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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 4: (search)
resolving by vote,-- That the town will pay suitable respect to the memory of the late General George Washington; and that a Committee of eleven be chosen to make the proper arrangements. In the printed order of services, evincive of their deep regret, the Committee request as follows:-- 1. At one o'clock, P. M., the stores and shops of the town to be shut. The bell is to toll from one o'clock till the procession shall arrive at the meeting-house. The inhabitants to assemble at Union Hall, with a black crape or ribbon upon the left arm, above the elbow, as mourning. The scholars of the town school to join the procession in a body. The procession to move at two o'clock, under the direction of the Committee. 2. Females, of all ages, are requested to wear black ribbons, and to be seated in the meeting-house before the arrival of the procession. 3. Male strangers are requested to join the procession. 4. After the procession is seated, music, suited to the occasion.