The centenary celebration of the battle of Lundy's Lane, July twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and fourteen . er of July 30th,enclosing silver medal, commemorative of the hundredthanniversary of the Rattle of Lundys Lane. On behalf of the Trustees of the National Gallery, Ibeg to thank you for the interesting memento, which willbe carefully preserved in the National Gallery records. Yours faithfully, ERIC BROWN, Director. The Decoration of the Monuments andGraves in the Cemetery. The Society made the decoration of the historicalmonuments, memorials and graves in the cemeter> a mat-ter of much
The centenary celebration of the battle of Lundy's Lane, July twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and fourteen . er of July 30th,enclosing silver medal, commemorative of the hundredthanniversary of the Rattle of Lundys Lane. On behalf of the Trustees of the National Gallery, Ibeg to thank you for the interesting memento, which willbe carefully preserved in the National Gallery records. Yours faithfully, ERIC BROWN, Director. The Decoration of the Monuments andGraves in the Cemetery. The Society made the decoration of the historicalmonuments, memorials and graves in the cemeter> a mat-ter of much consideration. Upon the grave of every U. and early settler were placed a wreath and Battle monument, the monument of Laura Secord, theAmerican memorial, Usshcrs pillar, Bishops tomb, andthe monument of the late James Wilson, C. E., Park Super-intendent, the first Secretary of Lundys Lane HistoricalSociety, were specially decorated with flowers, flags andwreaths, and flowers were also placed on very many privategraves by relatives and friends. PART III PRESS REPORTS AND EDITORIALS. PRESS REPORTS AND EDITORIALS Inspiring Lessons from the War of 1812. Glories of War and Peace Sounded at Lundys Lane Celebration—Dr. Alex. Eraser on Why the British Won—An International Jubilation. (Staff Correspondence of The Globe) NIAGARA FALLS, Ont., July 25.—Under circum-stances of memorable local enthusiasm and inter-national concord, the one hundredth anniversaryof the Battle of Lundys Lane was celebrated here today bya crowd estimated at ten thousand persons. Thoughdesigned originally as a mere anniversary of the battle, theevent inevitably gained the aspect that is in everybodysmouth, and despite the scarcely suppressed protests ofseveral national enthusiasts, it became a rousing demon-stration in honor of the century of peace. Various speak-ers had fun with the historians over the endless contro-versy as to the real result of the battle. The embattledhosts strugg
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