New Britain herald., 1919-06-24
SOLDIERS WELCOME
 CELEBRATION PLANS
199 Local Men Are On Nations Honor Roll
EIGHT DIE IN SERVICE

A4SI4 D1u 1N ULIt 1OI Festivities Tonight Ndu Celebrate 50th
 Anniversary of Towns Incorpora-
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 Interest.
 Tomorrow is the day of days in Plailfyille. It is going to be the big sest day and night in the history of tho town. It will surpass in splendor anything of it's kind ever held here before and it will be insufficient even in it's greatness to express in reality the purpose for which it is intended.
 Tomorrow the people of this town will endeaVor to show their apprccia- ton of the soldiers, sailors and ma rines who fought for their country in the world war which now seems to have come to all absolute end with the news yesterday that Germany will sign the peace treaty.
 The celebration will be an import ant one because 1t is the first time in the 50 years Of the towns history that the people have had an opportunity toe show their honor to men Of the town who fought for the rights of the coun- try which were jeopardized by a for eign government.
 Plainyillc's ScRvicc Record.
 Tn the Civil war, the Mexican war, the War of 1872, the Spanish .Ameri- can war and all the fights the country has participated in. men from Plain vile were among the first to answer the call of the country and go to fight but never did such 3C number leave the town as the heroes of the recent war.
 The eX-scrNicc men will be the, heroes of the day and the entire cele- hration is planned as tt huge welcome home for them. All of them are not yet home but they will be remcm- bered tittingly by the people who know that they are still filling their places of duty for the country and while not here in person their thoughts will probably rove back to the old town in Connecticut which is honorinS them.
 The general committee has been working for many weeks preparing for the event tomorrow, and thinks that it has arranged q program which will be pcasing 10 all the people. The sub committees of the general com mittee have also worked faithfully and at the last general committee meet ing reported all plans perfected for the event.
 Every possible detail for the affair has been arranged from the army aerja! :tunts bN an army aviator to the final concert and dance in the center of the town at night.
 The day as planned irCludcs army acroplanc mancuNers, a monster par adc. 70 odd floats, two band concerts, speaking by the governor and others at the drill grounds the formal rcccp- ton to the soldiers and presentation of souvenirs to the same by the gov crnor, feed" for the cx-serviCe men, and an evening of enjoyment with music and dancing on Central Square.
 Arm, .\ivpIanC Coming.
 The army acroplane is scheduled to arrive here al o'clock from the aVia- ton field at Mincola. l.. l. Army men have been here and looked over the Plainvillc aviation field on Farming ton avenue. Ii has been pronounced o. K for landing purposes and after the stunts" are performed the aviator will land on the field and take part in  officer who wiV fly here is unknown but it is probable that he will be some man who has been in this part of the state before and knows the gen cral location of the town and the field.
 The parade is. scheduled to start promptly at ? o'clock. The units will form on Pierce, Canal and Church streets. The various units forming on these streets will fall in line on Broad street The parade will move from Broad to Washington, to West Main, to Central Square, passing the revieW- ing stand at attention, 10 East Main, to Blossoms Corner, counter marching to Whiting, to Broad, to Pierce where it will disband at the drill grounds.
 Atto~ the main parade there will be a special parade of floats from Pierce street, to West Main, to Church, to