The centenary celebration of the battle of Lundy's Lane, July twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and fourteen . , , of St. Thomas, then ad-dressed the meeting, eulogizing the bravery of the com-batants on both sides, declaring, however, that it had beena futile war, leaving all the points for which it had beenfought as they were. The choir then sang O, Canada, after which Col. FredMacQueen recited Duncan Campbell Scotts poem, TheBattle of Lundys Lane. An old man from the County ofLincoln was asked if he remembered the war and the poemis his answer. Mr. Geo. D. Emerson of Buffalo followed,
The centenary celebration of the battle of Lundy's Lane, July twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and fourteen . , , of St. Thomas, then ad-dressed the meeting, eulogizing the bravery of the com-batants on both sides, declaring, however, that it had beena futile war, leaving all the points for which it had beenfought as they were. The choir then sang O, Canada, after which Col. FredMacQueen recited Duncan Campbell Scotts poem, TheBattle of Lundys Lane. An old man from the County ofLincoln was asked if he remembered the war and the poemis his answer. Mr. Geo. D. Emerson of Buffalo followed, after whichMiss Carnochan read a sonnet composed by her for theoccasion: The Chairman next introduced Mr. Frank H. Sever-ance of the Buffalo Historical Society, who said that aspeech at that time of day would be tantamount to a re-newal of hostilities, and he declined to be guilty of theoffense, though he had a few remarks to make. He hadnoticed in connection wuth the work of the Buffalo His-torical Society, that a goodly i)roi)ortion of their recordscame from Canada, for whicli he was obliged to THE CANADIAN YOUNG LADIES OF THE INTKIINATIONAL COMMITTEE ANDTHEIR CHAPERON. MRS. ARISON. LEFT TO RIGHT — MISS WINIFREDOLMSTED. MISS VERENA ZYBACK. MISS MARGUERITE MORSE. ( CHAPERON). MISS GRACE GEARY, MISS CATHARINE GERTRUDE LUNDY.
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