Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-24
WHO EvER SAW A REAL REvOLU-
 rrnNARY WAR soLnTERs

rerr sisters or the Social Corner; Thia N-ar.frr month of June is soon to pasa from Inc calendar Many pleaEng events fr-l-- thcse days have occurred. and sre-t memories on anniversary dates We whom tho law of nature favored with
 --- .r.o this mortal life at this season rs tra year can feel congratulated that --s be-ar our earthly existence while the rseson was stlu young.
 wish 70 thank every Ester who 60 kindly --rembersd me with birthday cards. enjoyed them all. and appre- ..rtef Tho rood wishes and sentiments a-prcwai AS We are soon 10 enter into the month of Ju!y and the Glorious Fourth is Co be celebrated in some way as - -n-oral holiday. ] feel promDtCH to eoesk of an Incident which my father told mo O. recently.
 Frequently during the deciialas yeara af long ifs Che mind revents to events 0f childhood days and some thihgB hav- Ing been f1rEcrta- for a long while, seem .r-or- To loom up without any apparent -culnds- So in this case I never heard my father speak before Of this affale which ls re-arfs a few days ago. He was saying that he thought ths enthusl- -sn of Fourth Of July in these days was much iess than it vas SO oF co ysRyn ago. He remembers very distinctly Che Fourth 1f July, 1854. when he waE e boy 10 years old There was a big parade Ia fte Streets cf his old home tOWu--Middle- town. The public buildings end privata homes were gnily decorated wish hagH. The music was oi patriotic strains, and everyone seemed filed with enthusiasm for the celebration e Independence day, The parade was maIa up of varied socie- ties. civic and military. about ths Rama as we witness in these days; but the nust important feature. which attracted tha greatest respect and attention, was tkc urcrcuce of three venerable real Rev. oiut0uary soldiers They rode "a . nSea -1-riars. and in a cOnapicu0us plaee. Ona 0f tha old gent suien. whose same was southmayd. was at least 90 ysaru old. Ha was O small man. and very fasble~ Ha wore a light cDlored beaver haa. ss was the custom of that time When the pa- rude was over my father (uHiy . boyl stood near by the carriage and saw these -t-sa old Esntle-nen as they siighted. and no heard older people say "they were uld'e-s Of Che Revolutionary war" It la almost 6s years since that day. and ~17 very glad that the scene came up ia ny rsthe-'5 memory and that hs Ahs told z to -1s now for the frst tina
 S- here ! would ike to aSd HtAsT sis. ---1 and writers whosa fathaTa. e per- --rz o-1or relatives. ever saw sgHl liv- 1g Hevo-rGazary solder. Ihs time Hs -c- far of when children of tosay can te- 9f having known and seen soldiers Of .he Civil war Co future generaticha
 recall Fourth of July, isfe. which was then thc Iooth anniversary 0f Inde- peudencs day. Thsre was quite . cele- l--tlon iu tho town where we lived with n big ulrade. One Of the featufea waa a company of "minutemen." and my father was r.gged up as one among tkNn-
 Before closing ! vii relate a little story ] ouce read that Is h tounh with our topic A school teacher esxea hes class of youthful EtuGents hey many a-T1 are there iu =. yearF' Tse re- r7c-ss came "5gg 1-AN How d0 yon sc- -1unt fer the ousfourth?' HCh P' said a l-t.e yo1ugsteT. -thars the FesrtA ol July.
 SElSNIE.