawn, but not wide"
 The shaft is of Quincy granite. g feet high resting upon foot base and in the form of a Manx cross. The inscription is as follows:
 JAMES MEAGHER,
 Died July 21, 1902. Age 6S.
 An Irish Patriot and American
 Soldier.
 MARGARET MURPHY,
 His Wife,
 Died Oct 29, 1902, Age GA.
 The funds to erect the monument were collected by committees from the different divisions of the A. 0. H. and Ladies' Auxiliary as follows: Timothy F. Luddy, chairman, John H. Moran, treasurer, John P. Shee- han, state secretary of the A. o. H., secretary, Martin Scully, William D. Kiernan, representing Division No 1: John F. Calvin and D. H. Tierney from Division No 2; Hugh J. Mori- arty and T. F. Luddy from Division No 3; John H. Moran anad P. J. Me Fadden. from Division No 4; Peter Griffin and John P. Sheehan of No 5; Miss Hannah Morrarity, Katherine Lynch and Mrs John Allen of the Ladies' auxiliary.
 When the societies reached the new cemetery many had collected there and when the exercises opened people were sandwiched close togeth- CT clear down to the roadway. The musical selections were very appro- priate and prompted many to elbow their way close-t to the monument in order to catch every sound of the clarion notes of Michael McCann's intensely patriotic song entitled "O'Donnell Aboo," Francis Scott Keys ever soul stirring Star Spang- led Banner" Moore's classical 70, Breathe Not His Name" and Sulli- vans God Save Ireland" Mrs T. J. Knapp rendered Moore's song and the others were given by quartet of the Ladies' Auxiliary, consisting of Mrs J. H. Hurley, Miss Katherine Lynch, Mrs Knapp and Miss Hannah Moriarty. The vast assemblage join ed in the chorus and the melody could have been heard long dis tance from the enclosure. T. F. Luddy, chairman of the monument committee, made the introductory address and introduced Rev James E. 0'Brien of the Immaculate Concep- tion parish. who spoke for nearly an hour in the course of which he re- viewed the history of the A. O. H. from the time of it's formation from the scattered remnants of Desmond, the O'Neills and the Confederation, and handled the subject in a master ly way. He also touched upon the personal sacrifices made by the Irish for the faith which st Patrick brought to them and drew some pret- ty nice pictures of the heroism of the Irish soldier in some of the fierce struggles which took place here dur ing the civil war. He paid a glowing tribute to the virtues of James Meagher, whose memory his towns men had so signally honored and hv making A praver all