Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-31
PASADENA
Office 6Is w. Colorado st.
Phones: Sunset 10, Homs ~.
PASADENA UNITES IN,
REVERENE TO DEAD
ATTENDANCE AT EXERCISES
UNUSUALLY LARGE
School Children FIJI Arms OF Veterans
with Flowers, Which Are Laid
at Foot of Soldiers
Monument
specisl to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
PASADENA, May 3o.-One OF the
most largely attended celebrations o.
Memorial day in the history of the cit!
took place this morning. More tnai
f150 persons were In the parade, whicL
marched down Colorado street ana
RAYMOND avenue to Green slree.
across to Fair Oaks avenue ana nortI
to Colorado street, and thence east te
RAYMOND avenue and north TO LlpraIs
park. There were $50 veterans Oh Wy
Civil War in line and about 40 schoo
children. -,
AS the procession reached the parh
tbe members of the G. A. r. and u. .
w. ". opened ranks and allowed the
other organization to pass petweel
them. AS the school children cams
through they filled the arms Oh ,r,i' cns
older veterans with flowers. Inv
Spanish war veterans tneh paeses
through in time to take the blossoms
and nlace them at the foot of the SOL
diers' monument in the park. ;.
leading the veterans in the paraue
and into the park was fife and drum
corps composed of g. A. X. members
shaw's Crown City band played durins
the march at the park, and the l. M
c. A. Glee club led the audience at tns n,
park in singing "Ameriea, panrh,ic an~ ,u :
Later they sang "A rear ioi 'ho
rade That Is Cone.
HON. c. M. Simpson read Lincoln
Gettyshurg address. tie 1olioWeo th's
with a few remarks on the purpose v,
the occasion, during which he deciareo
that patriotism was as living tooay o. o.
when the call to arms was maue -
1861. declared that 1t needeu oliy III,
onportunity, such as the blowing up o'
me Maine to show Its true strengtn
He Maid a warm tribute to the nvine
soldiers. as we'll as to those whc
nerished in. the great struggle, aho
Landed the women who took care u
affairs at home during the war. Ht
closed with tribute to the American
flag. ,,.s,e tho IN.
100 ttoy "a the Oldest member OF Jonr
n Godfrey post. G. A. r., being y!
.,:ora ~ age. During the war ne wa'
coionel Of the Twenty-fourth ONO resi
ment. ..,sas laf
During the ritualistic exercises e,
NV Commander G. NJ. Burlingame, apJ.
II. H. Massey read the genera VI -
u,be officers OF the w. r. &. also con
dncted ritualistic exercises. after whicf
thew decorated monument to the un.
s-ncwn dead. The program ended VIII
.ans nlaved by Grant Stevens, ana :
henediction by the chaplain G' '"
Dugger. 49,. ca,,sb Wa,
Veterans held ritualistic services a,
Mountain View cemetery and decorateo
the graves of their comraoes ratad Wn,9 tba
Committee of the G. A. r. decorated tne
Graves of Civil War veterans. Many
1eonIe have visited the cemetery ootn
yesterday and today to decorate the
graves of relatives.
In the evening the veterans assem-
bled at $3.50 o'clock to march 10 tne
First Methodist church for services a,
7:3O. G. M. Burlingame. commanner ln,nnn,e %
the most. gave an address OF welcome
an5 the speech of the evening was made
hv Hon. Clyde Bishop, lawyer OF
Santa Ana, who is a veteran Of the
Spanish War. Rev. DR.. A. w; Lam lam,
nort and Rev. DR.. R. r. Meredith. eotn
Veterans of the Civil, War; assisted In
the services.