Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-05

Z there ENJOYING the beantl11sul Gay IN
concerts.
Before sunrise this morning, the first
pleasure seekers took possession of the
grounds. Tho flag was being ho .lst' q
to the top of the new steel pole which
was authorized last week by the city
council. Park Keeper Heath called
upon the partyof young girls TO raise
the flag, This party consisted of Mary l%y
FHiggs, Emily Higgs, 1rma Sims, Alice
lillian, Maud Tuckfield, Phyllis Jacob
son. Winnie Blomquist, and Lucille van.
Long before the usual breakfast time.
there We're children in the park. and
they kept coming. anticipating the best
time of their liyes--and most of them
had 1t. About 0:45 o'clock the Sunday
school classes Of the Liberty stake be-,
gan to arrive in divisions on Sixth East
street There they formed into line
2 900 strong. They were dressed in their
best clothes. armed with flags and flow
3crs and national colors.
Headed by Held's band, they marched
down the main driveway OF the park.
Each ward Sunday school was rep.
resented by 200 children, and teachers
The parents joined in the parade, which
made it more than a mile in length.
4 In this parade We're many pretty and
interesting sights. There was one en-
tire class dressed in the style OF Martha
Washingtons day. They Wore powder
ed wigs, little dresses made in an oil
fashioned way and carried fans. There.
was q George Washington who rode n
white charger and bowed and salutad.
to the cheers of the crowd which lined
THE driveway from one end of the park
to the other Behind him rode his star
in the military style of the
colonial days and they carried q huaa
silk flag, Tie Goddess of Liberty.
draped in national flags, rode in an
automobile and there We're numerous
floats, picturesque and Interesting.
SOLDIERS IN LINE.
The Fifteenth infantry brought sllp the
rear of the PROCESSION accompanied by
Its band and field officers, They were
5cheered and applauded lis they march
ed gracefully around the park
4 After the parade, the children march,
ed in front of the band stand under
the trees where they found seats to
rest themselves. Many of the little
tots were almost exhausted but there
in the shade and an invigorating breeze
they soon, recuperated.
SALUTE TO THE FLAG.
After the children were seated the
Rev. Herbert Z. Hays gave the invo-
cation. When Held's band struck up
the Star Spangled Banner. the entire
assembly arose and saiuted the flag.
Then the children sang the national
song In a splendid manner.
Dressed in powdered wig and
colonial costume, Glaud King read ex-
tracts of the Declaration of 1ndepen-
5dence With an old quill pen, he signed
it. Then 10 other boys, similarly dressed,
re-enacted the scene in independence
hall on July 4, 1II6. Those who took
part in this were Joseph Haas of the
Thirty-third ward: Werner Hewlett,
Third ward; George a Faust. Thirty
first ward, David w. Smith. Tenth
ward Roy Keddington, Second ward;
Godfrey Whitaker, First ward; Alfred
Miller. Emigration ward: Clyde Chris
Jensen, Eighth ward: Harold Brown,
Ninth ward, and Paul Ludwig, Liberty
ward.
Prof Bryant S. Hinckley concluded
the program with an Grafton. Just att
err he had concluded the circus parade
arrived. Heid's band struck UP
"Arnerica,'' but that would not hold
them. They rushed out on to the drive 4
way to see the browning feature OF the
davis celebration. The squad of po-
lice had their hands full keeping the
roadway clear. The parade passed
around the entire driveway, giving tile
entire crowd a chance to see the crowns,
the beautiful horses and the animals
which were in full view
The Grafton of the day, delivered by
Prof HIncleley, follows:
In the sweep of centuries there IS
not a single political event of such
Significance as the8Decla-
ration of Independence. From the year
12l5, when the hardy Saxons wrcnched
from the iron grasp of King John the
great charter, until that memorable
July day, when Lees motion was adopt
ed by ihes Continental 81 zgfess. the
cause of liberty has flts q steadily
But from the dawn OF. time
to this present hour, the struggle for
human emancipation has met with the
most stubborn and relentless opposition.
Here and there intrepid souls have
arisen, divinety cherishing a love OF
liberty, and wrapped in those glorious
visions that come TO martyrs. lheS5
have willingly braved the dangers Of
The deep, breathed the damp air Of |
The dungeon, faced the !urid glare of the |
torch, for their convictions. and iiaye
brought to US the best government be-
meath the sun. !!
Standing upon the summit Of the
ages, We are the proud inheritors of all |
the splendid victories and glorious
achievements that stand TO the credit |
Of the race. From these heights. as
We look down the pathway of advanc-
ing freedom, our. hearts are moved to |
pathos when we see the blood7stained
snow in the streets Of Boston. the sac
rifice at Bunker Hill, the suffering at
Valley Forge. the intrigues of Gates and
Conway the conspiracies of Lee and |
Arnold the work was not finished when
the IS men who attached their names !
to- this document. dared to fling defiance
to a tyrant4 king, and confidently sub
nitted to a candid world the causes
which impelled them to a separation. !
In the years of blood and struggle
stretching from Bunker Hill to Apo
nattox, every sentence in this document |
vas purchased at the cost of human |
We are not a united nation. !
but happily behind all the differences
If climate, products. habits. thoughts,
md religion. that marked the separate
colonies. there5ran atdeep and holy pur-