. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. arly known to the children as GrandpaEdwards. He had long been afeature in the processions on theFourth of July, riding in a carriageand returning the salutations of thebystanders. His funeral was theoccasion of military display, withmartial music. There used to be much gay colorand decoration in the militia, all of which was laid aside forserious business when the Civil war came on in 1861. The CityGuards, who were out at Grandpa Edwards funeral
. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. arly known to the children as GrandpaEdwards. He had long been afeature in the processions on theFourth of July, riding in a carriageand returning the salutations of thebystanders. His funeral was theoccasion of military display, withmartial music. There used to be much gay colorand decoration in the militia, all of which was laid aside forserious business when the Civil war came on in 1861. The CityGuards, who were out at Grandpa Edwards funeral, wore bluefrock coats, light trousers and looked very formidable in theirtowering bear skin hats. The Horse Guards used to wear redcoats, white trousers and chapeaux, like those of the KnightsTemplar, carrying a black or white plume. They carried sabresand had pistol holders each side of the saddle. The LightInfantry, who had flourished before 1844; wore red swallow-tailed coats, white trousers, and on their conical hats worefountain plumes, that is, several plumes drooping. By theirsides they carried canteens. The parade ground was the plain. 140 HISTORY OF SPRINGFIELD ^K^ ^^HK^^^i Si 1/^8/V; ^B ™i^^K m ^ ^f^ |MI ^^^^ ^fc^^ Pv/1 J^t^ f^ sti^J ^cHUPn^B^^^^^^H n 7*^> ^^ V * —r*4 S<^7 ^ Ju ,-^TO ^^?^* tttfnK ShB The Spirit of Training Day. around the lately accepted Gerrish Park. Training Day wasone of the great days of the year to old and young. As the last of the soldiers of the Revolution were dropping into their graves,events began tohappen which, inthe end broughtforth a mightierarmy than wasever marshalledin this countrybefore or since. One of these, as we have seen, was JohnBrowns raid in Virginia, voicing the feelings, though not thepolicy, of a large part of the north; but the culminating onewas the election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency. Brownineffectually struck at slavery, but it was for the great presidentin the midst of a war that shook the ve
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