Title:
Recalling Civil War: Memorial Day, New London, 1889
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
Memorial Day, New London, 1889
Civil War
Parade
Graves
Civil War
Parade
Graves
Object ID:
Kim04-008
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
05/23/1991
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
May 30, 1889, Memorial Day, recalled the horrow of the Civil War and the post commander of the city's W.W. Perkins Post No. 47 of the Grand Army of the Republic, veterans of the late conflict, issued orders for the observance. Led by the Third Regiment Band, the parade to Cedar Grove and Catholic Cemetery where 197 soldiers' graves were decorated with flowers. Memorial Services included an evening pageant in which 43 young ladies, each representing one of the states, marched in bearing flowers and flags, led by Miss Cassie Scott dressed as the Goddess of Liberty. A lengthy oration urging citizens to erect a soldiers' monument culminated in singing America.
People:
Fuller, Henry C. (Superintendent)
Perkins, W. W. (Lt.)
Scott, Cassie (Miss)
Coultas, A. J. (Pastor)
Perkins, W. W. (Lt.)
Scott, Cassie (Miss)
Coultas, A. J. (Pastor)
Search Terms:
Memorial Day of 1889
parade
Civil War
graves
GAR members
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cedar Grove
Catholic Cemetery
oration
veterans
graves
flowers
pageant
Goddess of Liberty
Third Regiment Band
GAR
Grand Army of the Republic
parade
Civil War
graves
GAR members
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cedar Grove
Catholic Cemetery
oration
veterans
graves
flowers
pageant
Goddess of Liberty
Third Regiment Band
GAR
Grand Army of the Republic