The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-28
WARRIOR DEAD TO
BE REMEMBERED
BY LIVING HOSTS
Veteran vermont State Library
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PLAN PATRIOTIC PARADE
Memorial Day Addresses will Be
Delivered Monday at the
Soldiers Home &

Memorial exercises will be held in
Bennington Monday by the members
of the G. A. r. and associate organi-
zat ons in accordance with the Gus
tomary program
Forty-sx years ago the soldiers
graves here were decorated for the
first time Then there were less than
twenty graves, while today there are
200, not including the lis at the Yer
mont soldiers home cemetery.
In the beginning q few OF the vet
Grams scattered flowers over the last
resting places of their comrades with
4out ceremony. When the G, A. R.
Ma, orsanlze a lesu AT tOrm nj ser
vice came into existence and has
since been used on Memorial day.
III the cary years Of the Memorial
day observance here there were hum
,dred veterans in line, but now nearly
all of them have been mustered out.
The Spanish American survivors
have taken part in the exercises for
number of years and year ago the
ranks were swelled by the presence of
the boys of the American Legion.
Commander A. NJ Downs of the G.
A. X. Post hopes that as many as pos
sible of the legion members will take
part in the exercises Monday Soon
they must take full charge of the Mem
orial day service Commander Downs
aso hopes that the children will turn
out in large numbers. a3,8
All veterans will assemble at G. A.
r. Rooms at II o'clock for nner At
O'Clock in the, afternoon the line of
march will form on School street, op-
posite to the graded school in the fo.E
lowing order;
Chief Marshal william e. Frost and
Aids; Bennington City Band; Ameri-
can Legion; World War Veterans;
Spanish American War Veterans; Capt.
Frank Ray Camp No. 8, S. or "; Geo.
A. Custer 9th Corps Post; Children of
Bennington Graded and Parochial
Schools; Orator. Rev. Vincent Ravi.
Booth; President Of the day, Or. John
d. Lane; Clergy and Invited Guests in
Carriages,
From the graded school the parade
will march over School street to Main.
we over Man to North, and north
over North to the cemetery of the sol.
diers home where the following pro-
gram win be carried out:
Adress by the Commander.
Prayer by the chaplain.
Address by officer of the Day JOS
eph A, Pc lerin.
Reading of Lincoln's address at Get.
tysburg.
Services for the unknown dead by
w R. c.
Music by quaftette.
Taps
From the cemetery the parade will
proceed to the band stand where the
ceremon ei will continue with the ad-
dress by President of the Day John
d. Lane and the Grafton by Rev. Vim.
cent Ravi-Booth The exercises will
conclude with music by the quartette
and The benediction BY Rev. t. R.
/, Carty,
Veterans here in Bennington will
also take part in the exercises to be
helu at The cemetery at North Ben.
= hngton. going to tl>,t village by troll.
ey at the conclusion of the service at
the soldiers home grounis
All sons and grandsons of veterans,
whether members Of the order or not
are cord ally invited to meet with the
camp, Sunday evening, at Z o'clock to
attend the Memorial service at the
congregational church and also Mon
day at o'clock to take part in the
! parade and Memorial Day exercises.
| Meet at Grand Army hall
= American Legion Notes.
E The Bennington Legion Post No
/ 13, will assemble at 7:l5 Sunday night
at Post Headquarters to attend the
3. Union Memorial services at the End
+ Congregational church.
+. The Post viii assemble at the G. A.
. r. rooms at 1880 Monday morn ng in
GIVES" After dinner the Post will
. fall in in front of the G. A. r. rooms
\ and march to their pos tion in line on
. School street.
4. lt was expected that .Army Field
1 C'erk Heath CT the Albany Victory
q Medal office would be in town again.
q 1t has been impossible to get him to
. come to Bennington again. Appica-
o on for Victory medals can be made
n through War Risk Oflicer Ralph Burt
! or the Post Commander Roy Denley.
q Relief Corps to Attend
IS Members of the Relief Corps are re,
J. quested to meet at the Congregational
d church at 1880 O'Clock, Sunday even
1t ing, to attend the Memorial sermon.
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a METHODIST CHURCH
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