AZ Research 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. |
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