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In Washington's Memory [23 February 1896]














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...The National Flag was raised at sunrise at the Battery and at the blockhouse in Central Park. At the Battery the flag was raised by Christopher R. Forbes, great-grandson of John Van Arsdale, as has been his custom for a number of years. Mr. Forbes was assisted in the ceremony by the Anderson Zouaves, Sixty-second regiment, New-York Volunteers, Capt. Charles E. Morse, commanding... 

The New York Times,. February 23rd, 1896, p.3.