Putnam patriot., 1910-06-17

l In Memoriam
 l Patriots of
 The War for Independence | Who Rest In This Yard ] Edward Adams Asa Lawrence Joseph Adams Elihu Lawrence I Nell Alexander Benjamin Leavens l David Buck Jededlah Lcavens | Samuel Buck Eleazer Mighill l Zedediah Buck Eleazer Motfltt
 Oliver Carpenter Ishmael Moiiitt | Benjamin Cady John Motfitt 1 Isaac Cady Isaiah Plank Isaiah cady Isaac Park Joseph Cady Sylvanns Perry solomon Cndy Philip Richmond David Copp Obed Spalding John Fuller Jared Talbot Sampson Howe Nehemiah Torrey Ebenexef Larned Samuel Torrey
 Henry Larned Daniel Whitmore Jesse whippie
 The day chosen for the ceremonies, Flag Day, was most fitting for this pa
 triotic tribute by patriotic society to the early heroes of the nation who rest In this oldest burying ground of Wind ham county. The scene was truly beautiful. The neat burial ground with its quaint headstopes, and single mouumcnt--an unfinished granite slab on little mound, ,---as background, with the green foliage about, while on the grass covered spot before the gates
 was gathered an assemblage of resi-
 dents of Putnam, KilIingly, Thomp.
 son, Woodstock, and other towns in the county, many of them descendants
 of those whose memory was being hon. ored, together with detachment Of veterans of the Grand Army; and lying in front the Old Kiliingly road,
 the first highway in the ons.time will
 derness of Northeastern Connecticut, all seemed to link lhe present with
 the past, and give one an appreciative
 sentiment for the program of the after
 noon.
 After music by the Imperial Band,
 at I go o'clock, Mrs. E. NJ. Wheelock, i,
 regent of the Elizabeth Porter Putnam chapter, welcomed those present in be-
 half of the b. A. R., and after an inyo- cation Iby Rev. F. D. sargent, Mrs. John l.. BueI of Lilchiieid, tho state
 regent, spoke on the "Airns and Objects Of the D. A. R.p She said that one of the nobiest objects of the orgaDi. zaliou Is 10 honor the dead. .as Elizabeth
 Porter Putnam Chapter is doing today in honoring the soldier dead who lie beneath the sod of this old cemetery.
 In their memorial work alone the U. A. R. are giving loyal service in keep ing alive the spirit of the men who founded this nation. Organized twen- ty years ago, the D. A. k. now has a
 membership Of 5000 patriotic women.
 who are keeping alive the spirit of the foremothefs as well as that of The lore
 fathers. Historic houses have been
 preserved, historic spots marked, and
 memorials erected to perpetuate the
 memory of the past. But another mis- sion now awaits IS. The great tide of immigration to our shores mems as-
 sisnIiatlon or domination. Upon the education Of these people depends the very existence of our American Kepub-
 lie.
 Mss Ellen D. Lafned was iasso< dHced ~ the honorary historian Of the chapter, and lhe historian ofWfodisam county In opening her remarks she said ihal this old bnfsgFonnd t. a.so- eiated win the beginning Of ciyiiiza-
 ton In Eastern Connecticut. She
 spoke Al length ot Peter Asp!nwaiI. the donor of ihe bun inx ground 10 the town of killingiy, tte little plot being on the noftileriy boundary Of hlz farm. Peter Aspsn~alI settled in the Sipnucx country. now Woodstock, in isos. Tn ie9l highway was built to Pro,adenee by the High fails. .now Car gill falls, and he was tho lender In the work. He wns not ealy oue of the flfs1