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Historic leaves, volume 2, April, 1903 - January, 1904, The Prospect Hill Park Celebration. (search)
For the abstract of the exercises and addresses of the dedication we are indebted to the Somerville Journal. Promptly at 2 o'clock, Thursday, October 29, 1903, to the music of the band and a salute from the gun of the naval brigade, Mrs. Lilla E. Arnold, of 28 Vinal avenue, unfurled a handsome new American flag from the top of the observatory. Mrs. Arnold is a direct descendant of Captain Jonathan Poole, who was ‘the standard bearer of the first flag designed and floated by the colonistsMrs. Arnold is a direct descendant of Captain Jonathan Poole, who was ‘the standard bearer of the first flag designed and floated by the colonists in America,’ about 1658. The flag was presented to, the city by Prospect-hill Chapter, Daughters of the Revolution, of Somerville. After a selection by the band, prayer was offered by Rev. J. Vanor Garton, pastor of the West Somerville Baptist Church. The programme included: Singing, ‘The Flag,’ H. K. Hadley, by the pupils of the high schools, led by S. Henry Hadley; introductory address by Mayor Edward Glines; address, His Excellency Governor John L. Bates; singing (a) ‘The Breaking
Historic leaves, volume 2, April, 1903 - January, 1904, Israel Putnam and Prospect Hill. (search)
ved Cambridge, so vital to the enemy, and perhaps the very country; not that here it was, a month almost to a day after Bunker Hill was fought, that an American flag was thrown to the breeze before an enemy, the scarred ensign of the Third Connecticut Regiment, Putnam's flag ; not that here for many weary days were encamped the Massachusetts and Rhode Island troops of General Nathaniel Greene, nor because it was here that many of the troops of Burgoyne's surrendered army were quartered after Arnold's strategy got the better of them at Saratoga; not for records like these, but because here, on the first day of January, 1776, on which the new Continental Army was organized in the presence of our great and good Washington, there was hoisted the flag that by its stripes of alternate hues proclaimed the cementing of the thirteen American colonies in a common bond against British oppression. This record,’ Mayor Glines declared, ‘belongs to the sublimest page in the history of the hill.’ <
Historic leaves, volume 2, April, 1903 - January, 1904, Index (search)
hn2 Aldersey Street, Somerville25 American Navy, The81 Ames Street, Somerville42 Amherst College103 Amoskeag, Locks of50 Andersonville, Ga.23 Andros, Sir Edmund38 Appleton,—, Cross Street44 Arlington, Mass.15 Army of the Potomac, The23 Arnold, General Benedict86 Arnold, Mrs. Lilla E.76 Atlantic Monthly, The6 Auburn Ave., Somerville44 Austin, Ebenezer61 Ayer, John F.42, 77, 80, 85, 93 Ayers, George W.12, 23 Ayers, John22, 23 Ayers, Sally D.23 Ayers, Sally (Page)22, 23 Ayers, Arnold, Mrs. Lilla E.76 Atlantic Monthly, The6 Auburn Ave., Somerville44 Austin, Ebenezer61 Ayer, John F.42, 77, 80, 85, 93 Ayers, George W.12, 23 Ayers, John22, 23 Ayers, Sally D.23 Ayers, Sally (Page)22, 23 Ayers, William22, 23 Bacon, Mrs. E. A. Lathrop8, 9, 10, 25 Bacon, Mrs. E. A. Lathrop, Poems of9 Bacon, Rev. Henry6, 8 Bacon, Rev. Henry, Memoir of9 Bacon, Henry, Jr.9, 10 Bailey, Ernest W.74 Bailey, Joshua22 Bailey, Mrs. Joshua22 Bailey House, The, Perkins Street44 Baird, Historian10 Baldwin, Loammi52, 53, 54, 55, 57 Ballou, Hosea, President Tufts College26 Bancroft, Historian92, 97 Barberry Lane42 Barrell, Joseph53 Barrett, Samuel, Jr., Schoolmaster, 172065 Bartlett's Address, 181360
Historic leaves, volume 7, April, 1908 - January, 1909, chapter 8 (search)
er transferred to John Abbot Lodge of Somerville, and still later became a charter member of Soley Lodge. He belonged to the Orient Council of Massachusetts, to the Boston Commandery, and to the Knights Templar. He was also a member of the Royal Arcanum, besides the Somerville Historical Society. For many years he had been treasurer of the old Charlestown Training Field Association. He had built up from his young manhood a large insurance business, with office in Charlestown. In business he was a man of character and integrity. In social life he showed geniality, kindness, and the other qualities belonging to a good neighbor. He was a member of the Winter Hill Universalist Church. In preparing this report, the committee is indebted for information to the Somerville Journal, Mrs. F. D. Lapham, Miss Anna P. Vinal, Frank M. Hawes, W. B. Holmes, Miss Lizzie G. Knapp, and Mrs. Lilla E. Arnold. Respectfully submitted, D. L. Maulsby, Elizabeth A. Waters, Committee on Necrology.
Historic leaves, volume 7, April, 1908 - January, 1909, Index (search)
Brook, 25, 87. Alexandria, 53, 57. Algiers, La., 52. Allen, Alfred, 36, 37, 39. Allen, Hannah J., 33. Allen, Henry C., 31. Allen, James M., 4, 12. Allen, John, 79. Alien, Sarah, 79. Andersonville, Ga., 16, 17. Ann Street, Boston, 73. Andrews, General, 60. Appomattox Court House, 11. Arizona, The, 60. Arlington Heights, 88, 90. Arlington, Mass., 25, 87. Arlington, Va., 11. Arnold, Irene Adalaid, 70. Arnold, Irene G. (Clark), 23, 70. Arnold, Leonard, 23, 70. Arnold, Lilla E., 72. Arnold, L. Frank, 21, 23. Arnold, Mary Ella, 22. Arnold, William J., 12. Ashland, 12. Atchafalaya River, 52. Atlantic, The. 4. Augur, General, 58, 59, 60. Austin, Nathaniel, 82. Avery Salt Works, 56. Ayer's Division, 3. Ayer, General, 2. Bacon, Rev., Henry, 40. Bailey, Clarinda, 42, 43. Baily, Mrs., Kendall, 72. Baker, William A., 12. Banks, General N. P., 51, 52, 53, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61. Baptist Church, East Cambridge, 39. Barberry Lane, Land on, 73-85