Excerpt from Dedication of a Soldiers' Monument, at Claremont, N. H: October 19, 1869, Proceedings, Speeches, Etc Invitations were extended by circulars to many prominent gentlemen, and by posters to the people generally, to be present and join in the ceremonies. The day arrived and was ushered in by a salute of thirty-seven guns and the ringing of bells at sunrise. It was one of those changeable days quite common in October - clouds, sunshine and squalls rapidly succeeding each other - yet a large concourse of people, variously estimated at from five to ten thousand, and among the number many distinguished ladies and gentlemen from the east ern and middle portions of the State, assembled to do honor to the occasion. At half-past nine o'clock, A. M., the invited guests were met at the railroad station and conveyed in carriages to the village. At ten o'clock a procession, consisting of invited guests and officers of the day in carriages, fire companies, Posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, and citizens, was formed on the Com mon, under the direction of the Marshal, and, escorted by the Stearns Guards, of Claremont, headed by the Claremont Cornet Band, marched through Broad, North, Maple, Elm, Union, Sullivan, Pleasant, Summer and Broad streets, to the speaker's stand, at the east side of the Common, and facing the Monumental Statue to be dedicated. There was also a stand for the Band and Choir erected against the south wall of the Universalist church. Arrived at the stand, the Band performed a national air. The Marshal, Nathaniel Tolles, called the assembly to order, and introduced Samuel P. F iske, chairman of the Committee of Arrangements. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.