The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1914-06-04
BEAUTIFUL, IMPRESSIVE
CEREMONIES IN HONOR
OF THE NATIONS DEAD
Great Concourse of People U'itness
Carrying Out of Program at
the State Park

OGSo. Alion udsf VI hcAIoAiol uas
as the veterans prefer to call 1t, was
never observed in Canon City with
a larger outpourIng of people or with
i more beautiful and impressive GER
emony than on las; Saturday u was
a magnificent tribute to the soldier
dead of the republic and of the bray-
cry Of the survivors OF the great
civil strife of half century ago.
through whose patriotism and self
sacrifice we are now permitted to en-
Joy the blessings Of a united coun-
try, with one nag proclaiming the
sovereignty and inspiring the love OF
one hundred millions Of the human
race.
The parade was participated in by
the G. A. X. and its associated or
ganizations, civic and benevolent So
cieties. members of the city council.
fire department. the Colorado Motion
Picture company. the Canon City
and Y. NJ C. A. bands, the high
school cadets. a detachment OF the
Twelfth cavalry. United States army.
and various other bodies and organi-
cations, besides hundreds CT citizens
in automobiles. carriages and on foot.
The marching column. which moved
promptly at the appointed time. was
Witnessed by large concourse OF
men and women as 1t passed along
Main street to the State park In
front OF the penitentiary. where the
formal exercises of the day were
held.
There were sixty old soldiers in
the parading column. most OF them
members Of Greenwood Post No. 10,
Grand Army OF the Republic. and
they marched slowly. but with meas-
ured tread. to the martial music Of
the bands. There were also in line
veterans who had fought on the
frontier in the early days to protect
the settlers from the merciless saw
ages, and here and there was a
younger man who had seen military
service in the Spanish-American war
and had helped to carry freedom to
Cuba. Porto Rico and the Philippines
after Admiral Dewey's heroic cap
ture of Manila bay.
The marching column halted first
ut the circular mound at the north
east corner of the park. opposite the
residence OF the deputy warden of
the penitentiary. which was dedicat-
ed by the solemn ritual of the wcm-
ems Relief Corps to the unknown
dead of the Civil war. The mound
was beautifully decorated with
flowers and immortelles in honor OF
those who gave their lives for their
country and who lie buried in neg
lected and forgotten graves. A great
crowd of people stood about the
mound with uncovered heads during
the service. and in its impressive
ness resolved to renew their patri-
otism and cherish more strongly the
memory ot he heroic dead.
The column then proceeded to the
mound farther down the park, across
the street from the prison entrance.
where the memorial exerciss were
continued. 1t was here that Adjutant
J. s. Bowlby read General John L.
Logan's order establishing Decora-
tion day and recited President Lin
coins famous Gettysburg speech.
When he had concluded Mrs. Emma
Ghent Curtis. dressed as the Goddess
Of Liberty. was introduced to the
assembiase and read an original
Decoration day poem. which the Rec
ord hopes to be able to publish on
Tuesday. Il was highly patriotic and
vas sppIauded By all yho heard It