The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-04
BIGGEST EVENT Ever, HELD
Seven Bras Band, War Tank, an Ako-
plane, Hundreds Of Floats, and Thou
sands of Men, Women and Chill
dren Will Participate.

Starting from Library Park at 900
O'Clock Thursday morning the parade
will move north along Main street;
on Milwaukee avenue to Union Park;
countermarch on Milwaukee avenue to
Grand avenue; west on Grand avenue
to Rowland avenue; south on Rowland
to Elizabeth, then east on Elizabeth
to Fremont; north on Fremont to
Prairie avenue and east on Prairie
avenue and disband.
In honor Of the glorious Fourth OF
July the 142d anniversary of the sign
ing OF the Declaration of independence,
Kenosha is now decked out in gala at
tire for monster, patriotic, Independ-
euce Day celebration tomorrow. Flags,
and bunting may be seen everywhere
The town is handsomely decoratd in
honor Of this great event, only few
places as vet not having the national
colors displayed, and these will have
before the beginning of the exercises
Thursday, for no one would think OF
letting the other fellow do all the hon
or to the national day of our nation.
For the past six weeks every or
ganized body in the city as well as
every business firm and the people gen
orally have been preparing for this
greatest of all patriotic demonstrations
that Kenosha has ever had. Meetings
of the general committee have been
held every Friday night for the last
month and a half, and besides these the
executive committee and the dozens OF
other committees have been meeting
regularly and planning for this great
event. And now as a browning event
of all their combined labors nothing
remains for the people and the thous-
ands of visitors who are expected to
visit the city on that day but to get up
at 600 'clock Thursday morning and
put in eighteen hours of unalloyed
pleasure enjoying the many attrac-
tions which have been prepared for
them. The piece is set; the program
which appears on this page is arrang-
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events. If you can not put in the whole
day from the firing of the morning gun
SO sunrise by the provisional battalion
90 the close of the street dance on
Durkee avenue at Eichelman Park at
midnight in finding something to at
ford you pleasure every minute you
sure must be some crouch.
The celebration will begin at 600
o'clock when the morning gun viii be
fred by the provisional battalion.
Promptly at 900 clock th monster
parade will begin to move over the
principal streets of the city and it will
take from three to three and half
hours for it to make its round
and arrive at Market Square which is
scheduled for 1890
In the parade will be seven bands
and two drum corps. The SINCE band
the Nash band and the Community
band of Kenosha will be in line. The
band from the Great Lakes Naval
Station will be here, and three bands
from Racine. In the line of march will
be platoon of police; the mayor and
city officials; numbers of floats bearing
patriotic inscriptions; the workmen
from all the factories in the city; a
great many of which will be in uni
form; the fraternal organizations Of
the city; the union labor organizations;
the school children; the church socie
ties; the woman IS organizations; the
Red Cross, the County Council of De
tense and the subordinate councils; q
company Of Jackies from the Great
Lakes Naval Training Station; al
aerplane; British war tank; the Pro
visional Battalion; the Grand Army OF
the Republic; and dozens and dozens
of other features that it will take too
long to tell you about.
At some place in the line of marel
every child in the parade will be giver
bag of candy.
The parade will be timed to arrive
at Market Square at 1880 where the
Grand Army Post will raise the fas
while a half dozen brass bands play
'"The Star Spangled Banner" Mayor
John G. Joachim will then deliver
short address, after which you vii
go home and get your dinner
At 1880 the automobile parade vii
take place. At least one hundred anc
Gfty automobiles will be in line anc
The line Of march will take forty