The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-21
.CHEERSAND TEARS FOR THEM
Thousands of People Line Streets Along
the Route of the Parade and Notable
Demonstrations Mark Passage of
Men Who Wore the Blue.

Amidst waving flags and with an
accompaniment Of msrtial music of
bands and drum corps, half a regiment
of men who marched with Grant and
Sherman and other great Union leaders
during the war Of the great Rebellion,
stepped out with the old army step
again this afternoon when the veterans
Of Wisconsin had their annual review.
1t was the most inspiring sight that
Kenosha has known in years and while
there were hundreds of marching men
and women and children in the line in
terest conferred in the parade of the
grizzled veterans who marched with
quickened step just as they marched
more than half century ago. 1T was
magnificent body of men marching
in great divisions under the command
of the few survivors of the men who
had led them to the battle fields Of
the Southland In 81 There was no
hesitation in their STEP 1t was the
bouyant step Of youthful patriotism
filed with "reminiscences Of the past
Their hair may have been gray and
some of them might have carried a
great weight of years, but they held
their heads proudly in the air as if
they were marching out again to fight
the battles of democracy. Thousands
of people were assembled along the
line of march and as the old men pass
ed there were cheers and tears. Women
held babes in their arms that they
might see the inspiring sight Of the
men who had saved the nation
marching in what may prove to
be their last review.
The parade of the veterans was just
a little late starting. The members of
the various delegations failed to head
the call of the early after dinner bugle
but by two o clock all of them were
in glad array and ready for inspec-
ton. There were many trappings to
the parade. The police department of
Kenosha marched in proud rank at the
head, there were long lines of the Sons
of Veterans and Daughters Of Veterans
but the real applause, the waving of
kerchiefs and the cheers came when
the first detachment of the Grand
Army began to pass. 1t was headed
by the drum corps of the Milwaukee
Post. A hundred men made up this
first detachment. Commander Rosen-
kranz marched at the head of
the division.
Then came one of the big features
of the parade. More than six hundred
school children making a living repre-
sentation Of the flag, marched in per-
| feet order. There was ripple of
applause all along the line as the
| children passed.
Then came a great division of more
than four hundred of the members of
the Grand Army with Commander Fred
S. Stemm of the Fred S. Lowell Post
in Kenosha leading. The coming of
this great body Of the soldiers was the
signal for the greatest applause ever
heard on the streets of Kenosha. The
soldiers were cheered to the echo and
they acknowledged the plaudits of the
people all along the line with waving
hats and the military salute.
| There were no slackers in the Grand
Army today. Every man who had
come as a delegate to the encampment
and who had two legs to march on,
marched with the boys and it was
only a small number that was picked
up by the automobiles.
The parade made the entire line of
march and it was cheers and tears all
the way. Returning to Market Square
| more than two hundred automobiles
We're in waiting and the comrades
were taken into the automobiles to
see the city.
There were many features in the
parade. One old comrade donned stills
and walked high enough in the air to
have looked over the walls Of Ander.
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