People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1896 — Decoration Day Exercises [ARTICLE]

Decoration Day Exercises

No former occasion has been observed more satisfactorily than that of last Saturday. The day was pleasant though threatening rain and the attendance was large. The G. A. R. and W. R. C. deserve great credit for the pains taken in preparing for the event. The procession formed at the court house and marched to the cemetery. It was headed by the Citizens Band, and was composed of detachment of old soldiers with guns and flag, school children, Odd Fellows, Daughters of Rebekah, Knights of Pythias, Masons, St. Joseph’s College Band, St. Joseph’s College Military Battalion, Woman’s Relief Corps, Grand Army Citizens. The addresses at the cemetery were delivered by Wm. B. Austin and Rev. L. H. Findly and both were highly meritorious tributes to the cause and to those who perished for it.