AZ Research
A Large Crowd Witnessed the Ceremonies [5 July 1896]
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AZ Research A Large Crowd Witnessed the Ceremonies [5 July 1896]
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National Flag was raised at the Battery at sunrise by Christopher R. Forbes,
great-grandson of Sergt. John Van Arsdale, assisted by Col. Anton Muller Post,
G.A.R.; Anderson Battalion, Anderson Zouaves, Sixty-second Regiment, New-York
Volunteers, Capt. Charles E. Morse; Anderson Williams Post, G.A.R., Adjt. G.R.
Hendrickson in charge; Anderson Battery A, Sons of Veterans, Lieut. Murphy, and
the Anderson Cadet Corps, No. 1, daughters of Veterans, commanded by Miss F.
Litterer, Captain. As the flag reached the top of the staff the Daughters of
Veterans sang “The Star Spangled Banner.”
An address was made by Comrade
Charles B. Riker of the Zouaves, brother of the late Col. J Lafayette Riker,
Sixty-second Regiment, New-York Volunteers. Three cheers were then given for
the flag, and the Zouaves and the posts escorted the Daughters’ Cadet Corps to
breakfast. A large crowd witnessed the ceremonies. New York Times,. July 5th,
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