Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-31
PAY TRIBUTE To .
SOLDIER DEAD
Largest Memorial Day Parade
Held in This City Took
Place Here Yesterday.
PATRIOTIC EXERCISES
G. A. R. Legion Army and
Navy Union and Foreign
War Veterans Join in Event

To the subdued strains of Flee
as Bird large group of service
and ex-service men wound its way
through the lane of trees in the AL
pine cemetery yesterday morning to
pay respect to the dead of all Amer
ica's wars, and followed in line by
boy and girl scouts, and hundreds
of school children formed the larg-
est Memorial Day parade ever held
in Perth Amboy. Formal services
held at the monument of the G. A.
&. and a patriotic address by John
roolan as speaker composed the OBJ
servance of the day which has
aiken on such great significance
with the termination of the world
war.
The parade, which was formed by
, Joint committee of representatives
rom the G A. r., the American Le-
gion, Army and Navy Union and Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars started from
City Hall at 8 o'clock, large con-
tingent of Camp Raritan regulars
leading. and followed by the mem
oers of the G. A. r. in decorated au-
tomobiles. The firing squad, COM
posed of Legionaires. in uniform,
wearing their "tin" helmets, preced-
ed the color guard, also made up
ii I1tSlCu lllSll, Nili1i was SoAfiPcSNN
IF a soldier and a sailor, armed.
guarding the national emblem. the
American Legion banner and the
Red Cross insignia, the two former
with their lengths of crepe and top
ped by the poppy, the new insignia
of remembrance which has been
adopted by the veteran organizations
In memory of the dead of the late
war. The American Legion. Perth
Amboy Post, No. As, with their
guests, Miss Mary Newell in Y. M.
c. A. uniform and Miss Edith Crowell
in Red Cross uniform. were next in
line and with them marched many
ex-service men who though not
members of the post. had been in
yited to join. The men all wore
poppy on their left coat pockets and
mum bered almost 100 when lined up
The Veterans of Foreign Wars, also
with a very fine representation fol-
lowed and the Army and Navy I'm
ON were the last of the veteran or
yanizations.
The boy and girl scouts, out in
almost full force, made very hne
showing and the school children
over a thousand strong fllled the
fifty decorated trucks that were llo-
erally donated by many merchants
and Industries of the city. The Red
Cross ambulance and station wagon
carried various members of that or
ganization and private cars conveyed
the few remaining Civil War veter-
ans along the line of march.
Starting from City Hall and going
up Smith street to New Brunswick
avenue, the column turned up AM
boy avenue and thence to the ceme-
terry. The return route branched off
q W1Shin{ytnn
street, where the parade turned
down State and back to City Hall.
Samuel E. Garretson, of the G. A.
r., conducting the services at the
cemetery, paid a tribute to his COM
rades of the Civil War and to the
dead of all other wars in which the
United States has taken part. In
side the enclosure stood the speaker
of the day, the firing squad, color
guard. officers of the veteran organ
lzationS and a troupe of the Boy
Scouts as well as all the six mem
Sers of the G. A. r.
While all the men in uniform
stood at attention and the civilians
stood with heads uncovered, the
hring squad fired the three salutes
Ind in the distance was heard taps"
blown for those in whose memory
The services were being held.
John Toolan, in splendid orator.
,al style, paid more than tribute
10 the dead; he lauded the work of
lhe living who had put forth their
,ffort in the cause of democracy,
md told of the real significance of
lhe work that has been accomplish
~. The speaker told of a true
patriotism, the one which is not only
shouted from the housetops but
which is felt by every true American
n his heart.
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