The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-05
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The days program started with the
parade in the morning. At $3.50 o'clock
the floats, bands. the hordcs OF ltue
folks. the veterans OF the great war OF
the rebellion and the heroes OF the
Spanish-American war gathered on
the west side OF Liberty park
for the commencement OF the days
pleasure. At 10 o'clock the parade was
under way, and from then on There was
not a tardy moment for the 10000 pcO-
pie gathered at the park.
The day was CHARACTERISTIC old
time celebration. In the long line OF
march appeared the representations OF
the historical events as they have been
recorded in the pages Of American his
tory.
Tn line OF march was headed by the
platoon Of mounted police. Then came
three boys. dressed in colonial cos
tunes and representing the spirit OF
1875. Next came four c. A. X men
mounted. They were followed by Mar
shall =. l.. Redman. his aides and Hcld's
band OF thirty-two pieces. Thirty old
civil wSr veterans, too fun Of patriot
ism to remain indoors on such an &C
casion, marched directly behind the
band. Those who were too feeble 10
walk had been provided with carriages.
so that the entire @. A. r members
IN the city. numbering about fifty,
were on hand.
Goddess OF Liberty.
The first float was that OF the Cod
dess Of Liberty. I'm which fourteen lit
tie girls. representing the goddess ana
the thirteen original states were rid
ing. The name OF each state was let
tered In gold across the front OF their
dresses and they were arranged around
the goddess in the order in which they
became members Of the Union Those
representing the states were: Mildred
Wheeler. Elsie Osborne. Rhea Croft,
] ETefhnr Anderson MnhnN
Stephenson. Ruth Johnson. Ruth hupp.
Ruth Iverson. Oraben lverson, Alice
Peterson. Laura Siddoway and Dorothy
Croft. Miss Edith Robinson was the
Goddess OF Liberty.
The second float represented Betsy
| Ross making the first American nag
/ dressed in quaint colonial costumes.
| seated around a table upon which was
the first American flag in course OF
/ construction. The members Of this
/ float were: May Listman. Clara Wyatt.
| Beth Baxter. Airline Hillstead. Florence
/ Folsom. and Roberta Edmonds. An at
/ tractive float at one end OF which SAT-
/ Miss NJ. White. representing Friscilla,
/ while at the other end sat J. TT. Ham
/ cock representing John Alden Then
/ came George Washington" and Paul
| Revere" riding side by side on little
ponies. They were represented by
| David and Roy Smith. The greatest
/ historical event OF American history
/ the signing OF the Declaration OF In
] dependence. was well represented on
| neatly decorated float. Those taking
I the parts OF the original signers We're;
| Herbert Mann. Antoine Bergqutst.
/ Glenn Holt. Clyde Chamberlain. Cliff
ford Ridges and sanford Ellison.
! Another interesting float was tho
/ old Liberty bell. A large church bell.
/ draped in white and surrounded by
l thirteen little girls dressed In white,
/ representing the thirteen original
/ states. surrounded the bell. At the
Il wheel stood an old man ringing out the
word OF liberty 20 the entire world and
| During the entire parade the bell
was kept ringing. Those occupying the
float were. Zena HalversoE. Merrill
Lee. Thelma Malin. Virginia Holland.
1 Mayflower Cox. Dorothy Gillespie,
Beatrice Rose. Verna Geetsen. Una
Duncomb. Thirza Charon. Dolly Glea-
son. Kathleen Smith and Leone Wat
the old man and rang the bell. and
Earl Peterson represented the little
boy at his side
Crossing the Delaware.
In the long lire OF historical events.
! George Washington crossing the Del
aware was also present. The histor-
ical part vas somewhat changed and
the boat was manned by crew OF
little girls. The boat was riding on
large blocks OF imitation ice Those
in the boat were; Edith Beattie, Nir-
Armstrong Margaret Taylor. Vivian
Beer. Mildred Morris, Lucille Schettler,
Aline Taylor and Margaret Armstrong.
George Washington" was represented
by Roy Burrell
Leading the float OF the Sons OF Vet
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