Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-27
SCHOOL CHILDREN IN
 LIBERTY DAY PARADE
More Than 2.2oo Boys and Girls in Pa-
 triotic Demonstration.

Evidently there were none of the Norwich school children who wanted to play hockey" from their parade on Friday afternoon for their Liberty Day demonstration. They were all there, the grades from the fourth up. bright eyed and rosy checked, every one of the more than 2,200 in line a one hundred per cent American Over their lines on banners they carried their messages of death to a kaiser ruled aristocracy and the appeal to the Americans at home to back up Uncle Sam by buying Liberty bonds. It was one of the finest and largest parades of school children that the town has seen.
 In well kept ranks they marched bravely along, an American flag over every shoulder, and the smallest chill dren stretching sturdily out to match the longer strides of the larger ones for in many cases the spirit was will ing but the legs were. short.
 School Superintendent E. J. Gra- ham, who had made the arrangements for the patriotic demonstration on the part of the school children at the suggestion of the Liberty loan com mittee of the town got the line un- der way a, few minutes after the ap- pointed time of o'clock from Union square, proceeding down Broadway and over the line of march that brought them back again into Union square for the brief closing exercises.
 Sergeant Kane with Policemen Dris- coll, Diveto and Allen made the police guard at the head of the parade and the Italian band furnished the music A company of about 100 uniformed ROV SP01Ifc came iY71D1 fn1J hoI T the band and the boys and girls from the Norwich Free Academy. with Prin- cipal H. A. Tirrell and several of the teachers at their head were the first school representatives Superintend- ent Graham marched with Principal l Tirrell. The seal of the state of Con- lecticut was carried at the head of i the Academy section/ and there was 1 also an American eagle with red, : white and blue streamers that were 1 held by three girls. Make the Hun 1 Run. Do Your Bit. Buy a Liberty 1 Bond. were some of the banners they | carried. Hebrew young men of the | school carried a Zionist flag made by Mrs. Charles Gordon.
 Broadway school brought the word 1 If You Cannot Fight You Can Save l Another banner said Come Across or the Kaiser will Broad street schooI carried Liberty bond posters and the 1 Hobart avenue school spirit was 1 given in Follow Us. Buy Bonds. ] St. Patrick's parochial school made a particularly fine appearance, carry ing white and yellow banner at the head of their section with the name i of the school on it. They had theil l own drummer too, and the girls al wore white dresses with blue sashes and caps with red, white and blue 1 bands.
 l St. Joseph's parochtal school alst 1 had it's; own drummer to lead the
 more than 200 children of that section
 The girls wore Liberty caps.
 ] A little Uncle Sam in full uniform marched at the head of the Greene
 vile school, which also had a. drum
 corps of four and four of the girl. dressed as Red Cross nurses. Oui record 5534 Thrift Stamps, said on, Of the banners and another was III
 to the minute with Q reference to thu
 Zeebrugge raid. A dozen boys of tn
 school carried a big American flag St. Mary's. parochial school made
 liberal showing Of Liberty loan post
 CTS.
 The Occum school carried its nam
 on gold lettered banner and tn
 aIlS ScnOoI afSO carried a SchooI pan
 ner and the slogan Invest in Victory
 Nit. Pleasant street school spoke u
 for the navy with a navy poster bear
 ing the picture of a girl and tn
 words, Gee, Wish Were a Man
 I'd Join the Navy.
 Pearl street had a good number o
 representatives with Liberty bond
 posters and the girls wore Libert.
 skull caps.
 Wequonnoc school children did no
 ticeably good marching and the Yves
 Town street boys and girls carrie'
 Liberty bond posters as did the Tan tic school children.
 Two pretty banners with the ini tials N. P, D. s. were carried by tn
 pupils of the Norwich Private Da
 School.
 After covering the line of marc through Main street to BurnhaI
 square, back to Washington squar and then back to Union squar
 through Church street the marcher
 were massed in Union square. Here they made 8 wonderfully pret ty picture as they waved their flag
 recited the pledge to the flag an