Tuesday, July 29, 2008

A Monument Unveiling

New York, 1895

The Florence mission society of Bleecker street, New York, [have] erected a very fine monument in their plot in Maple Grove Cemetery. The unveiling will take place on Decoration Day, 11.30 to 12 o'clock, and speeches will be made by General Wager Swain, Charles L. Crittenton, A. S. Hatch, and others.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 8.

Note: The article said "are having erected a very fine monument..."

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