The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-17
IN OLD FASHIONED FASHION
Thousand People to Come ON Excursion
From Chicago and United States
Senator is Said to Have Been Secur-
ed as the Speaker for the Day.

Shaming the American born for their
failure to make an arrangement for the
proper observance of the birthday of
the nation the Danish American Socie-
ty of Kenosha, made up of many of the
patriotic Americans of the city who
claim Denmark as the place of their
birth, met on Tuesday evening and for
mally decided to hold celebration Of
the Fourth of July in Kenosha. This
is not to be Danish picnic, but real
festival Of patriotism True it is there
is q hyphen in the name of the organi-
cation but there will be no hyphenated
program and the arrangements for the
celebration Of the day provide for the
kind of Fourth of July celebration
that was held in the old days. There
will be a parade in which cold Glory
will be the only flag carried and
speakers will proclaim the greatness Of
the nation.
The celebration is not for Danish
people but for all people who acknowl-
edge allegiance to the Stars and
Stripes. The speaking meeting is to be
held at Anderson Park on the after
noon of the Fourth of July and it is
expected that more than thousand
people will come from other cities. In
furtherance of the plan the local or
ganization several days ago got in
touch with the great Danish American
Society of Chicago and invited the
members of this society to come to
Kenosha and aid in the celebration.
The invitation provided that the organ
ization bring with it bands Of music
and uniformed marching clubs, but it
was stipulated that the celebration was
to be wholly an American celebration.
The officers of the Chicago society sent
letter on Tuesday accepting the invi-
tation and notifying the Kenosha pro-
meters Of the big fete that it had
chartered one of the largest excursion
boats out of Chicago and that this boat
would bring no less than thousand
members of the society to Kenosha In
the list of people coming there will be
men of great prominence. 1T is declar-
ed that member of the United States
senate will deliver the main address of
the afternoon and many other prominent
men from Wisconsin and other states
will be on the speaking program
The final program for the celebration
will be announced after the meeting
of the Danish American Society on
next Sunday
All civic bodies in Kenosha regard
less Of the nationality of the members
will be invited to have part in the big
parade. The officials of the city and
members of the common council have
been invited to act as reception com
mittee and meet the visiting delega-
tions when they arrive at the Keno
sha harbor.
'tThis is to be strictly American
celebration of the Fourth of July, y
said one of the members of the com
mittee. eve plan to make it just as
big an event as it is possible and we
want to instill into it all the love of
country that could be given by native
born Americans. The fact that some
of us were born in Denmark does not
in any way affect our allegiance to the
United States and we want to show
that the Danes who have become
Americans are just az loyal as the peo-
pie who were born in Kenosha.'