The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-06-29
THE DEMONSTRATION
WAS GREATEST EVER
SEEN IN CANON CITY

Four thousand people turned out last
night to do honor to the boys Of
Company F., Colorado National Guard.
twenty-five hundred TO three thous-
and people marched in the parade, all
carrying flags.
Thirty-five hundred TO four thousand
people stood in the park ard listened
to the patriotic addresses, sang Amer
ica," applauded the boys in uniform
and in other ways made the celebra-
ton the greatest demonstration ever
pulled off in Canon City.
The program was carried out as pub
lished in The Daily Record of Thurs
day-the parade, the public speaking
and flag presentation at Depot Park
followed by the reception and ball to
the National Guard at the Armory
hall
GREAT CROWD OF PEOPLE.
At $3.50 O'Clock several thousand
people were assembled on the Wash
ington school grounds in readiness to
march in the parading column; all
of them carrying American flags. The
marchers were formed on Seventh
street and Macon avenue with the
Canon City Cornet band leading, fol-
lowed by the members of the National
Guard. the members of Greenwood
Post No. 10, C. A. R.. with fife and
drum corps, the members of Canon
City Lodge No. 610. B. P. o. E. and
the public generally.
The line of march was west on Ma
con avenue to the court house, south
on Fourth street to the Strathmore
hotel, east on Main street to Ninth
street thence to DEPOT Park. where
cises were held.
Although 1t is timated that 5000
marchers were in the parade as the
procession passed along Main street,
hundreds of spectators lined the side
walks. The crowd at Depot park is
estimated to have numbered between
three and four thousand.
A more orderly, interested gather
ing would be difficult to imagine.
The purpose of the assemblage was
to do honor to the soldier boys of
Canon City for their patriotism in the
hour of their country's need and it
rendered them its homage with the
dignity and respect becoming the oc-
casion. Never were more flags car
ried in a parade in Canon City than
was the case Thursday night and new
er did Old Glory seem so beautiful or
mean so much to the community as it
did at that time.
MEETING AT CITY PARK
1t was 1880 o'clock when Mayor
Cooper, acting as chairman of the
gathering, raped for order and intro
duced Rev. Floyd Van Keuren of
Christ Episcopal church. who inyok-
ed the blessing of the Most High upon
our nation in this crisis of its history
and upon the members of Co. F., who
are about to go out upon a humanitar-
ian mission in it's behalf to restore
peace and order along its southern
border.
FLAG PRESENTED TO COMPANY.
Mayor Cooper then made the flag
presentation to the company and ad-
jured its members to reverence it as
the symbol of the national sovereignty
and to defend its honor and integrity
under all circumstances "The mag
nificent assemblage before me-" said
patriotism. your sacrifice and your
devotion to the Stars and Stripes and
the principles of liberty and equality
that 1t stands for. In presenting the
community, feel deep responsibility
and we know that it is shared by you
in its acceptance. We know that you
will carry it proudly and that you will
bring It back to us when the troubles
on the border are over without a
stripe erased or a star polluted. We
have faith in your heroism and are
convinced that when you return to
Canon City you will have added luster
to its glory" Mayor Cooper then read
the following poetic tribute to the
American flag:
Your flag and my flag, and how it
flies today
In your land and my land and half a
world away:
Rose red and blood red its stripes
forever gleam,
Snow-white and soul-whlte, the good
forefathers' dream:
Shy hlna and true hltta with eta 70