The Big Sandy news., 1913-08-08
CELEBRATION
IN LOUISVILLE
KENTUCKY METROPOLIS WILL
COMMEMORATE INCIDENTS
IN WAR or 1872
HUNDRED YEARS OF PEACE
Battles Which kentuekians Won and
Massaeres in Which They Suffered
Will Be Reproduced in Fireworks
and Shams on Land and Water.

ana most spectacular N tne ulstOIy
OF celebrations in America, will be
held in the Kentucky metropolis for
seven days, commencing September
I %. and viii be the climax Of a se-
ries o; celebrations held in q dozen
lake cities, TO commemorate the suf-
ferings and victories of American
arms in the War Of 1872 as well as
to focus attention on the achieve
ments of q century Of peace The
crucial and decisive engagement Of
the War Of 1912 was the battle of the
Thames, fought and won on Canadian
soil October ), 1913. The series OF
celebrations, which will De held in
America viii close in Louisville. octo-
ber 5. 1913. and Just one hundred
years from the hour that Col Richard
NJ Johnston. afterWard Vice President
OF the United States, slew the Indian
chief Tecumseh. President Woodrow
Wilson viii probably be addressing
crowd Of 100000 people in Louisville.
the home Of many Of the troops who
fought in the battle Of the Thames
Kentucky was assigned the closing
and choice date OF the celebration
because Of the distinguished part
/ played by the Kentuckians in the War
OF 1912. Kentucky began to play her
part in the generation before the war
opened, whea she sent Gen George
Rogers Clark and other Louisville
soldiers into the hostile wilderness
which they wrested from the French
and Indians and out Of which was aft
erward carved the great States OF
Ohio. Indiana. Illinois. Wisconsin and
Michigan
Kentucky was the last state which
could have benefited from the war. In
asmuch as II was brought about chief
IL by the British impressment Of
American seamen. none OF whom
were Ren;uckians, whereas should
war prevail the unfriendly Indians on
the frontier Of the border states could
be expected to commit atrocities from
which Kentucky had already received
the name Dark and Bloody Ground"
However. il was chiefly Henry Clay. in
the Kentucky Congressional Delega-
ton that forced President Madison 70
declare the second war with Great
Britain, and Kentucky furnished for
" per cent OF her fighting population
to 90 into that war, and at the close
Of the war OF the listed dead more
than eighty per cent were the names
OF Kentuckians Kentucky troops 10
man were massacred at the River
Raisin and again at the first attack
on Fort Meigs.
When the time came to man Perry's
new-hewn ships. he selected Kentuck-
ians unaccustomed to the motion OF
the lakes TO mount into the insecure
rigging and from that vantage point.
with their practiced eye and unerring
aim, fired down upon the British and
won the battle Of Lake Erie. Prac-
ticaIly every officer and soldier in the
battle OF the Thames was Kentuck-
ian. excepting alone Sen. William
Henry Harrison. who. however. held
his commission as Major-General from
the Kentucky legislature The charge
Of the Foriorn Hope, about the brief
est, most terrible and most heroic at
tack narrated in thekannals Of war
fare, consisted exclusively OF nen-
lucky soldiers when nineteen Of them
and their twenty horses went down
to certain death II was the Ken
tucky sharpshooters who are credited
with having won the battle Of New
Orleans after the war had in reality
closed.
Kentucky proposes to reproduce
most OF these scenes OF the war Of
1872 in the Louisville celebration The
battle OF the Thames will be repro
duced on land in Cherokee Park. to
geographically situated similar to the
land on which was fought the battle
OF the Thames, and every detail of
the sham battle will be as nearly
historically correct as can be done.
Louisville will take advantage OF her
magnificent river frontage in order
TO celebrate suitably the battle 0f
Lake Erie The actual battle will be
depicted in a gorgeous entertainment
OF fireworks and all morning and all
afternoon preceding the engagement
lhett viii Dc uoal IdCtos ilAe SdbluE
feats and aquatic sports. A historical
pageant depicting various scenes OF
the war Of 1912 win also include a
magnificent floral parade. such as
made Louisville famous a year ago,
and will include civic and military
parades many miles in length Drills
and exercises by 10000 costumes
school children viii be held in the
First Regiment Armory: a mammoth
reception will be given to the descend
ents OF Kentucky soldiers and sailOIs
OF the war-ot 1912. and series *
costumed balls will be given in Their
honor
Exceedingly low railroad rates.
probably as low assone cent per mile.
from distance Of several hundred
miles OF Louisville. viii be granted
and efforts are being made 10 secure
TO other kentucky points rates from
Louisville for the week Immediately |
following the celebration, 10 enable |
former Kentuckians who return home |
to visiglthc celebration. TO visit also
their ol1 Kentucky homes