The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-10-14
New Hope People
Elected to Historical
Society


lngton Crossing Park Saturday, Oct.
l, the Bucks Co. Historical Society
was practically in charge of the
ceremonies.
Shortly after 10 o'clock the Red Hill
Band headed line of school children, !
Boy Scouts and members of the Com
mission, who marched to a new flag
mast on the Washington Crossing Inn
property, where a new American
standard, with the State flag beneath
it, was raised by Henry Slower, aged
IL years, of Taylorsville School and
Ethel Slack, age II years, of Browns
burg School. AS the flag was drawn
to the top of the pole the band played
"The Star-Spangled Banner" The
crowed that formed hollow square
around the flag pole and those in
charge of the ceremony cheered as the
rope which bound the flag was pull,
releasing many miniature flags for
souvenirs to the visitors
Following the flag raising, a meet |
ing of the Bucks County Historical So |
ciety was held on the river bank in |
front of the old Taylor mansion, where |
chairs enough to seat about 500 people |
were placed. These did not accom-
MEDIATE half the people who assem-
bled to take part in the exercises. B. |
T. Fackenthall, Jr vice president of
the society, presided.
The principal event of the morning !
exercises was the reading of i'm |
portant historical paper by Warren S. |
Ely, librarian of the society. Mr.. Elys J
paper was divided into two parts, the
first treating of the history of Wash
ington's Crossing, and the second
comprising comment on the location
and movemnts of Washington's army
in Bucks County prior to the Battle of .
Trenton. The second part of the paper
is briefly referred to in another COL
umn.
In the first part of his paper Mr.. Ely |
referred to the historical article read /
on the very spot of the days meeting
by General w. w. H. Davis before the
Society of the Sons of the Revolution
on 1.-THE Alpha and0mega of the Re
volution which Mr.. Ely said, fully
covered the history and movements of
the contending armies in Bucks coun-
ty, and which, he advocated, should
be made text book in the public
schools of the County.
Mr.. Ely then gave detailed his
tory of the site of the Memorial Park,
from the time when in 1854 it was
part of 300 acres taken up by Henry
Baker and was known as Bakrrs
Ferry, down to the close of the Revo
luton, weaving into the narrative
many interesting historical facts about
other locations in the Makefields.
Before the meeting of the society
adjourned the following were elected
as membership and Mrs. Clarence
Roberts, Mr.. and Mrs. T. M. Tom
linson, of Philadelphia: Mr. andMrs.
F. Tiers, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin M. Hille-
gass and Frederick B. Driver of Doy- +
lestown: Mr.. and Mrs. Charles S.
Worthngton, Mr. and Mrs. Robert j.
Morris, Mr.. and Mrs D. B. Oblinger,
DIR. and Mrs. R. A. Leiby and Mr.. and
Mrs. j. T. Borden, of New Hope, and
Cyrus T. Fox of Reading Pa.
With three exceptions, Governor
William C. Sproul, who was said to
be guest at the opening of the new
~ l. pilya |
between Camden and Atlantic City;
w. Howard Myers, who was i'll, and
Charles NJ. Schwab, who is not in this
section Of the state at present, the
entire Washington Crossing Park
Commission, comprising former Judge
Hartman Yerkes, vice president; C. c.
A. Bald treasurer; Sameul c. East
burn, Allen w. Hagenbach, Senator
Clarence ]. Buchanan, Judge William
C. Ryan, Senator W. Clayton Hackett,
Congressman Henry W. Watson and
Arthur Townsend, secretary, were
present.
Among the officers of the Patriotic
Sons of America who attended were
State President o. B. Wetherhold, of
Reading Pa. Secretary Charles
Brumm Helms. of Philadelphia; State
Treasurer Irwin S. Smith of Reading,
Pa; State Organizer, Robert Thomp-
son, of Philadelphia, Pa;and District
President John D. James, of Doyles-
town, Pa The P. 0. S. of A. in 1916 |
erected an imposing granite monu-
ment on a high bank overlooking the |
river at the point where Washington's |
soldiers embarked. The monument |
was visited by hundreds of people |
during the day.
The formal opening exercises OF Me- |
mortal Park took place on the Taylor |
mansion lawn at 2 o'clock, with Judge |
Yerkes, vice president of the Park !
Commission, presiding The Memorial
!. Grafton was delivered by Judge John |
M. Patterson of Langhorne and Phlla- |
delphia, who was introduced by Judge |
Yerkes, Judge Patterson's address was |
a fine forensic effort, being mainly a
tribute to the genius of General Wash |
ington as successful military COM
mander. Judge Patterson pointed out
how the early career of Washington
had especially equipped him as a
future commander, how he seemed to
be guided by an unseen hand, never
having been wounded or touched by
an enemy weapon through many were
directed towards him in the perilous
colonial period so that more per
fectly fitted character never appeared
on the scene of action anywhere than
Washington when he was given the
command of the American army at
Cambridge, Mass.Judge Patterson
commented upon Washington's as
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