Milford chronicle., 1909-10-01
DELAWARE DOES HONOR
TO HUDSON AND DEVRIES

ware, on Wednesday, September
22nd, to commemorate the 3OOth
anniversary Of the occupancy OF
Delaware by the Dutch, closed with
a ball, which was held in the Audi
tOTium and which was attended by
hundreds of persons from all parts
Of the State, including a number OF
the prominent officials, all of whom
were Hospitality entertained by the
tOwnspeople. .
n Notwithstanding the threatening
weather in the morning and early
afternoon, every detail of the well
arranged programme was carried
cut in a most successful manner,
and the event throughout was high
" creditable, not only to the State
commission and auxiliary commit
tees which had it in charge, but al
so to the town of Lewes, which
Joined in the celebration with un-
animity that was noticeable.
Business was suspended through
cut the day, public and private
buildings were deliberately decOrat-
ed with national ard Dutch cOlors,
and holiday air was predominant.
A heavy fog developed Tuesday
night, which Obscured the harbor
until the afternoon exercises were
we'll under way, and as a result the
government boats which went into
the harbor for the celebration could
not be seen until that time, and as
the battleship Montana and cruiser
Dixie did not go inside the Break
water, very few persons got an op-
portunity to see them. -Four Of
the torpedoboats were anchored
lust off the piers, however, and
they proved objects Of great inter
est.
The fog developed into a driz-
zling rain about the middle of the
morning, but the rain did not last
long and caused no serious con-
Germ at that time, but there was a
steady downpour of very fine rain
about o'clock, just before the un-
yelling ceremony began at the De-
Vries monument, and in conse-
Guence of the rain, while a large
crowd assembled around the mon
ument and speakers stand, there
were thousands of persons who did
not 90 to the monument and miss
ed what was really the most charm
ing and interesting feature of the
celebration. However, several
thousands were present, and the
event was the success that had been
hoped for. There was no rain af-
ter 2. 30 O'Clock and from 5 o clock
en- the sun was shining.
Baron Johnkeer J. LOudOn, the
Dutch minister to the United
States, who was the guest Of honor
at the celebration, was, naturally
the chief object of interest, and his
address, at the monument, was lis
tened to with marked attention.
The unveiling ceremony began
upon the arrival of the baron, ac
companied by the official party, at
the monument which was about ?
O'Clock. On the covered platform,
which had been erected for the oc-
casion along side of the monument
were seated Governor Simeon S.
Pennewill, Baron LoudOn, Judge
George Gray, Congressman Viii
liam H. Head, Rt. Rev. Freder-
ick J. Kinsman, bishop ofthe Prot
estant Episcopal Diocese of Della
ware; Rev. c. H. Turner, rector of
St. Peters P. I. Church and arch
deacon of Lewes; Mayor J. Harvey I.
Spruance and President Of Council
lanes L. Banning of Wilmington;
Ex-Governor Ebe w. Tunnel, Hon.
John R. Nicholson, Hon. David 7. |
Marvel, General James H. Wilson,
Henry B. Thompson, Dr. George
w. Marshall, Rev. Julius, Herold, /
Mayor Thompson of Lewes and In
surance Commissioner Charles H.
Maull
Characteristic Delaware dignity .
marked the exercises and the en-
tire programme was in keeping with /
the spirit of the occasion. Ex-Gov-
ernOr Ebe w. Tunnel, chairman of
the local committee on monument,
announced that the committee had
completed the work assigned to it
and that the monument, to which
he called attention, was in readiness /
for the unveiling, and Immediately
the unveiling, programme was car
ried out.
Baron Loudon made a decidedly
favorable impression upon the peO-
pie of Lewes and the assembled Wis
itors, who gave him cordial greet
ing when he arose to speak. His /
remarks were interesting, not only
from a standpoint of history, but
also because they were featured by
Dutch wit. The
ParOt1 a1roressed reoret that he was