Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1907 — A LARGE CROWD OUT TO DECORATION EXERCISES. [ARTICLE]

A LARGE CROWD OUT TO DECORATION EXERCISES.

The weather here was all that could be desired Decoration day and a very large turn out was the result. The parade to the cemetery was led by the College band, which furnished excellent music. Following in the order named came the militia company, Sunday Schools, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, old soldiers—some 60 being in the line—and the city fire department. The oration at the cemetery was by Capt. J. A. Burnham of the local G. A. R., Post. Hundreds of citizens from town and country in carriages and on foot filled the cemetery almost to overflowing. Sexton Shanlaub had the beautiful cemetery looking at its best—and it never looked prettier. Few Decoration’s have ever seen a larger attendance here than this just passed, and while fewer veterans are seen in the line of march each year the attendance of citizens shows rather more interest each succeeding year.