Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-12
CONNECTICUT HoNoRED
THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER
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and Henry L. Jones, %, Of Wilkes
Barre, Pa, both undergraduates who
won Distinguished Service Crosses and
other decorations.
| At Norfolk a monument on Memorial
Green was dedicated. Capt. Charles e.
Lockhart of New Haven and the 1o2nd
Infantry, spoke for the men who were
| in service The dedicatory address was
! by Henry H. Bridgman. The music was
BY q. band and the Norfolk Glee club.
/ Veterans from many Litchfield county
towns were guests Of the day.
/ Cid Lyme dedicated building as
memorial to the service men of the town.
| This will be used both as a town hall
and for community purposes. The cost.
Iabout s450 900, was raised by subsorip-
ton A tablet bears the mama CT l
Old Lyme men who served After TIE
fsilent prayer at noon this tablet was I'M
covered. T. L. Haynes as chairman tf
the committee presided and the ad-
dresses were by Herbert Knox Smith OF
Pennington and Rev. H. M. Wells OF
Old Lyme. The school children sang.
Bristol dedicated a Memorial boule-
yard which will hereafter be the city's
recognit. aaf the services Of its men
and the sacrifice by thirty-nine Of their
lives. The boulevard was turned over
to the city after exercises. Prior to this
a new fire headquarters building was
dedicated.
The Waterbury exercises consisted OF
a rol call OF the heroic dead at the
honor roll and the placing there of flo
raj cross. just before noon the service
men went to the soldiers monument. At
ter the moments of silence the chimes Of
st. Johns church gave forth Nearer, MY
God to Thee. In the afternoon there was
parade of former service men, nation
al guardsmen, Boy Scouts and the Red
Cross unit. Among those who marched
IS body wera fifty-eight members OF
he fire department. all service men.
Meriden had both a parade and exer-
cises. the latter being in the Auditor
ium. Wallingford and Plainville had
parades That at New Britain was IN
the afternoon with exercises at Central
Park at which Rev. ]. L. Sullivan of St
Joseph's church made the address. A
national salutee was fired after the ST.
lent prayer.
An event of the day but entirely
apart from the general observance was
the formal opening of the new Washing.
ton bridge which spans the Housatonic
river between Milford and Stratford
and which adds to the modern develop
ment Of the highway between New Yorl
and Boston. This large concrete bridge
Aepidceu the llnle-Worn, rIckety meta
structure-7vhch is a. pigmy in compari
son-which has spanned the river since
1898. This old bridge was the ultinat,
successor of the first bridge which dix
away with the ferry in 1873.
The exercises were a. joint affair Il
? which Stratford and Milford people ant
the New Haven and Fairfield count,
s commissioners took part and were hel:
at Rivercif on the Devon side of III,
. river. VIZ
, Arn1istice day celebration at New Lon
:. don included exercises in front of cit,
j. hall where Mayor Wilton spoke brief,
and read President Harding's Armfstic
DAY message. Members of the local unit
OF the National Guard were present an
: Immediately after noon took trolley car
Tor Norwich to participate in that city,
parade Business was practically sus
. pended during the day and all activitic
Ii Matted for two minutes at noon.
:, There were exercises at Fort II G
i ! Wright Fishers Island. Connecticut col
ese and in local schools. The footba'
team OF the Submarine Base defeate,
{ the Crasho team of Fairfield this morn
ing by 81 to 0.