Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-11
Historical Address.

every son and every daughter of Con I necticut.
 Historical Address.
 l Hon. Abel P. Tanner of New Lon l don delivered an address on the claims of Stonington to historic distinction, 1 and his paper was an able and schol- arly work.
 We are commemorating now an event of that war, as it transpired, | here; and thanks to the patriotic so- | cieties, you have set up a memorial | in bronze, a century mark that. vocal of the past. will be read in future l times when we have ceased to be. | There is a touch of solemnity about | it all. It reminds us that all centen- nials are sad. When one is observed, | it never. in the main, recurs again l to the same individual. on this nor tai journey-To him its greeting is l hence, another generation will cele-
 brate this day, we hope, with some
 mea sure of devotion. but we will not l be here. Long ere then, we will have
 mouldered to forgotten dust Today we hold the center of the stage, in this passing hour; we drink to the
 memory of those heroes, dead, who with sublime courage, faced the iron storm of war; but they who will gather here a hundred years to come, will know usD not. To them we will not even be a memory. Still, we are not depressed. We come not to exalt ourselves. but in a spirit of devotion;
 and we strive to uncover the truth of l history to do justice to the dead. Poem by Grace Denison Wheeler. | Miss Grace Denison Wheeler of Mystic, daughter of Stonington's dis tinguished historian, Richard A. own authorship.
 Rev. George B. Marston pronounced ] the benediction and the band played i the Star Spangled Banner.
 At the Rendezvous.
 Certainly it was a very variegated mass of costumes and equipment that began to assemble by 2 o'clock in the l lot off upper Elm street that had been i selected as the rendezvous for pirates, 1 militiamen, colonial danes, Indians, I whalers and a lot more that made Up when the time arrived for the parade ! to move a decidedly motley array of i people. They were all so sociable, too, and the ninutemen of '76 were so will l ing to jump back a century or two and chat with Adrian Block and his wor-
 thies. and even to approach, cautious 1 ly, of course. the coy Indian maidens i of settlement times, that it seemed will nigh impossible for Miss Virginia I Tanner. directress and general in chief of the pageant, ever to get her forces
 in order. That she did it, and extreme
 ly successfully. too. is triumph for | her personality, her executive ability l and her capacity for hard work
 Before the Reviewing Stand. 1 When the vanguard of the long pro- l cession turned into Main street and l passed in review before the stand on | WadaWanuck park at 3.30 the streets l were lined with thousands of people on both sides of the park, and all ur l and down the streets from Point to railroad station by all odds it was the
 largest gathering of people that the l residents ever recall within the limits of the borough. And long before the I line had passed the reviewing stand head was down on the other side ot the park, directed for the Point. Thence sl yitA marched up Main street past the stand again. and to the big eating tent II In Stanton park where the paraders
 were served a, bountiful supper
 \ l-sfIn the stands were again seated the guests of honor of the centennial. the
 officers of the navy and army, the ] clergy and town officials and members of the centennial committees. Only Governor Baldwin was missing, the chief executive, who had been the guest
 or MT. and Mrs. Henry Robinson Palm CT. leaving town on the 3.2s train. H Army and Navy in Lead. Fl With an imposing appearance as 'it
 swung along three hundred strong the battalion from Fort H G. Wright 'I Fishers Island led by the Fort Wright band, headed the procession Major
 E. IL, Glasgow, in command was al
 the head of the column mounted on a
 splendid animal provided for his use
 on this special occasion by its owner