Iowa Old Press

Emmetsburg Democrat
Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa
June 4, 1924

MEMORIAL PROGRAM IN EMMETSBURG
A Large Attendance, Fine Adress, Exercises Were Impressive

Memorial day was generally and fittingly observed in Emmetsburg. The weather
was pleasant and there were a large number in town at an early hour. The
G.A.R., the Spanish American veterans and the American Legion formed at an
early hour and held appropriate exercises at Medium Lake for the sailor
dead. A short program was next given at the memorial tree at Harrison Park,
after which the paraders marched to the cemeteries, headed by the American
Legion band. The members of the W.R.C. and the Service Star Legion rode in
cars. There were many beautiful banners and flags in the line of march. The
graves of the following named soldiers of the several wars in which our
country was engaged were decorated in St. John's and Evergreen cemeteries:

List of Soldiers' Graves Decorated May 30, 1924.
St. John's Cemetery- James Shea, James Foy, Daniel Doran, Edward Joyce, John
Doran, John McCoy, Wm. Mulry, James Shortal, Patrick Dooley, Thomas
Moncrief, John Rodgers, Patrick Rodgers, James Flynn, James Murray, Patrick
O'Connor, James Mahoney, John M. Hefley, Joseph O'Brien, Karl Egan, John
Shea, George McTigue, Miss Kane, Nurse.

Evergreen Cemetery- N.E. Maxon, H.T. Allen, C.N. Sprout, F.M. Webster,
LeGrout, A. Hoffman, Sebastian Adrian, John Wilson, L.P. Stillman, Frank
Harrison, Wm Harrison, John Harrison, J.S. Atkinson, H.M. Case, S.W. Smith,
James Boswell, Wm Steele, Lyman Church, E.B. Soper, A.L. Ormsby, J.F. Rowe,
Thomas Slater, Earl Brooks, J.J. Rogers, Wm G Henry, George Henry, Chas. S.
Duncan, Jacob Scott, Ted Ray, Harry Brown, ----Hammery, ----Headinger, H.
Soper, Fay Booth, Eugene Thiele, Charles Grout, Charles King, J. Edward
King, Frank Baker, Ralph Duncan, Leslie Duncan, Mrs. C.S. Duncan, Nurse.

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