A history of Cleveland and its environs; the heart of new Connecticut, Elroy McKendree Avery . famous victory came toCleveland, then a struggling village. To-day finds it a city in which370,000 persons rejoice in the benefits of fi-eedom and liberty for which 1896] THE FIRST CENTENNIAL 303 the gallant Perry fmiglit. It is their privilege to light the citys pa-triotic tires to burn through the coining century. Cleveland is proudaiul happy to ojjcn wide her gates and give most cordial greeting toGovernor Lippitt anil other distinguished representatives of CJoinino-dore Perrys native state. She i
A history of Cleveland and its environs; the heart of new Connecticut, Elroy McKendree Avery . famous victory came toCleveland, then a struggling village. To-day finds it a city in which370,000 persons rejoice in the benefits of fi-eedom and liberty for which 1896] THE FIRST CENTENNIAL 303 the gallant Perry fmiglit. It is their privilege to light the citys pa-triotic tires to burn through the coining century. Cleveland is proudaiul happy to ojjcn wide her gates and give most cordial greeting toGovernor Lippitt anil other distinguished representatives of CJoinino-dore Perrys native state. She is also honored with the presence ofGovernor Bushnell and thousands of visitors from Ohio and surround-ing states. To this multitude of guests from far and near the ForestCity is dedicated for this holiday, and hails the coming host withWelcome, thrice welcome, one and all. Robert E. McKisson, Mni/or. At daybreak on the tenth of September, came a national salutethat brought a returning fire from the guns of the United Statessteamer Michigan wliich lav at anchor in the harbor. Thus notified. Put-in-Bay Memorial that the final holiday of the centennial series had arrived, citizensand visitors responded with a patriotio enthusiasm that had not beenweakened or wearied by the events that had gone before. Therewas a mass meeting at the Central Armory with Governor Bushnellpresiding. The principal address was made by Charles Warren Lip-pitt, governor of Rhode Island—Perr\-s native state. At its conclu-sion, a resolution was adopted asking congress and the Ohio legisla-ture to appropriate money for a suitable memorial at a memorial has been erected. Then Frederick Boyd Stevenson,the poet of the day, read a patriotic ode especially dedicated to theoccasion.
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