New Britain herald., 1918-07-05

|2 f4 E@a at s29 o'clock Col. W. w. |a1 s& @Yrlarshal of the day, gave the to march. Headed by a platoon bf police, the flags of the Allied Ma Aaons, a squad of sailors home on Burroughs from active service, headed bv Joseph Colon, radio electrician, First class, of the U. $. 5. Patterson, @nd the city officials, headed by Mayor M. A. Quigley, the big parade started @iong Franklin Square, swung into 8#dain street and continued on to East #Afain street and at Hartford avenue @kountermarched to West Main street. #rhe procession turned in at Vine #treet and dfsbanded in the park. #Thousands of people thronged the line #bf march and most of these followed #he parade to the park The State and @'ity Guard were well to the front of sH he procession and the other marc1ers Svere grouped according to their alpha #betical order. The Arm enians, es- %forted by squad of Arm enian Rifles, #lad two floats. One pictured suffer #ng Armenia of today, while the other #howed the hope of the future. The British and French contingents fol- Bowed and then came a body of men Representing the American descenr #lents of Germans. They bore a pla- Pard reading America, First, Last and BklWays". The Hebrew delegation was |# bne of the largest in the parade and Nh addition to more than 100 men x here were almost as many women And girls, Boy Scouts and an automo- Mpile float
 N The Italian delegation mum bered N Upward of 200, with a large number bf women from the Italian Ladies' #Autual Aid society. The two floats Mn the Italian section were received #8Nlth much applause all along the line
 pf march. One represented the Red
 Cross supporting the army and navy, S#Ntth the Goddess of Liberty watch N ng, while, the other represented the
 Spirit Of 1776," and the spirit Of M BIS. Three young men, dressed in AM Jagged Continentals, impersonated M he famous painting "The Spirit of N 76'' while in back of them stood an #other Colonial soldier, with Liberty @ looming up large in the background
 Another float which attracted no Mhittle attention and received merited #praise was that which belonged to Mthe Swedish delegation. It was a Mpuarter size replica of the old Union |#oattleship, the FMonitor." It was true VI n. even the smaller details, to the
 extent of having smoke issuing from x he funnel The Swedish service flag, swith it's two gold stars, was an added
 proof of loyalty.
 M The Polish people were out in large
 hum bers and with them marched
 their leader, Rev. Lucyan Bojnowski. #Women also marched and in addition 'e o the carrying of a service flag with Mh significant gold star, these Ameri- cans carried a service flag for the SeJew Britain men who are now in ANF-rance with the Polish Foreign Le-
 gion. A particularly significant thing b bout the carrying of these two serV- @ ce flags was that fastened among the
 stars were various pieces Of money,
 sym bolizing the fact that the Polish sB heir sons for the defense of the na-
 Zion, but also are willing to give un-
 stintingIy of their money to back
 hem up. The Lithuanians, Ukrain- Hans, Bohemians and others also took
 prominent parts in the parade. The
 Austro- Hungarian delegation injected
 A little sarcasm into the parade which x reflected upon this enemy of the #RTnited States. At the head of
 he column was a person dressed as
 witch and labelled The Austro
 Hungarian Witch" Enslaving little < children with heavy chain, the
 witch walked along. while a banner
 xplained that this depicted pre-war
 eonditions in the dual monarchy Di-
 -ec1'v behi11d them was a delegation
 ef merry little children, bright and
 1appy representing conditions as
 ltay must be after the war. The As
 syriaEe, representing the land iu
 ~,ar z-nsp