Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1916 — BATTLE GROUND PILGRIMAGE [ARTICLE]

BATTLE GROUND PILGRIMAGE

Much interest in being shown in the pilgrimage to the Tippecanoe battle ground of the Society of the War of 1812 on Sunday, November 5, the oqe hundred fifth anniversary of the battle of the Tippecanoe. The United States Daughters of 1812 will Join officially in this pilgrimage. The Tippecanoe battle ground, on the banks of the Wabash, nine miles north of Lafayette, is now a very beautiful park with a large auditorium and other buildings. A station on the Monon railway is at the entrance to this park. There will be appropriate exercises including a program of music and patriotic addresses, beginning at 2 p. m. The facilities of the Monon and other railways and of tho interurban will permit those who wish to go on this pilgrimage to leave home Sunday morning, attend the exercises and reach home the same night. If (ho day is pleasant, the exercises will be held in the open air. Otherwise in tho auditorium. The mayor and citizens of Lafayette and surrounding territory are giving their hearty co-operation. Every one is invited to join In this pilgrimage and will be indeed welcome. It is especially desired that youths and children attend. For full information of this pilgrimage, or of the requirements of membership in the Society of the War of 1812, address John M. Stahl, president, Illinois Society of the War of 18 12, 3401 Michigan avenue, Chicago, or James Edgar Brown, secretary-treasurer, Illinois Society of the War of 1812, Conway building, Chicago. The Jurisdiction of tho Illinois Society of the War of 1812 covers the entire United States west of Pennsylvania and it has members and officers in Indiana, Michigan, etc., as well as Illinois.