The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-20
YORKTOWN TABLET.
THOUGH DELAYED,
FINALLY UNVEILED

Despite the failure of the tablet for
the statue of the Dispatch Rider of the
American Revolution In the old bury
ing ground, Orange, to arrive yester-
day afternoon In time to be unveiled,
as per program, the missing piece of
metal on the shoulder of a belated
workman was met by the women and
men who had finished their Yorktown
Day program and promptly fastened In
place and unveiled.
1t was unfortunate for the promoters
of the affair hat when the speech
making and other exercises planned to
mark the unwilling took place that the
tablet was missing, and David L. Pier
son, who was in charge of the affair,
told the audience that the tablet was
not ready. The customary walk about
the old headstones, telling of departed
residents of centuries ago, was happily
ended when the patriotic folk saw the
tablet arrive. Mr.. Pierson promptly
fixed 1t in place, covered it with an
American flag, and at the suggestion
of the Rev. DIR. William Force Whit
taker. pastor of the historic First
Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth, I'M
yelled it.
Three cheers for the Dispatch Rider
and the same greeting for Mr., Pierson
were given as twilight shades fell over
the little group in the venerable
churchyard. The practical work of fix
IL the plate in the Main street side of
the statue base will be completed to-
morrow, and Mr.. Persons Yorktown
Day celebration will take the happy
place in his record of patriotic work
for Orange hat he had fondly hoped.
The ! evening concluded with a
bounteous dinner Z Purssell's, Last
Orange, where fourteen prominent men
enjoyed an excellent repast and listened
to talks by DIR. Whitaker, Judge Ed
ward S. Atwater, Of Elizabeth, presi-
dent of the State Society, Sons of the
American Revolution, and by Mr.. Pier
son. Councilman John Lenord Merrill.
president of Orange "'aapter, "a
POSTMASTER.
During services yesterday afternoon
near the statue many school children
sang.
MIR. Pierson was master of ceremonies
and introduced as the orator DR..
Whitaker, former pastor of the st.
Cloud Presbyterian Church, West Or
ange, and present pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, Elizabeth.
The Rev. F. O. blanchard, pastor of
the Grove Street Congregational
Church, offered the invocation and
pronounced the benediction. Judge
Atwater made a brief address. The
Rev. DR.. Whitaker said in part:
"Where a hero lies buried stands this
| statue. You will not find his name
among the mentioned in history, but his
| simple, quiet, unheralded work helped
in a large measure to make us free. He
Was one who was willing to perform a
humble task in a quiet way.
"If we intend to win our independence
in the warfare of today we must be
willing to do inconspicuous work. for
we are under a tyranny more powerful
than that led by Lord North and King
George in their day. The women of
today would do better work If they
wouldn't fool with the ballot, and If,
instead of lighting among themselves,
I would cooperate, we would soon make
the things that hold tyranny over us
tremble."
Frederick Handel, instructor In music
in the Orange public schools, led the
singing of America" at the beginning
of the services and 1.-THE Star-Spangled
Banner at the conclusion.