AZ Research Sumter Day [14 April 1896]
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Flag Raising and Annual
Camp Fire in New York. New York, April 14. –The
30th anniversary of the official re-raising of the national flag on Fort Sumter
was celebrated by the hoisting ot the flag at the battery at sunrise this
morning by the Anderson Zouaves, 62d regiment New York volunteers, and
Anderson-Williams post 394, G.A.R. The flag used on this occasion was made a
present many years ago by the widow of Maj. Gen, Robert Anderson to the
Anderson Zouaves, to be expressly used for this purpose, and has been raised on
Sumter day by the Zouaves for the last six years. The day will be further
celebrated by the annual camp fire and entertainment of the Anderson battalion
this evening. Watertown
Daily Times (NY), Tuesday, April 14, 1896, Page 1 Anderson Zouaves
Newspaper Clippings. Contributed by J. Tierney |
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