The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-04

Rome three hundred members of the
 =9S SilHman Chapter, D. A. R., and Nsea Gold Sellick Sillfman Branch, S.. IA. R., gathered in Ye Ancient Train Ing Ground. at North and Broolzlawn avenues, yesterday afternoon at 2:S0 O'clock to attend the dedication of the { bronze tablets which the Mary Siilf- man chapter has had placed to mark 3Ye Olde Kings Highway and Indian Trail.
 The affair was in honor of the 21st birthday of the chapter, that in these has grown to be a powerful organiza- ton which has done much for the observation Of historical relics of the community.
 Previous to the opening of the pro- gram the wheeler & Wilson band pIayed a number of patriotic airs On the dot of 1s3O a march was struck up and the officers and speakers of the DccaSton, attended by the Camping Girls and with the Boy Scouts as guards, and accompanied by the mem bers of the double quartet dressed to represent colonial matrons, were seen Approaching the platform.
 The invocation was made by Rev. George M. Brown, @R D., chaplain of the Gold SeI1eck Silliman Branch. s. "A R. and was followed by the ad- dress of welcome by the regent of the Mary Silinaan Chapter, Mrs. Rather dne Moody Spaulding-
 = We are here,'' said Mrs Spaulding, Ito mark a highway. Over this high ' Way have passed to and fro men who flaye given US the most wonderful his tory known and it is because we ap- Epreciabe our great debt to our fore Fathers that we welcome you here to- day.
 ss America was sung by all standing { and then Mrs. Samuel M Garlick, Chairman of Olde Trails committee of Ifhe Mary SiIHman chapter and a mem Der of the state O1de Trails comnadttee was introduced- Mrs Garlick deliv- cred an eloquent address on the Kings 1zighway, tracing it's origin from the lime Of the Pequot wars to the pres sent.
 It was in 1873 that the first govern Dnent post rider started from New York to make the trip to Boston The trip was to take two weeks and re- 4auired an intrepid man because Of the Hangers which he must encounter Mrs Garlick traced the changing ecenes which the road witnessed throl1gh the various phases of colonial History
 Following her address. wnich was warmly applauded, the tablet was un- yei1ed by the pages of the Mary SilIi- znan chapter, Miss Lorraine Arm strong and Miss Dorothy Smith while Hon Morris B. BeardsIey, Ex-Presi- dent Genera1 of the National Society of Sons of the American Revolution tread the following Inscription which the tahet bears:
 Tins Tablet Marks Ye oid
 Kings Highway which Follows
 in General the Indian Trails and {
 is the Oldest Mail Route in
 America The First Post Rider
 Made the Trip from New York
 to Boston in January. 1873.
 Placed by the. Mary SiI1innan
 Chapter, D. AYR, A1915.
 <. the city of Bridgeport By Mrs. ISpaulding and Mayor Clifford B. 'Wil- son accepted them saying:
 Tn the name of the city, do ac- 4cept them A peculiar honor comes to our city to witness a ceremony such as this today Bridgeport has falEvays shared her portion of the duties and obligations that true citf- fzenship entail upon each and evry- one of us. It is right that we should tcommenorate the accomplishments of our forefathers who so unsparing- fly and unse1fish1y gave their deeds and their lives that we might have a hgoyernInent, of the people, for the people and by the people,
 As some of the stones are to be set in Stfatford, presentation of them was also made to that town Dr. George M. Curtis, first seIectman of Stratford, accepted them saying that 1t gave hiln great pleasure to accept the stones on the behalf of Stratford. and. that the people of the town great 1y Appreciated the honor Of having them set there.
 Fair Bridgeport which is sung to the tune of Fair Harvard was then rendered by the double quar- tet, directed by Miss Mary L. Peck. chairman of the music committee of the chapter
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