E 356 .S8S8 ; b.i ■ : : ' \ I | 1 %'■■'■ '■■ !■; . 1 :■': i LIBRARY OF CONGRESS DDaD5Dfil7ES » v o ATTLL ! PROGRAMME Saturday, Sunday and Monday SATURDA V. Firemen's Day SUNDA Y, Religious and Historic Day MONDA Y, Patriotic and Pageant hay COMMITTEES EXECUTIVE Cornelius B. Crandall, chairman; James H. Weeks, secretary; Everett N. Pendleton, treasurer; Wurtem A. Breed, Jerome S. Anderson. Jr., Henry It. Palmer. Benjamin S. Cutler. Charles B. McCoart. INVITATIONS AND SPEAKERS Henry R. Palmer, chairman; Jerome S. Anderson, Jr., secretary; Gilbert Collins, Cornelius B. Crandall, John W. Chamberlain, Alberti R. Stillman, James Cooper. FINANCE Benjamin S. Cutler, chairman; Miss Louise Trumbull, secretary; Miss Jean C. Palmer. John H. Ryan. Nathaniel P. Noyes, Mrs. Charles H. Cowan, Miss Annie Mc- Grath, Elias B. Hinckley, Albert G. Martin. Henry A. Stable. James Shea, Heman J. Holdredge, Benjamin F. Williams. Dr. William H. Gray. SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF DEFENDERS Jerome S. Anderson, Jr., Dr. George D. Stanton, Elias B. Hinckley. BADGES AND SOUVENIRS Henry R. Palmer, Charles B. McCoart. PAG KANT Miss Louise Trumbull, chairman; Miss Maria B. Trumbull, treasurer; Miss Anne Atwood. secretary; Miss Virginia Tanner of Boston, director of Pageant. CAST Mrs. Dwight C. Stone. Mrs. Prank D. Stanton. Mrs. Asa Wilcox. Miss Barbara Midler. COSTUMES Mrs. E. P. York. Miss Sally W. Palmer. Miss Priscilla Loper, Miss Blanche Mason. Miss Blanche Collins. BANNERS Miss Harriet Mason. LOCATION OF OLD FORT James II. Weeks. TABLET UNVEILING EXERCISES Mrs. Clarence F. 11. jenne, Miss Ethel J. R. C. Noyes. James II. Weeks. ] :.'. MOTOR BOAT RACES Chauncey B. Rice, chairman; Lorenzo D. Fairbrother, secretary; Edward F. Dan-ell, Harry W. Babcock. MUSIC BY CHILDREN W. A. Breed, Miss Harriet N. Woodard. CENTENNIAL OAK Cornelius B. Crandall. /o AUG l3l8rtl.A377833 PROGRAMME SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 8 a. m. Dedication of the flag pole at Cannon Square by the Stonington Boy Scouts, and of the flag pole at Stanton Plaza by the Stonington Tierney Cadets. Concerts by the bands arriving during the morning hours. 2 p. in. Grand Parade of the Firemen of the town of Stonington and visiting com- panies, with Order of Parade as follows: ORDER OF THE PARADE Marshal: Major Hadlai A. Hull. Marshal Aides: Major Arthur N. Nash, Major Bourden A. Babcock. Stonington Fire Police, No. I. Captain Charles G. Cushman. Pawcatuck Fire Police, Captain William Snyder. Westerly, R. I., Fire Police. Captain John M. Himes. Chief Engineer Ed. P. Teed of the Stonington Borough Fire Department, Chief Engineer Henry A. Stahle of the Pawcatuck Department, Chief Engineer Charles Donath of the Mystic Department. Assistant Chief Engineers Charles D. Main of the Borough, Mason Manning of Mystic, F. R. Dawley, H. C. Reynolds and P. F. Casey of Pawcatuck. FIRST DIVISION. Pawcatuck Fire Department. Stone's Continental Military Band of Providence. Pioneer Hook and Ladder Co., No. 1, Stonington Fire Department, Captain Raoul M. Delagrange. Konomoc Band of New London. Alert Hook and Ladder Co., No. 1, of Westerly, R. I., Captain George H. Williams. Wakefield Military Band. Wakefield, R. I.. Hook and Ladder Co.. No. 1, Captain Charles J. Cog^shall. Copyright, [914, by the Stonington Battle Centennial Executive Com in i I tee SECOND DIVISION. Westerly, R. 1.. Band. P. S. Barber Hose Co., of Pawcatuck, Captain A. R. Gavitt. Excelsior Drum Corps, of East Greenwich, R. I. East Greenwich. R. I., Fire Co., Captain E. A. Breaman. Mystic Band. Rhode Island Steam Fire Engine Co., No. 1, of Westerly, R. I., Captain Frederick Barker. THIRD DIVISION. Chesebro Fife and Drum Corps of Stonington. Stonington Steam Fire Engine Co., No. 1, Captain F. J. Ostiuan. East Greenwich, R. I., Band. Cyclone Engine Co., No. 2, of Westerly, R. I., Captain A. D. Hill. Cataract Fife and Drum Corps, of Lakewood, R. I. Cataract Fire Co., No. 2, Lakewood, R. I.. Captain L. F. Howland. FOURTH DIVISION. Bridgeport Coast Artillery Band of Bridgeport. B. F. Hoxie Engine Co.. No. 1, Mystic. Captain Frank Kuppers. Governor's Foot Guard Band of New Haven. Mystic Hook and Ladder Co., No. 1, Mystic, Captain Frank A. Mabbett. Deep River Drum Corps. Noank Engine Co., No. 1, Noank. Captain Charles E. McDonald. FIFTH DIVISION. Tubbs' Military Band of Norw ich. Neptune Hose Co., No. 1, Stonington. Captain James P. McCoart. Dreadnought Hook and Ladder and Hose Co., Bristol, R.I., Captain Henry Gallinske. Fire King Fife and Drum Band, Pawtuxet, R. I. Westerly Veteran Firemen's Association, Captain George R. Haley. Warden and Burgesses of Stonington Borough. Guests of Chief Engineers in automobiles. Officers of Connecticut State Firemen's Association. Visiting Chief Engineers. LINE OF MARCH Form on Main street, right at Railroad avenue; up Elm street to Bay View avenue, to Elihu street, to South street, to Bradley street, to Bay View avenue, to Elm street', to Cutler street, to North Main street, to Trumbull avenue, to North Water street, to Omega street, to Hancox street, to Diving street, to Main street, to Stanton Park for dinner. Following the parade will be a luncheon in the tent at Stanton Park for guests and participants in the parade. Frank Talbot of New London, caterer, with twenty assistants. 8 p. m. Grand display of fireworks at Station Plaza. Music by Mechanics' Band before and after the fireworks. SUNDAY, AUGUST 9 Special services in the morning in the churches of the Town of Stonington. 3 p. m. Historical and Literary exercises on Wadawanuck Park, Hon. Gilbert Collins, presiding officer. Music by Mechanics' Band of Stonington. Invocation, Rev. Dwight C. Stone. Singing by chorus of School Children, "'The Flag of Stonington", written for the celebration by Henry Robinson Palmer of Stonington; music by Alfred G. Chaffee of Providence. Address by Hon. Simeon E. Baldwin, Governor of the State of Connecticut High School Prize Essay, "The Battle of Stonington," written by Henry M. Gardiner. Singing "The Star Spangled Banner." Address by Professor Otis E. Randall, Dean of Brown University, a descendant of Lieutenant Colonel William Randall, militia commander at the battle. Music by Mechanics' Band. Dedication of Centennial Oak. Poem. "•Stonington", by Miss Anne Atwood. Benediction, Rev. James E. O'Brien. Music by Mechanics' Band. 7.30 p. m. Concert on Wadawanuck Park by Mechanics' Band. MONDAY, AUGUST 10 {) a. in. Motor boat races in Stonington harbor and neighboring waters. 9 a. in. Class C, boats making less than twelve miles an hour. Distance five miles. 9.4.5 a.m. Class B, boats making from twelve to eighteen miles an hour. Distance ten miles. 10.30 a. m. Class A, boats making eighteen miles or more an hour. Distance fifteen miles. Course for all races will be from a line drawn from the head of the inner breakwater to a stake boat anchored near the west breakwater, thence to the red can buoy on the north end of Middle Ground Shoal, thence to the starting line. Class C boats will cover the distance from the starting line to the outer marks and return twice; class B boats will cover the course four times; and class A boats will cover the course four times. Boats will leave all marks on the port hand in turning. A preparatory gun will be fired before earn race, and a starting gun five minutes later. 10.30 a, m. Concert on Wadawanuck Park by Fairman's First Light Infantry Band of Providence. 12 m. Dedication of the Bronze Memorial Tablet on the site of the Old Fort, the gift of the United States Daughters of 1819 in Connecticut. PROGRAMME Music. Fairman's Light Infantry Band of Providence. Invocation by Rev. John O. Barrows. Introductory. Dr. James H. Weeks. President of Stonington Historical and Genealogical Society, and Master of Ceremonies. Song by Children. " The Flag of Stonington."' Presentation of Tablet. Mrs. Clarence F. It. Jenne, President of United States Daughters of 1812 in Connecticut. Unveiling of Tablet. Miss Rosamond Spencer Holmes, Great-Great-Grand- daughter of Captain Jeremiah Holmes. Acceptance of Tablet. Cornelius B. Crahdall, Warden of the Borough of of Stonington. Song. "America." Audience, accompanied by Band. Address. Mrs. William Gerry Slade. President of the National United State! Daughters of 1812. Remarks. Hon. Simeon E. Baldwin, Governor of the State of Connecticut Address. Abel P. Tanner, Esq., of New London. Poem. Miss Grace Denison Wheeler of Stonington. Benediction. Rev. George B. Marston. Music. Fairman's Band. The Tablet is of bronze and 30x23 inches in size, and has the following inscription: " 1814— 1914 Near this spot was located the fort in which the defenders ot Stonington. Connecticut, bravely battled and drove the British squadron from our shores on the memorable ninth, tenth and eleventh of August, eighteen hundred and fourteen. Erected by the National Society of United States Daughters of 1812. State of Connecticut". The Daughters of 1812 will be entertained at dinner in the Congregational church parlors immediately after the unveiling of the tablet. 3 p. ra. Patriotic and Pageant Parade. Battalion of United States Coast Artillery from Fort H. G. Wright, sailors from the fleet ot United States Destroyers, headed bv the 11th Band. PAGEANT-PARADE OF STONINGTON 1614—1814 Virginia Tanner, Director of Pageant. Introductory Figure symbolic of Stonington — Mrs. Henry Robinson Palmer. Banner — "Stonington Celebration, 1814-1914." Flagbearers — United States Flag, Edward T. Dennehey; Connecticut State Flag, John W. Chamberlain; Stonington Flag, William E. Rose. SECTION I The Coming of Adrian Block [Adrian Block and his Dutch crew explored the southern coast of New England in 1(514. just 300 years ago. Fisher's Island was named for one of his crew, and Block Island for the commander of the expedition himself. Block was sent out in the ship Tiger from Hoorn, Holland, (from which Cape Horn was named), in 1613 by the Dutch East India Company, whose colors are displayed in this section. The Tiger was burned, and he built at New Amsterdam the Onrust or Restless, 44 feet in length, one of the first vessels — if not the first — built by white men in America. Block prob- ably dropped anchor in Stonington harbor; at any rate he sailed into the Pawcatuck river, a fact that makes it fitting that his voyage should be commemorated by Pawca- tuck in the parade.] Banner — " Dutch Explorer. Adrian Block, 1614." Is the Restless: Adrian Block, Eugene B. Pendleton. Standard Bearers, John Long- head, Neil McKenzie. Sailors, John Tanner, Fred. Burdick, William Wells, John Austin, Irving Spencer, Earle Babcock. Charles McSparren. Charles Andrews. Mechanics' Band of Stonington. SECTION 11 Tin: Pequot Wab [In L637 the Pequots, a warlike tribe that had driven the milder Niantics from what is now southeastern Connecticut and southwestern Rhode Island, was practically annihilated near the present site of Mystic by a Colonial force under Captain John Mason, to whom Mason's Island was given for this service. Some 700 Indians perished in the battle, while the English loss was insignificant.) Banner — " Pequot Indians." Indian Braves, Warriors, Wounded Indian, Medicine Man, Riders, etc. Indian braves. By Pequot Indians of New London. Marshals, William Greig. James P. O'Connor. Roy C. Barker, John M. Cook, Michael Glynn, Thomas B. Terson, William H. Da- mon, F. M. Hayes, Samuel Prince. Christopher Beebe. O. G. Andrews, Morris H. Treadway, John Baratz. Geo. W. Reinacher. Benjamin X. Rose. Indian women, girls and boys. By Pawcatuck, Mystic and Stonington. From Pawcatuck. Marshal, Miss Natalie Hazard. Winifred Casey, May Lahn, Edith Givin, Priscilla Main, Anna Schuze, Mary Casey, Jeannie Smith, Gladys Brown. Florence Watrous, Gertrude Lahn. From Mystic. Marshal, Miss Joanna Kurnet. Indian princess, riding, Mrs. Albert Wilson. Florence Brown, Blanche Burrows, Esther Barnes, Priscilla Dickenson. Mildred Gray, Marian Gray, Marian Lamb, Bertha Lamphere, Ida Maynard, Barbara Macdonald. Eleanor Williams, Marian Prentice, Cora Rogers. Marshal, Miss Edna Wheeler. Indian princess, Rita Denison. Almeda Haley, Rachel Edgeeorab, Walli Hochchild. Beatrice Wylie. Maria Cooper, Frances Trevena, Florence Crary, Elizabeth Cheney, Esther Denison, Esther Coit. Anna Wilcox, Eleanor Davis. Violet Adamson, Margaret Galvin. Float : Tepee. From Stonington and Mystic Marshals, Mrs. Charles H. Davis, Miss Louise Trumbull. Josephine Stevenson, Elizabeth Adamson, Margaret Scheller, Elsie Hauschild, Co- retta Pollard, Tillie Fritz, Esther Bindloss. Prudence Fairbrother, Ger- aldine Joseph, Marguerite Chamberlain, Catherine Dickenson. Florence Thompson. Indian boys, George Darrell, Herbert Simmons. Banner — 'Peijuot War." Pequot Warriors. By Red Men of Westerly. Marshals, William E. Saunders, Walter Knight. Robert Knight, Otis N. Chapman, Walter Nash, Rowse L. Clark. William E. Saun- ders, Ralph Kinney. Albert Young, Harold Maine, Fred Boulter, Ray- mond Stillman. Narragansett Warriors. By Red Men of Westerly and Pequot Indians of New London. Marshals, Alfred Chapman, E. M. Hayes. James Vozella, Charles Austin, John S. Chappell, John T. E. Morrison. Francis Jordan. John T. Bentley, Charles B. Field. John J. Lawless. J. Arthur Colpas. By Stonington and Mystic descendants of John Mason. Rev. Charles J. Mason represents Captain John Mason and carries his sword; Charles J. Mason, Jr., Ralph Crumb, Harry Morgan. Clarence Coogan, Henry Coogan, Arthur Coogan, soldiers. Fairman's Light Infantry Band of Providence. SECTION III The Settlement of thk Town [The first white settler within the limits of the town was William Chesebrough. who came from Rehoboth in Plymouth Colony in 1049 and built a house at Wequete- quock. Thomas Stanton, who first landed in Virginia, came to Pawcatuck in 1650 and established a trading post on the shore of the river; later he was inter- preter general of the New England Colonies. Thomas Miner, who had lived in Charlestown, Hingham and New London, settled at Wequetequock in 1652 and after- ward moved to Quiambaug. Walter Palmer, the first of the founders of the town to emigrate to America, came to Wequetequock from Rehoboth in 1653, purchased Thomas Miner's house and acquired the land on the east side of the cove. Captain George Denison, famous as an Indian fighter, settled near Mystic in 1654, and Captain John Gallup and Robert Park established themselves in that part of the town in the same year. Thomas Wheeler came from Lynn in 1667 and settled in the northern section of the town.] Banner- "Early Settlers, 1619-1666." Chesebro family. By descendants of William Chesebrough from Ston- ington and Mystic. Marshal, Dr. Edmund D. Chesebro of Providence, who represents William Chesebrough. Orville H. Chesebro, who carries the Chesebro coat-of-arms; Gilbert H. Chesebro, Mrs. Gilbert H. Chesebro and daughter Helen (riding), Mrs. William C. Thompson and daughter Grace, Miss Mabel Ingraham, Henry Chesebro, Lucy Chesebro. Leon Chesebro, Walter Chesebro, Miss Priscilla A. Bil- lings, William H. Peckham. 2d, Benjamin S. Cutler, Jr. Jesse B. Stinson of Mystic as Samuel Chesebro. Miss Elizabeth Wilbur of Mystic as Priscilla Alden. [In 1G98 Samuel Chesebro was attacked by robbers while in Duxbury, Mass. His arm was broken defending himself, and Priscilla Alden nursed him, married him, and rode to Stonington behind him on a pillion, holding his broken arm.] Banner — "Association of Pawcatuck People." Stanton family. By descendants of Thomas Stanton from Stonington, Mystic and New London. Marshal, Donald P. Stanton. Charles Stanton, who represents Thomas Stanton. Mrs. James R. Carson, Miss Esther G. Perkins, Miss M. Louise Thayer. Miss Kather- ine Thayer. John W. Thayer, who carries the Stanton coat-of-arms, Henry D. Stanton and daughter. C. F. Stanton. M. B. Stanton. Min^r family. By descendants of Thomas Miner from Quiambaug and Mystic. With ox-cart and family possessions. Marshal, D. VV. Miner of Providence. who represents Thomas Miner. Cornelius Miner (driving ox-cart). Miss Grace Palmer Miner. Mason Manning Miner, Mrs. Henrietta Miner Stanton, Miss Hannah Miner, Stephen E. Jennings, Mrs. Stephen E. Jennings, William Russell Jennings, who carries the Miner coat-of-arms, Mrs. Emeline Allen. Miss Edith Rathbun, Miss Phoebe Stinson, Miss Annie Rathbun. Armed escort, James Higgins, Ellsworth King. Palmer family. By descendants of Walter Palmer from Stonington and Mystic. Marshal, Stephen B. Palmer, who represents Walter Palmer. William E, Palmer, J. Culbert Palmer, who carries the Palmer coat-of-arms; Miss Sally W. Palmer, Albert Palmer and daughter Julia, riding; Miss Laura S. Palmer. Lewis B. Palmer, Miss Helen Koelb, Milton Koelb, Howard Koelb. Joseph H. Hammond, Norton Hammond Brainard. William N. Palmer. Denison family. By descendants of Capt. George Denison from Ston- ington and Mystic. Marshal, Harry S. Babcock, who represents Captain George Denison. Miss Eliza Denison (riding), who represents Lady Anne Borodell; Miss Josephine B. Denison, Miss Laura T. Wood, Albert Denison, Orville Denison, Jr., who carries the Denison coat-of-arms; Miss Eliza Ann Denison, Mr. and Mrs. John F. York, Miss Elizabeth H. Robinson. Miss Phoebe Denison. Banner — "Southerntown. " Gallup family. By descendants of John Gallup from Mystic. Marshal. Amos Gallup Hewitt. Amos Gallup, who represents John Gallup; Moses Gallup, Morris Burrows, Mrs. J.W. Gallup, Miss Lillian Gallup. Miss Martha Gallup Williams, Miss Maud Pettigrew, Herbert E. Wolfe, banner bearer. Banner — "Establishment of Stonington, Ititifi.** Wheeler family. By descendants of Thomas Wheeler from Stonington and Mystic. With ox-cart and family heirlooms, horses and pillions. Marshal. Fernando Wheeler. Ralph Wheeler, riding as Thomas Wheeler; Ralph C. Wheeler. Farnsworth Wheeler, Mrs. Arthur G. Wheeler, Mrs. Fernando W r heeler, riding in ox-cart; R. C. Wheeler, Thibdeau. driver of ox-cart; Miss Grace D. Wheeler, who represents Mme. Mary Sheppard Wheeler; Ralph. Marian and Richard Wheeler. Dorothy, Donald and Mary Wheeler, children; Harry Wheeler, banner bearer; Alton Wheeler. Miss Ella Wheeler. Armed escort, Charles O. Ryon, Burrows Perry. Dr. Ira H. Noyes as Rev. James Noyes, the first minister of the town. Miss Ethel J. R. ('. Noyes of Washington, D. (\. as the minister's wife. SECTION IV King Philip's War [King Philip, younger son of Massasoit and chief of the Wampanoag Indians, was for some years a friend of the English, but, angered by their enorouchments, he formed a confederation of tribes (including the Narragansetts) against them. In 1675 war broke out. The Indians destroyed 13 towns and killed 600 colonists. In Decem- ber of that year, Massachusetts, Plymouth and Connecticut troops to the number of 1,000 invaded the Great Swamp in South Kingstown, R. I., burned the Narragansett fort and killed 600 warriors and 1,000 women and children; the English loss was 30 or 40 slain. The Connecticut troops in this campaign rendezvoused at Stonington. Canonchet. chief of the Narragansetts, has been called "the brains of the war on the Indian side". He was captured in the Swamp fight and brought to Stonington, where he was tried and put to death. His bearing in confinement was worthy the best traditions of Indian dignity and stoicism.] Banner — "King Philip's War." Float : * 4 Trial of Canonchet. ' ' Canonchet. Irving W. Congdon; Indians, Stephen Congdon, Luther Symonds. (These three parts are taken by men of Indian blood). White men, E. Frank White, Lylc Gray. Benjamin Peabody. SECTION V Captain Kidd in Stonikgton [William Kidd, famous in the annals of piracy, was born in Scotland, probably at Greenock, about 167, r >-1701. He is supposed to have been the son of a worthy Coven- anting minister. Young Kidd went to sea as a lad, privateered against the French and won a high reputation for stubborn courage. In 1691 the council of New York city awarded him 150 pounds for his services. In 1696 he was put in command of a ship with orders to seize the pirates that infested the Eastern Seas, and in 1697 reached Madagascar. In 1698-99 reports came that Kidd himself was playing the game of pirate. He was finally arrested in Boston and sent to England, where he was tried for piracy and the murder of one of his men, found guilty on the latter charge and hanged (at London) in 1701, protesting his innocence to the last. Kidd often sailed in these waters. A store of his buried treasure was found on Gardiner's Island and there is a tradition that he concealed other treasure on the shore of Lam- bert's Cove in Stonington. He was an occasional visitor on friendly terms in this town.] Banner— " Captain Kidd." Captain Kidd, Thomas Whitridge Cutler; pirates. Edwin Staplin. William Clay, etc. SECTION VI The Colonial Pekiod I Life was not all difficulty and struggle in Colonial New England. There were neighborhood jollities, •"training days," quilting bees, tea-drinkings, husking bees and dancing parties. The dances of the time suggest those of the present period — by their unlikeness. It is a long distance from the minuet and gavotte of the eighteenth century to the tango and inaxixe of the twentieth.] Banner— " Colonial Days in Stonington." Gaily dressed men and women, walking as to a gavotte. By Stonington and Westerly. Miss Anne Atwood, Miss Constance Atwood, Miss Blanche Mason, Miss Harriet Mason, Miss Marguerite Smith, Miss Dorothy Darrell, Miss Virginia Mullins, Miss Ella Perkins, Miss Dolly Whaley, Miss Marjorie Odell. Miss Clarice H. Loweree, Mrs. Horace N. Trumbull; Harry W. Babcock, rider; Courtlandt W. Babcock, rider; J. Edward Fairbrother, Harold Livingstone, Frank F. Dodge, Horace N. Trumbull. Colonial Coach. This stage coach is over one hundred years old and ran between Farmington and Hartford, Connecticut. It is loaded with ancient bandboxes and trunks from the Historical exhibit, and decorated with Hags and coats-of-arms of the period. Ls the Coach: Mrs. Christopher Morgan, Mrs. Scott, Mrs. L. H. Smith, Miss Caroline Smith, Mrs. Charles P. Trumbull. Driver of Coach, John Hol- land. Footman. William Kyon, Jr. Outriders, Frank Vargas, Joseph A. Vargas. Jr. Bugler. SECTION VII The Revolutionary Period. [Stonington bore its full part in the Revolutionary War, as well as in the Second War with England. On August 3D, 1775, it repelled an attack by the British frigate Rose, a 20-gun ship which had been harrying the southern coast of New England in searcn of food for the British garrison besieged in Boston. Captain Sir James Wallace of the Rose learned that the people of Block Island had sent their cattle to Stoning- ton for sate keeping. Accordingly he attempted to land here, but Ihe "Long Point" patriots, armed with muskets only, refused to let him come ashore. Captain Oliver Smith gathered his Long Point musketeers and Captain William Stanton hurried down from the Road district with his company of militia. The defenders assembled in the Robinson pasture, about where the residence of Mrs. Courtlandt G. Babcock now stands, just north of Wadawanuck square. From there they marched to Brown's wharf, and kept back the small boats sent from the frigate. The tenders were driven off to the Rose with heavy losses. Captain Wallace thereupon began to bombard the place. The firing was maintained for several hours and nearly every house was dam- aged. But only one man on shore was wounded — Jonathan Weaver, Jr,, a musician in Captain Smith's command, who received from the next General Assembly a grant of 12 pounds, four shillings and fourpence. Banner — "The Revolution, 1775." British Soldiers. By Stonington and Mystic. Marshal. John Carlson, Duncan Carson, Joseph Coffey. Manuel Pont, Albert Fort. Raoul M. Delagrange. Albert Young. Edmund C. Gilmore, Joseph Coney, William P. Bindloss, Jr., Hubert Zeller, Roy C. Whitall, Walter E. Hammond, J. Sherman Hammond, Frank Muller. Robert Vincent. Thomas Spears, James L. Leahy, W. Fred Wilcox, Ernest T. Dollbaum, rider; Harry McNutt. rider; Robert Shackley, Horace Durman, William Noyes, Clifford Wat- rous, Calvin Harvey. Group of young' girls carrying an American Flag. Helen Hobart. Georgianna Holland, Alice McGowan. Mary Robinson, Helena Olsen, Ida Holland. East Hampton Fife and Drum Corps in Continental uniforms. American Minute Men. By Stonington and North Stonington. Marshal, Charles i). Main. Andrew W. Perry, Edward W. Northup, S. J. Swallow, George A. Hallett, Thomas Coughlin, Max Killars. Harry Scheller. Theodore Dewhurst, Fred Doll- baum. George W. Dunham, Asa C. Wilcox, Leander Parks, Irving Eggleston, Ellery York, Charles Hillard, Ripley Park, Amos P. Miner, Jr., Ansel Pendleton, George Pendleton, Herbert Main, rider; Reuben Cook rider; Floyd Main, Richard B. Wheeler. Jr., Philip Grey, James Frank Brown. With large Revolutionary flags, Pine Tree, Rattlesnake, etc. Women Descendants of Revolution from North Stonington and Mystic. Misses Louise Merrill. Ethel Hull, Ruth Thompson, Sarah Thompson, Lila Thompson, Mary Bissell, Alice Avery, Grace Main, Ruby Park, Marian White. Catherine Wheeler, Edith Hewitt. Ella Wheeler, Josephine Dickenson, Geneva Rathbun, Mildred Chapman, Edna Chapman, Cora Clark, Mrs. Edgar Chapman, Mrs. John Avery, Mrs. George W. Taylor. Mrs. A. O. Colby and daughter, Mrs. Walter T. Fish, Miss Louise Fish. Miss Fannie Fish, Miss Jessie Fish, Miss Ellen T. Holmes. Women and Girls from Stonington. Miss Barbara Midler. Miss Maud Spencer, Miss Tanner. Mrs. Luella T. Gager. Schoolmaster, Rev. Dwight C. Stone. Children: Minnie Derricks, Alice Powers, Marjorie Ferris, Helen Miller, Edith Lathrop, Myrtle Wilkinson, Josephine Delagrange, Lillian DeMoura, Leonora DeBragga, Emily Robinson, Mary Clark, Margaret Clark. Cath- erine Levens, Elsie Morrison, Marjorie Fort, Genevieve Lynch, Constance Fort, Emma DeMaura, Anna Garity, Viola Reid, Mvrtle Vennard, Frances Joseph, Constance Delagrange, Thomas Reid, John Culligan, Maurice Roux. John Chevallier, Lawrence Gilmore, Fred Buck. Stiles Gilmore, Joh'n MacDowell, Frederick Cushman. SECTION VIII Whaling and Sealing Days [Whaling and sealing were carried on by Stonington vessels from early times. in the middle years of the nineteenth century the whaling interests of the pert required many ships and represented a large investment. Fortunes were made in this indus- try. It was from an anchorage in the South Shetlands that a Stonington sealing squadron in lSi^l descried the peaks of West Antarctica. In the Hero, a mere shallop of 45 tons, Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer of Stonington sailed to examine the region and find, if possible, new sealing grounds. The result was his discovery of the land afterward named Palmer Land in his honor, which was. until recently, the most southerly known territory on the globe. Captain Palmer has a rightful claim to be known as the discoverer of Antarctica.] Banner — "Whaling and Sealing Days." Float : Whaling boal . By Stonington. Sailors: Benjamin C. Chesebrough. W, Avcrill Pendleton, William H. Hallett, Harry F. Chesebrough. George C. Pendleton, Charles E. Staplin, 3d. SECTION IX War of 1812 [On August 9. 1KU, during the Second War with Great Britain, a hostile squadron under the command of Commodore Thomas Masterman Hardy made its appearance off Stonington. The vessels were the liamillies, 74 guns; Pactolus, I!; Despatch, .'.' and bombship Terror. The Nimrod, '0 guns, was afterward added to this formidabli quartette. Commodore Hardy sent word ashore as follows: "Not wishing to destroy the unoffending inhabitants residing in the town of Stonington. one hour is given them from the receipt of this to remove out of the town". The place was made readj . nevertheless, for defence. Behind a four-foot breastwork near the present entrance to the inner breakwater three guns, (two 18-pounders and one 6-pounder), responded gallantly to the fire of the 160 English cannon. The attack lasted from the evening of the ninth to the twelfth of August, when the enemy sailed away, discomfited and crippled, having failed either to destroy the town or to effect a landing. The Des- patch alone lost 21 killed and 50 wounded, and when she withdrew with the rest of the squadron was in a half-sinking condition. "It cost the King ten thousand pounds", wrote the balladist Philip Freneau, "to have a dash at Stonington". Two of the de- fenders were wounded, one of them so seriously that he afterward died. Many houses were struck, but none were destroyed.] Banner "War of 1812." Cavalry. By the Road. Marsha!. Seth N. Williams. Charles M ell, John Williams, Joseph Noyes, Herbert West, Edward Cieer, George Pendleton, Varien York. Noyes Farnell, Charles Bennett, .lr.. Harry K. Palmer. James E. Ford. Regulars. By Stonington. Marshal, James J. McCoart, rider. Charles Miller, Charles Barnes, Clark Barnes, Ernest Nippers. L. Koehler, Henry Burback, Eugene Olsen, Timothy Donahue, John Chevallier, M. Max- well, Arthur Birchall, Philip M. McCormick, William Schribner, Chester Miller, John Shackley, Fred Holland, Walter Reed, Frank Brier, Edward James Welsh, Richard E. Fritz, E. A. Burdick, E. M. Delagrange, Austin Young, Roy Harper. Cannon used in the defense of Stonington in 1814. Volunteers. By descendants from Stonington, Mystic, Old Mystic and North Stonington, August 9, 10, 11, 1814. Marshal, Charles P. Trumbull, Jr. Professor Otis E. Randall of Providence, great-grandson and representative of Lieu- tenant-Colonel William Randall. Carey Maine, drummer. Mr. Maine's father and grandfather went to the defence of Stonington in the hurry call of 1814-. His uncle was a regular soldier and his great-grandfather served in the Revolution. DenisoD Clark, Ralph Koelb, Clifford Denison. Henry M. Gardiner, William Noyes, Clarence Shay, Herbert W. Rathbun. Marshal, R. B. Wheeler. Jr., rider. Allen Coats. B. P. Wheeler, rider, who carries old sword and pistols; Frank Wheeler, rider; Frank Thompson, George Thompson, Herbert Maine, Edgar W. Chapman, who carries old brass knuckers; John D. Avery, Wilfred N. Nye, rider; Harry Merrill, Chester Merrill, Merton T. Webster of West- erly, who carries musket and powder horn used in the defence; Fred Steadman, rider; Ernest Grey, Leon Pierce, Theodore Perry, Elwood Davis. James Whitney, Elisha Davis. William Marchand, Charles C. Grey, William Grey, Morris Wyley, Ray A. Gardiner, Dr. C. Wesley Hale. Float: Captain Jeremiah Holmes holding 181-1 Hag. Jeremiah Holmes of Brooklyn. N. Y.. a great-grandson, who represents Captain Holmes Raymond Holmes.. Chesebrough Fife and Drum Corps of Stonington. Women of 1814. By Stonington. Marshal, Mrs. Frank D. Stanton. 1 he Misses Grace Midler, Sarah Graham, Rose Studley, Jennie Spears, Annie Graham, Emilie Florup, Mary Chamberlain, [Catherine Coffey, Cecelia Gilmore, Florena Thompson, Elizabeth Adarason, Helene Vargas, Ella Graham. Helen Cleveland, Ida Thompson, Marcella Mennier, Teresa Weismyer, Gertrude Burbach, Agnes Killars, May Brightman. Miss Corns tock, Miss Hodge, Mrs. Ruth Lee Adams, Mrs. Elsie Killars. Mrs. DwightC. Stone. Children of 1814. By Stonington. William Florup, Adolph Lucker, William Lucker, William Taggart. Mary Taggart, Josephine Lucker, Ora Vincent. Bertha Winkler, Catherine Lehman, Anna Schmitz, Edward Vennard, John Wilcox, Eugene Holland. John Tanner, Raymond Olsen, Henry Morrison, Norman Wilcox, Waldy Morrison, Catherine McGowan. Violet Duke, Jack llhodehouse, Margaret Monjo. Ethel Rhodehouse, John MacDowell, Paul Pampel, Florence Buck, Anna Earnan, Anna Robinson, Anna Morrison, Jennie Spears, Aimer Spears, Ruth Spears, Wilifred Spears, Court land P. Chapman, who rides a pony. SECTION X Thk Victory of 1814 Banner — ''Victory of 1S14-. "" By Stonington. Rider, symbolic of " Columbia," — Mrs. Martha II. Miller. Float: Victory. Figure symbolic of Victory— Miss Ethel Simmons. Symbolic figures on float and walking. The Misses Leah Connell, Vera Bradley, Pauline Spargo, Ethel Pollard. Anna Vargas, Mary Hunt, Alma Killars, Thelma Hinckley. Symbolic figure riding — Miss Maud Gammon. Banner — "Sons and Daughters of 1811." Real Sons and Daughters of 1814. Members of the Grand Army of the Republic. Sons of Veterans. Westerly Band. Banner — "Marching Chorus." Marching Chorus of School Children. Boy Scouts. Tierney ( ladets. LINE OF MA1U II. From Westerly road down Elm street to Main street, up Main street to and around Mathews Park, down Water street to Omega street, through Omega street to Han cox street, up Hancox street to Diving street, through Diving street to Main street, up Main street to Cutler street and tent. Immediately following the parade a luncheon will be served to all participants in the tent at Stanton Park. 8 p. m. Grand display of fireworks on Station Plaza. Music by Mechanics' Band before and after the fireworks. 9 p. m. Costume ball at Wequetequock Casino, which will be opened by a programme of dances arranged by Virginia Tanner. 1. Indian dance (Indian melodies), the Misses Rita Denison, Gertrude Lahn, Catherine Dickinson, Marguerite Chamberlain. Geraldine Joseph, Esther Denison. 2. Classic dance (Schumann, Dvorak), Virginia Tanner. 3. A Rigadoon (Grieg), the Misses Anne Atwood, Harriet Mason, Blanche Mason, Constance Atwood, Virginia Mullins, Marjorie Odell, Clarice H. Loweree, Marguerite Smith; Messrs. J. Edward Fairbrother, Frank F. Dodge, Harold Livingstone, William C. Palmer, J. Culbert Palmer, Jr., Charles J. Mason, Jr., Harry W. Babcock, Courtlandt W. Babcock. 1. Orientale (Delibes, Grieg), Virginia Tanner. 5. The Sea (Tschaikowsky), The Misses Vera Bradley, Pauline Spargo, Alma Killars, Leah Connell, Mary Hunt, Mrs. J. Frank Durgin, Virginia Tanner. Ail mission to ball one dollar. THE FLAG OF STQNINGTON Words by Henri/ R. Palmer Music by Alfred G. Chaffee I Where foams the blue Atlantic. By rock} Napatree, And twilight's friendly towers Shine red and gold to sea, Great Hardy of Trafalgar, With all his ships in row, Came flashing down to take the town A hundred years ago. Choiu>> : Hut in our smoking ramparts Were daring men on guard, And high above them fluttered The striped flag and starred, The flag of our affection That still adorns the sky — Where'er we be, on shore or sea, We'll love it till we die. II Roared eighty guns to starboard. Roared eighty guns to port, And hid the starry standard That flew above the fort, But when the fight was finished, It showed its colors fair, The victor-tints the sunrise prints Upon the morning air. Chorus : For in our smoking ramparts Were daring men on guard, And high above them fluttered The striped flag and starred. The flag of our affection That still adorns the sky — Where'er we be, on shore or sea, We'll love it till we die. Ill A hundred gracious summers Have decked New England's shore, And Britain's hostile squadrons Go up and dowji no more, The heroes, too, have vanished Who held the coast of old, But where they fought our hearts have wrought Their victory in gold. ( IHORUS : And when our country summons Her loyal sons on guard, They'll rally round her banner, The striped flag and starred, The flag of our affection That still adorns the sky — Then three times three, where'er we be, We'll love it till we die. COMMITTEES OFFICIAL PROGRAMME Henry R. Palmer. Mrs. Henry K. Palmer. Jerome S. Anderson. Jr. LOAN EXHIBITION Cornelius B. Crandall, Miss Maria B. Trumbull, Miss Anne Atwood, James H. Weeks. OFFICIAL MOVING PICTURE PHOTOGRAPHER George W. Wallace of Providence. FIRE PARADE Chief Engineer Ed. P. Teed, Stonington, chairman; Assistant Chief Charles D. Main. Neptune Hose Co.. No. 1, Stonington— James J. McCoart, J. J. Young, Manuel Joseph, George G. Francis. John W. Chamberlain. Stonington Steam Fire Engine Co., No. 1. Stonington — F. J. Ostman. James Daily, J. Benjamin Adams, Jerome S. Anderson, Jr., Charles A. Rix. Pioneer Hook and Ladder Co., No. 1, Stonington — Raoul M. Delagrange. James Duke. W. F. Broughton. Jr., treasurer; Robert L. Burtch. secretary; George W. Haley. Stonington Fire Police, No. 1 — Patrick Fitzpatnck. Chief Engineer H. A. Stahle, Pawcatuek; Assistant Chiefs F. R. Dawlcv. H. C. Reynolds. P. F. Casey. P. S. Barber Hose Co.. Pawcatuek — A. R. Gavitt. P. Morrison, Thomas Donohue. Charles J. Norris. William Crandall. Pawcatuek Fire Police — Andrew Fallon. Chief Engineer Charles Donalh, Mystic; Assistant Chief Mason Manning. B. F. Hoxie Engine Co., No. 1, Mystic — George H. Foley, Herbert Gledhill, Henry Lankes, Rudolph Donath, Edward McKone. 1111'; LOAN EXHIBITION OF THE STONINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS BEING HELD IN RYONS HALL ON WATER STREET. Edward H. Sheffield, custodian. Open each day until October I. li'll. Season Ticket $1.00 Admission 25 cents. Children 10 cents. Rare china, costumes, furniture, pictures, Indian and whaling relics, are to be seen. The exhibit is one of the most complete ever held in New England. The exhibition is being held to procure funds for a home for a permanent exhibit. 89 jf ,0* o»"* fl ¥ V*-" J, ^ ••■•" < -\