. The Stonington battle centennial; a record of the celebration of August eighth, ninth and tenth, nineteen hundred and fourteen . START OF ONE OF Till, MOTOR BOAT RACKS. CROWD ON BREAKWATER. WATCHING RA( ES 17 arranged, with Dr. Weeks as the sub-committee in charge, to entertainthe Daughters of 1812 at luncheon in the Congregational church plan for the special electrical illumination of the borough streets onAugust 10 was proposed, but afterward abandoned. It was also pro-posed to invite the British Government to send a warship to the cele-bration, but this suggestion was finally gi
. The Stonington battle centennial; a record of the celebration of August eighth, ninth and tenth, nineteen hundred and fourteen . START OF ONE OF Till, MOTOR BOAT RACKS. CROWD ON BREAKWATER. WATCHING RA( ES 17 arranged, with Dr. Weeks as the sub-committee in charge, to entertainthe Daughters of 1812 at luncheon in the Congregational church plan for the special electrical illumination of the borough streets onAugust 10 was proposed, but afterward abandoned. It was also pro-posed to invite the British Government to send a warship to the cele-bration, but this suggestion was finally given up as impracticable. It would be tedious to follow the committee in all the minutiae ofthe preparations. Let it suffice to say that every member cheerfullybore the variety of tasks imposed upon him. As the anniversary ap-proached, these tasks of course multiplied, and for days in advance ofthe celebration required well-nigh constant attention. In the meantime the Pageant Committee and its several sub-com-mittees were busy and the firemen were actively preparing for theirimportant share in the programme. At the Executive Committee meeting of June 26, the Pagean
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