AZ Research Sumter Day Celebrated [15 April 1896]
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The
thirtieth anniversary of the reraising on Fort Sumter of the National Flag was
celebrated last night by a camp fire reception and ball of Anderson Battalion,
at Wendell’s Assembly Rooms, at 334 West Forty-fourth Street. The Anderson
Battalion consists of the Anderson Zouaves, Anderson Battery, A.S.O.V., and
Anderson Cadet Corps. A feature of the evening was an exhibition drill, dress
parade, and a review of the battalion. The flag was hoisted at the Battery at
sunrise by Christopher R. Forbes, who was accompanied by the Anderson Zoauves,
the Sixty-second Regiment, New York Volunteers, under command of Capt. Charles
E. Morse, and Anderson-Williams Post, 304, G.A.R., Adjt. Hendrickson in
command. The New York Times,. April
15th,
1896, p.5. |
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