The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . obie, organist. A union mass meeting was held 352 THE GRANITE MONTHLY Sunday afternoon in the anniversary tent which was erected on the Wil-comb field. There was an attend-ance ot about a thousand. The Rev-erend Silas N. Adams presided, andthere was music by a chorus of onehundred under the direction of I. Martin. The speakers in-cluded ihe Reverend Charles I). Ten-ney of Palo Alto. California; theReverend Henry M. Warren of NewYork City; the Reverend J. WallaceChesbro of Fall River, Massachu-setts; the Reve
The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . obie, organist. A union mass meeting was held 352 THE GRANITE MONTHLY Sunday afternoon in the anniversary tent which was erected on the Wil-comb field. There was an attend-ance ot about a thousand. The Rev-erend Silas N. Adams presided, andthere was music by a chorus of onehundred under the direction of I. Martin. The speakers in-cluded ihe Reverend Charles I). Ten-ney of Palo Alto. California; theReverend Henry M. Warren of NewYork City; the Reverend J. WallaceChesbro of Fall River, Massachu-setts; the Reverend Morris W. Morse rather on the spur of the moment,with the Highland Band of Manches-er and the Raymond Band. A simple but handsome memorialto those who served in the Spanishand World Wars was dedicated onMonday. Those taking part in theseexercises were: George E. Gilling-ham, Chairman of trie ExecutiveCommittee of the celebration; theHonorable John C. Chase, presidentof the day; the Reverend Silas , invocation; Colonel GeorgeA. Hosley. presiding officer; Albert. Congregational Church, 1773. of Moscow, Idaho; the ReverendMessrs. Wilcomb, Robertson, Chris-topher and Cate, and Reverend MaryE. Morse. Monday, August 28, was designedto be the great day of the celebra-tion, but the inclement weather forc-ed the postponement until Tuesdayof the general parade and the pa-geant. Nevertheless Monday wascrowded. Two of the four bandsengaged for the day arrived in spiteof attempts to cancel them, so a shortparade was picked up and run off F. B. Edwards, Chairman of theMemorial Committee, who made thepresentation to the American Legionfor dedication; retiring DepartmentCommander. Robert O. Blood, ofConcord, who accepted the memorial;Major Frank Knox of Manchester,who gave the dedicatory address;Governor Albert O. Brown, who ex-tended the congratulations of thestate. A message from GovernorCox of Massachusetts was read. Theexercises were concluded by threevolleys fired by American
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