. The "makings" of the Lincoln Association of Jersey City; a souvenir of the dinner at the Carteret Club commemorating the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln . ^TEAMBB S^aOe^^alS: a. that started at Prospect Hall at the western side of the junction ofJewett, Storms and Fairmount Avenues, just south of the present residenceof James E. Pope, at about 2 oclock in the afternoon, and thenmarched to the grounds of Alex. Bonnell on Park Street. There were1,100 school children in the procession; and every time I pass whatthey used to call Aleck Bonnells orchard, I like t
. The "makings" of the Lincoln Association of Jersey City; a souvenir of the dinner at the Carteret Club commemorating the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln . ^TEAMBB S^aOe^^alS: a. that started at Prospect Hall at the western side of the junction ofJewett, Storms and Fairmount Avenues, just south of the present residenceof James E. Pope, at about 2 oclock in the afternoon, and thenmarched to the grounds of Alex. Bonnell on Park Street. There were1,100 school children in the procession; and every time I pass whatthey used to call Aleck Bonnells orchard, I like to think of thatstately building which our friend John T. Rowland has designed asthe Lincoln High School, as a fit and beautiful memorial with whichJersey City has perpetuated that meeting of those who first honoredLincoln there. Of course no real civic function in those times would be complete■without the firemen, so all the Bergen companies were out in full forceand uniform. The firemen, as well as the school children, wore specialmourning badges, and I have one of each of these, doubtless the onlyones now extant. Then there were the councilmanic committee, the Board of Education, and citizens in genera
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