. 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 . L m m 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 th
. 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 . L m m 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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