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Vol. I. No. 14 
Enterej as second-class matter May 
BEVERLY, MASS., SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1904 
Three Cents 
23, 1904, at tie post-office at Beverly, Mass., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. 
MANCHESTER POST. 
Twenty-seven Members in Line at the 
Big Parade luesday. 
Since the days of ’61, when the 
Manchester boys gallantly marched 
away in answer to the call for men to 
preserve the Union, the town ‘‘ by-the- 
sea’’ has not felt the wave of patriot- 
ism that has swept over it this week. 
It has been Grand Army week. A 
grander assemblage of men never 
paraded Boston streets, and the parade 
of Tuesday can never be duplicated. 
Over 25,000 men, war-scarred heroes, 
gathered from all over the country in 
National Encampment, yet ere an- 
other year shall pass away that fast 
decreasing army shall have lessened 
its numbers by many thousands. 
The gathering, which could not but 
inspire all the vast throng that saw it, 
brought with it a wave of patriotism 
that will be felt the country over. 
Manchester —her little post fast 
fading — sent 27 men to take part in 
the parade, and a grand little part it 
was, too. 
them. 
Led by the Manchester brass band 
the veterans, under Commander E. 
P. Stanley, started from the Post 
headquarters shortly before 8 o’clock, 
Tuesday morning, and marched to 
the station. A special car was provided 
for them and in this, with the band, 
they were carried to Boston. 
A special electric was provided tor 
them on reaching the Hub, and con- 
veyed them to the point in the line 
where they were to form. 
At 9.30 they were in line on the 
Charles street mall, but not till 2.30 
did they actually start. Meanwhile 
they lunched on the Common. 
On the line of march the Manches- 
ter post were given the glad hand by 
the crowds more than once. They 
presented a good appearance, dressed 
in full uniform and carrying canes 
which had been presented to them by 
Bell’s combination store in Manches- 
Lit 
The post was in the Second Divi- 
It was, truly,a gala day for 
sion of the parade—the Massachu- 
setts division — and marched: behind 
Post 66 of Boston. The “boys” 
marched in two platoons, under Com- 
mander E. P. Stanley. Charles Stone 
was officer-of-the-day. 
The band added materially to the 
appearance of the post, hundreds of 
delegations many times larger not 
being privileged with music from their 
own band. 
After the parade the post and their 
guests went to the Hotel Plaza and 
sat before a copious spread. 
The day was warm but pleasant, and 
the veterans got all the enjoyment 
out of the occasion possible. The 
shower in the late afternoon came just 
after the parade and when the post 
was safely within shelter. 
When the post left Manchester in 
the morning, a large crowd was on 
hand to see them off. As they marched 
up Union street in front of the 
BREEZE office, John R. Cheever 
caught a picture of them, and the 
BREEZE reproduces it in this issue. 
Photo. by Cheever. 
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Post 67. G. A.R., Manchester, 
CARD 
CATALOGUED, 
Passing BREEZE office on way to Station, Tuesday. 
