. Book of the Royal blue . LIBEUiy BELL. In scope, the proposed celebration willembrace historical pageantry—the first everwitnessed in this country and which willbe on a scale equal to and probably sur-passing the historical pageants of Englandand Germany—an impressive display ofFederal and State troops together with areview of warships of the Atlantic fleet, and,without doubt, representative vessels of for-eign navies; a review of the Police and FireDepartments of the city, in which will beshown the evolution of both of thesemunicipal forces from early times; an In-dustrial Parade, which wil
. Book of the Royal blue . LIBEUiy BELL. In scope, the proposed celebration willembrace historical pageantry—the first everwitnessed in this country and which willbe on a scale equal to and probably sur-passing the historical pageants of Englandand Germany—an impressive display ofFederal and State troops together with areview of warships of the Atlantic fleet, and,without doubt, representative vessels of for-eign navies; a review of the Police and FireDepartments of the city, in which will beshown the evolution of both of thesemunicipal forces from early times; an In-dustrial Parade, which will be on a morepretentious plan than that in Philadelphiain 1882, declared to be one of the finest ofits kind ever shown ; a marine pageant onthe Delaware River, in which more than500 vessels of all descriptions will partici-pate, and numerous other features of com-pelling interest. From an historical stantlpoint the Anni- versary will be of interest to all Philadel-phians irrespective of residence. Carefuland recent re
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