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Following the usual custom of our Puritan forefathers, the original proprietors built a church and theu a school house. From those two sources, - that church and that school-it is not claiming too much to say there emanated two of the greatest reforms the world has ever known. The tem- perance movement, which has culminated in the enactment of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, and which has now been declared by the Supreme Court at Washington a binding feature throughout the length and breadth of our land, seems to have been initiated here.
It has been stated that the very first Temperance Society in the world originated in an organization in Litchfield by an association of our citizens in May, 1789, and a quite thorough examination of the subject would seem to verify the truth of this statement. There certainly was a noble collection of gentlemen here at that time who did all they could to push forward the temperance reform.
The splendid results did not fully appear until the settle- ment of Dr. Lyman Beecher who-though his attack in the first instance was from a different angle, and directed toward the clergymen themselves-did perhaps for that very reason the most effective work. Dr. Beecher's attention was first called to the temperance question through his attendance on the Con- vocation of Ministers at the adjoining towns of Plymouth and Sharon. He was shocked both at the amount of liquor con- sumed and its effect on the ministers themselves. It was his
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fervent zeal, his sermons and advocacy of the cause that resulted in the abolition of liquor in ministerial circles, and called the attention of good citizens the world over to the evils of intemperance. The Massachusetts Temperance Society, one of the best conducted and strongest in the country, is said to have been the direct result of this Litchfield movement, having been incorporated just a year after Dr. Beecher's philippic. Among the many lessons of the late war, none have impressed the people more than that in a certain sense we are our brother's keeper,-that rum and thrift do not travel together-that "Dutch" courage cannot compare with moral courage. Think of this, my fellow-citizens! Within the records of yonder Court House there is a receipt showing that my own grandfather-when High Sheriff of this county -purchased with the money of the State seven gallons of rum for the refreshment of five of the highest judicial officers of the State during five days' session of the Court of Errors! More than a quart per judge per day! Is it to be wondered at that some of their opinions at times seemed muddled?
The second great reform which emanated from this town and church, the schools established here, and the pure air of freedom which we breathe, was the doom of slavery, which was sounded when Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin". John Brown was born just over the line in Torring- ton in 1800,-no great distance from the Beecher Homestead. A man with a modern rifle, standing on the Grant farm, could have hit either the Beecher Homestead or the John Brown birthplace. In the words of Oliver Wendell Holmes:
"All through the conflict up and down, Marched Uncle Tom and old John Brown, One ghost, one form ideal; And which was false and which was true,
And which was mightier of the two, The wisest sibyl never knew, For both alike were real".
The crowning victory of our Civil War will ever link the shores of the Appomattox with the Hills of Litchfield,-and to make the chain stronger, General Grant, though not born
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here, was descended from a family that for many years lived in and took a great interest in the affairs of this town.
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Fortunately for me, the history of the Litchfield Law School has been brought before you by a man we all honor and who did ample justice to the subject, but, as a loyal son of Litchfield and a lawyer, I am proud of the fact and wish no one to forget that here was established and carried on for many years not only the first law school in the English-speak. ing world, but one that has for all time impressed its methods on the legal profession. It is true that at Oxford, Cambridge and other universities law lectures were delivered before the establishment of the Litchfield Law School, but merely as a part of the polite education of a scholar. There was little attempt to teach the eternal principles of the law or their practical application. The influence of the Litchfield Law School was felt throughout the world, but of course most of all in our own country. Here the scholars both attended lectures and recited the lessons they had learned. This it was that distinguishes it as the first Law School, a school where lessons were taught. That Law School, Miss Pierce's School, and the Morris Academy did much to educate our people. The late Chief Justice Seymour once said that when he entered Congress-as late as 1850-he was met and welcomed by over thirty mem- bers of the House, who had graduated at the Litchfield Law School or had married women who had graduated at Miss Pierce's School.
The Morris Academy, under the direction of Captain James Morris, a soldier who distinguished himself at the cap- ture of Cornwallis, also added materially to the education, interest and influence of the community.
Naturally all the ecclesiastical and religious sentiment of the community centered around the First Ecclesiastical Society, the Congregational Church, but as the inhabitants increased other churches were formed.
Quite early the Episcopalians had the services of a mis- sionary here, but in 1745, Mr. John Davies, an Englishman who had settled in the town and was deeply attached to the principles of the established Church of England, gathered around him the people of the neighborhood and organized St. Michael's Parish, and donated to it a piece of land on which subsequently a church was erected. From that day
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to this, not only Litchfield, but New Milford has largely bene- fitted by his generosity and the interest of his family.
The late Bishop Davies of the Diocese of Michigan, and his son, the Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Davies of the Diocese of Western Massachusetts, have always taken a great interest in Litch- field and have often visited here reviving their family interest in the place of settlement of their ancestors in this country.
St. Michael's Church has had the good fortune of having Rectors distinguished for their piety and ability. Perhaps the Rev. Henry R. Hudson, the distinguished Shakespearian scholar, was from a literary point of view, the most distin- guished. He was Rector of the church for two years and sub- sequently became Shakespearian Professor at Harvard Uni- versity.
The Roman Catholic Church, St. Anthony's Parish, was started largely through the kindly benevolence and gifts of Miss Julia Beers, a daughter of the Hon. Seth P. Beers. Late in life she became deeply interested in Roman Catholicism, and by her social influence and her many devoted friends in the town, she gave the Parish an influence that it has ever since retained.
Our Methodist Brethren ever since 1837 have maintained services here, and have always had an influential and devoted congregation.
Upon the settlement of the town, our forefathers seem to have pursued a wise and friendly course towards the Indians, and on the whole-notwithstanding a few unpleasant instances -there were no serious conflicts.
The community seemed to have had no part in the first French and Indian War of 1744, commonly called Queen Anne's War. On the dispersion of the inhabitants of Acadia, so graphically described by the historian Bancroft and the poet Longfellow, some four hundred of these unfortunate refugees were sent to Connecticut, and by our Legislature, on January 21, 1755, distributed among the different towns of the State. Of these a number were sent to Litchfield, as appears of record, and some became permanent inhabitants of the town.
In the last French and Indian War, beginning in 1755, and continuing until 1763, the town took not only a consider- able but a distinguished part.
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By reason of the death of Colonel Williams at the battle of Lake George, the command of his regiment fell on Colonel Whiting, then of the Town of New Haven, but subsequently removing to this town. He distinguished himself by great coolness, skill and bravery. Colonel Whiting's orderly book and sword were valued possessions of the Whiting family, who, until within a year, have been residents of the town. The Litchfield Company, under the command of Captain Archibald McNeill of Colonel Whiting's Regiment-although not composed exclusively of inhabitants of the town -was enlisted in this innmediate vicinity, and its roster contains the names of distinguished men from this town, members of whose families are still living with us-such as the Marshes, Baldwins, Smiths, Gibbs, Catlins, Warners, Lords, Stoddards, Beebes, Osborns and Bissells-with many others.
Dr. Timothy Collins who had been the first Pastor of the Congregational Church of Litchfield, was appointed as one of the physicians and surgeons of this Connecticut Regiment.
Of the part taken by the town in the Revolutionary War, the difficulty is in determining what to omit. Without insti- tuting comparison, it can safely be said that Litchfield did- as she has always done-her full duty. Circumstances con-
tributed somewhat to the prominence of the town. The con- trol of Long Island Sound and the southern shores of our state by the British ships and troops necessarily compelled the use of the northern route between New England and the western and southern parts of our country. General Wash- ington, when desirous of a consultation with Count Rocham- beau at Wethersfield, had almost of necessity to pass through Litchfield. When a place of safety for provisions, stores and prisoners was required, what better situation could be found than among our secluded hills? So, when the Royal Governor -Franklin of New Jersey-and Matthews, Mayor of New York City, were arrested, and Governor Trumbull was requested to detain them, he immediately sent them to Major Moses Seymour, who was then acting not only as Commis- sioner of Supplies but of prisoners as well-to be detained, and the original warrant for the detention of Mayor Matthews is now in the possession of Judge Woodruff.
None of the Colonies' soldiers west of the Connecticut River was ordered to Boston at the time of the Lexington
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Alarm. Only those east of the river received orders to march, while those on the west side were generally instructed to await orders. At the battles of Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill, if any of our townsmen participated, it was as individu- als-as they did when Arnold marched to Quebec. But the most thrilling event of this time was undertaken by a Litch- field man-born in a house still standing if tradition is to be believed-Colonel Ethan Allen, who was in command of the troops that captured Ticonderoga, and who demanded the sur- render of the fortress,-"In the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress", nearly fourteen months before the Declaration of Independence.
Before the War, Connecticut had no cavalry regiment, as such. Each regiment of infantry had a troop of horse attached to it, consisting of one company. Soon after the beginning of the War, these companies were consolidated in a cavalry regiment and placed under the command of Colonel Elisha Sheldon-which regiment soon became the pride of the army, and was subsequently reorganized as the United States First Dragoons.
The conspicuous part which that regiment played in the War is of common knowledge and need not be dwelt upon. When Washington needed protection in his retreat from Long Island and through the Jerseys, it was this regiment which acted as rear guard and protected his retreat through the state. Colonel Sheldon was a distinguished and valuable citizen of the town, and the house in which he lived is still standing on North Street.
The pulling down of the equestrian statue of George III on the Bowling Green in New York and the bringing of it to Litchfield to be moulded into bullets by the fair women of our town is an incident too well known to require special men- tion, but it has always seemed to the writer to have a semi- comic as well as a tragic side. A British soldier maimed by a bullet moulded by Yankee Rebel women out of a statue erected to honor his King must have had mingled feelings; his loyalty to the King prohibited his having any ill-feeling toward the statue, but his respect for the ladies of Litchfield must have been considerably lowered.
When the importance of defeating General Burgoyne in his attempt to separate New England from New York and the
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western and southern states became apparent, General Schuy- ler sent word to General Wolcott to hasten forward to Albany as many as possible of the Connecticut troops. General Wol- cott with his usual promptness without waiting instructions from General Washington or Governor Trumbull, ordered all the Connecticut troops west of the Connecticut River to pro- ceed immediately to Albany. The Litchfield Troop of Horse, under Major Moses Seymour, and the Infantry Company, under Captain Beebe, marched immediately, and participated in the Battles of Stillwater, Bemis Heights and the final victory at Saratoga, which victory Cressey-in his enumeration of the famous battles of the world-includes as one of the most important.
There is an interesting and prophetic incident related of the banquet to which General Gates invited General Burgoyne and his officers, after the surrender, at which General Bur. goyne in response to a request for a toast, after some hesita- tion, arose and said: "I give you England and America against the world".
At the attacks on Danbury and New Haven, our Litch- field soldiers rushed to the assistance of both places. From Danbury down to the place of debarkation at Compo Beach, they pursued, attacked and harassed Tryon's troops, captur- ing and killing many of them.
Colonel Benjamin Tallmadge, aide de camp to General Washington, and one of the most distinguished officers of the Revolution, deserves more attention than we have time to give to his many valuable services. His part in the trial and exe- cution of Major Andre called the attention of the British, French and American commanders to his every action, and excited universal approbation. His firmness, benevolent judg- ment and kindly care of Andre, and his irresistible outburst of tears as that splendid British officer swung into eternity from the ignominious gibbet, gave complete evidence of the tenderness of his disposition-but which could not swerve his fidelity to duty. After the War he made his home in Litchfield, and shortly after was elected to Congress where again he rendered valuable services to the nation.
In the War with Mexico, although New England was not particularly enthusiastic in its prosecution, Connecticut did its part. It was a Litchfield boy, Henry W. Wessells, sub-
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sequently a General in the Regular Army, who - while a brave Connecticut Colonel was pulling down the Mexican flag and raising the Stars and Stripes over the Mexican strong- hold, the fortress of Chapultepec-stood beside him and pro- tected him from assault.
In the Civil War, our town did its full duty. The Con- necticut Nineteenth Regiment was recruited, encamped and trained on Chestnut Hill, and marched away to join the Army of the Potomac under command of our townsman, Colonel Lev- erett W. Wessells. No finer body of men ever left the State. At Manassas, Cold Harbor, Spottsylvania, Winchester, Han- over Court House, Cedar Creek, City Point, Hatchet's Run, Petersburg and Fisher Hill, it earned a glorious and well- deserved reputation for bravery and faithful service. It was early transferred into an artillery regiment, the Second Con- necticut Heavies, as it was called, and placed under the com- mand of Colonel E. S. Kellogg, and subsequently R. S. Mac- Kenzie of the Engineers. Under their command the Second Connecticut Heavies became one of the most useful and dis- tinguished regiments of the Civil War. Colonel Kellogg was killed while attacking General Longstreet's veteran corps at Cold Harbor. Of onr citizens, the names connected with this Regiment that come to one's mind most intimately are the beloved Clerk of the Superior Court, Dwight C. Kilbourn, Hinsdale, Shumway, Bissell, Smith, Stone, Morse, Wadhams, Plumb, Wheeler and many more we knew and loved.
In the Spanish War, when the American Fleet was attack- ing Manila and the German ships of war seemed to be inten- tionally blocking its way, it was our fellow-citizen, Rear Admiral Colvocoresses, loved and respected by all of us, who ably assisted Admiral Dewey-both equally willing to fight Germany if necessary. It would perhaps have been as well for the world had our war with Germany begun then and there.
Though this is a sketch dealing with Litchfield's past, I would not be true to its traditions if I omitted to mention the shining glory of those boys of ours who laid down their lives in France for their country, for democracy and the good of man- kind in the World War - Morgan, Weir, Devines, Jeffries, Cattey, Cornwell, Donohue, Guinchi, Sherry and Zavotti. I like to think it was the spirit of Litchfield and their loyalty
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to the best traditions of this town that made them "go over" and "carry on" so nobly.
As brilliant and effective as were the efforts of our fore- fathers on the battlefields of the Republic, the record of their çivie achievements in no way fades by comparison.
Connecticut sent our fellow-citizen Oliver Wolcott, to sign the Declaration of Independence, and after his return from Congress he was elected Governor of the State and served for two years. When Presidents Washington and Adams needed a man as Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, to assist Alexander Hamilton in straightening out the financial affairs of the nation after the Revolution, -they turned to Litchfield and selected Oliver Wolcott, Jr., son of the Governor, for that important duty, who on his return was elected Gov- ernor of the State, a position he occupied some ten years. The only other Governor of the State from Litchfield was the late Charles B. Andrews, at one time Chief Justice of the State.
Connecticut has chosen five Chief Justices of the State from residents of this town,-Andrew Adams, Tapping Reeve, Samuel Church, Origen S. Seymour and Charles B. Andrews. Eight Justices of our Superior Court have also come from our town. Two United States Senators, eleven Members of Con- gress, seven Members of the Council, besides numerous Chief Justices and Judges of the County Court, with ten High Sheriff's of the County.
When the State of New York desired a man to associate with DeWitt Clinton on the construction of the Erie Canal, they selected Henry Seymour formerly of Litchfield, then a resident of Utica.
A complete list of the important offices filled by Litchfield men would take too long to recite.
The social life of the town could hardly be otherwise than agreeable and attractive. Litchfield has ever welcomed the refined educated person, and extended to him or her its warm- est welcome. The heads of its families were not only well educated men and women, but usually occupied high social position in the state and nation. The young people in atten- dance at Miss Pierce's, the Law School and the Morris Academy were of the same high type collected from all the various States
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of the Union. There was enough serious work to occupy their time and give zest to their hours of rest and recreation. Mrs. Vanderpoel in her delightful book, "A Pioneer School" has collected many graphic descriptions of the amusements and pleasant times that they enjoyed.
Samuel Goodrich, writing under the name of Peter Par- ley, has this to say, "Litchfield Hill was in fact not only one of the most elevated features in the physical formation of the State, but one of the focal points of literature and enlighten- ment". He goes on to tell of an incident in reference to Dr. Lyman Beecher, which speaks volumes for the common sense of the good old Doctor: One evening Dr. Beecher was returning home, having in his hand a volume of Rees' Encyclopedia which he had just purchased from the book store. On his way he met a skunk and threw the book at him, upon which the animal retaliated with such effect that when the Doctor reached home he was in a very shocking plight. Sometime after, hav- ing been bitterly assailed and abused by an opponent, his friends advised him to reply. "No", said the Doctor, "I once discharged a quarto at a skunk and I got the worst of it. ] do not wish to try it again". The witticisms of the town were proverbial, and did time permit to repeat, though often before repeated, would be enjoyable. To me the reply of Sena- tor Tracy to Senator Randolph of Virginia has always seemed a nearly perfect specimen of wit. Senator Randolph hastily called Senator Tracy to the window of the Senate Chamber to see some of his "Connecticut Constituents". Senator Tracy came to the window as a drove of mules was being driven by. Turning to Senator Randolph he said, "Oh yes, they are going down to Virginia to teach school".
There is also that delightfully witty repartee of the Sena- tor which so gallantly described for all time the ladies of Litchfield. Mr. Liston, the then British Ambassador, who was thoroughly English in his ideas, said to General Tracy, "your countrywoman-Mrs. Wolcott-would be admired even at St. James". "Sir", retorted Senator Tracy, "she is admired even on Litchfield Hill".
My friends, I have mentioned only a few of the men whose character and attainments have contributed to the upbuilding of this town, of our state and of our nation. Not to forget-
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fulness of their worth but to lack of time must omissions be attributed. Many are the names among our forefathers that set an example of Godly living, loyalty and patriotism which never can be surpassed. May we and our descendants be as faithful when called to serve our God, our country and our town.
LITCHFIELD
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HISTORIC MASQUE
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DOROTHY BULL
GIVEN AT THE LITCHFIELD GOLF LINKS AUGUST 4, 1920
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COMMITTEE ON THE LITCHFIELD MASQUE
Chairman: Alain C. White Secretary: Miss Dorothy Bull Assistant Secretary: Miss Ethel M. Smith Costumes: F. Kingsbury Bull Music: Mrs. George S. McNeill Properties and Mechanics: Grosvenor Wainwright Seating: George A. Smith Printing: S. Carl Fischer
COMMITTEE ON GENERAL MANAGEMENT Dr. John Buel, Mrs. L. P. Bissell, Miss Helen Cahill, Mrs. Richard Chisolm, Mrs. Charles Henry Coit, Mrs. Robert Currie, Antonio DaRoss, Miss Adelaide Deming, Mrs. John Dove, Miss Nellie Doyle, S. Carl Fischer, Mrs. Chauncey B. Heath, Mrs. George S. McNeill, William T. Marsh, Miss Josephine Mitchell, Miss Julia Morse, John Mower, Mrs. C. I. Page, Jr., Mrs. Harold C. Richardson, Miss Margaret Sanford, Mrs. Frederick A. Stoddard, Miss Cornelia B. Smith, Albert M. Turner, Mrs. Floyd A. Vanderpoel.
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I.
PROLOGUE
Interpreter, Miss Carolyn Cowles
Good friends, we bid you welcome, who are met With us to keep this festival of years; For it is fitting we should not forget
In these swift-moving days, the hopes and fears That through the ages shaped the life we know.
Comfort and ease are here. It was not always so; But fortitude and labor nobly spent Have built for us the place of our content.
And you, who walk in these familiar ways, Unmindful of those other days
Forgetful of the men you never knew
Their silent friendly ghosts companion you, For they have cleared the fields that take your ploughs And to your pastures, once, they drove their cows, The trees that shade your streets they planted there, Their customs and their faith you share.
And it is meet that we should own Our debt to them, our friends unknown, In honorable remembrance keep The record of the years that sleep, As here in mimic action we Shall bring them back to memory; The Indian and the Pioneer, Who struggled for existence here; The housewife skilled, whose busy hands
Fulfilled her thriving brood's demands; Those folk of sturdy strength and will, Who set their city on a hill.
Where courage is, there dwells Romance; And this is our inheritance.
1. Before the Settlement-The Indians
The scene represents a variety of incidents in a hunting party, which is suddenly interrupted by
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the arrival of a runner with news of the approach of a Mohawk war party.
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Presented by the Waterbury Council, Boy Scouts of America from Camp Sepunkum, Mt. Tom, under the direction of C. F. Northrup.
2. John Marsh Views the New Plantation
The towns of Hartford and Windsor, having acquired an interest in the Western Lands, send John Marsh, the first white man to explore the region, into the Wilderness in May 1715.
Presented by William T. Marsh
3. The Purchase of Litchfield Township
The scene depicts the signing of the deed granted by the Pootatuck Indians to the Committees from the Towns of Hartford and Windsor, on March 2, 1716, at Woodbury. The deed was signed by eleven Indians, witnessed by three Indians and two Wood- bury men. A memorandum was inserted before the execution of the deed, reserving to the grantors "a piece of ground sufficient for their hunting houses, hear a mountain called Mt. Tom."
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The interpreter, John Minor, will call each gran- tor by name, and five will sign.
The sixth grantor, Sepunkum, will demur, and in dumb show, demand the hunting rights; the memorandum will be added and the signing com- pleted.
The first witness is Weraumaug, Sachem of the Wyantenucks, and the greatest chieftain present; the Indians will stand while he signs.
Presented by the Northfield Grange and the Waterbury Coun- cil, Boy Scouts of America, whose summer camp "Sepun- kum" was established on the Mt. Tom State Park in 1916,
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just two hundred years after the reservation was made by their Indian predecessors.
Arranged by Albert M. Turner and C. F. Northrup
4. Holding the Frontier-Building the Center Fort, 1723 Presented by John Buel, W. T. Marsh and men of Litchfield and Northfield -
5. The Age of Homespun-1760
Presented by the Litchfield Grange Arranged by Mrs. Frederick A. Stoddard
II. THE REVOLUTION
Security is hardly won; Mind strikes on mind and kindles fire; The work of Man is never done; He still must strive for his desire.
A dream of Power across the sea Threatens the dream of Liberty; And brothers against brothers make A bitter war for freedom's sake.
6. Ploughshares into Swords.
Enlisting a Company for the Defence of New York, June 1776.
Presented by Commander Landon and the Robert Jeffries Post of the American Legion
Interlude: Yankee Doodle. (Band and Audience)
7. George III Comes to Litchfield
In 1776, the leaden statue of George III has been taken from Bowling Green and transported by ox-cart to Litchfield to be melted into bullets.
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The ox-cart is accompanied by the Hon. Oliver Wol- cott, Governor of Connecticut. On its arrival at the Wolcott orchard, it is received with enthusiasm by the household and the ladies of the town, some of whom were ancestors of persons depicting the scene.
Presented by the Mary Floyd Tallmadge Chapter, D. A. R. Arranged by Mrs. L. P. Bissell and Mrs. Charles I. Page, Jr.
8. Lafayette's Ball, 1824
. Given in Phelps' Tavern on the occasion of the visit of the Marquis of Lafayette to Litchfield dur- ing his second stay in America.
Presented by the Children of Bantam School
Arranged by Miss Josephine Mitchell and Mrs. Geo. Trumbull (Music: Schubert's Marche Militaire)
III. THE CIVIL WAR
Once more the pride of power strikes to flame
Men's slumbering minds. Freemen have thought no shame To set the brand of slave on other men.
To weld those bonds they think no shame to break The holier bond of brotherhood to take
The sword again.
For age-old sin the children pay the price
The pitiful and cleansing sacrifice.
Interlude: Tenting Tonight. (Band and Audience)
9. Bivouac Before Cold Harbor-(The Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery)
After ten days of forced marches, the untried Litchfield County regiment arrives near Cold Har- bor, Va., on June 1, 1862. The exhausted men fall asleep in groups, only to be awakened by the order
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for the charge which is to convert the regiment into veterans in a day.
Presented by the Morgan-Weir Post of the American Legion Arranged by Sutherland Beckwith
Interlude: Battle Hymn of the Republic. (Band and Audience)
10. Home Service-1863
Presented by the Ladies of Milton Arranged by Miss Nellie M. Doyle
Interlude: The Old Oaken Bucket. (Band and Audience)
11. The Hay Field-1870
Presented by the People of Bantam Arranged by Mrs. Robert Currie
12. The New Leaven - Columbia Welcomes the Foreign Born
About 1890 the tide of foreign immigration reaches Litchfield, bringing the children of distant lands to share our heritage.
Columbia-Mrs. Floyd L. Vanderpoel
Arranged by Antonio DaRoss and the Italian Mutual Benefit Society
(Music: Columbia, The Gem of the Ocean)
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THE EUROPEAN WAR
Strange are men's ways. So bound are we, Each to the other; Yet each a stranger goes,
Strange to his brother.
Strong is the love of power, Yet in some burning mind
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Springs up the lovelier flower, Love of mankind.
In a far distant land The Powers of. Darkness grew,
Rose, and with bloody hand Smote at the good and true.
All that was brave in men
Answered the challenge then,
Sadly and wild again The trumpets blew.
And to our brothers bound, For good or ill,
Three thousand miles we heard the trumpets sound On Litchfield Hill. .
And young men took their arms again To keep the faith;
And lifted to their lips the cup of pain, And walked the roads of Death.
And they are safe, who walked the westward road With burning hearts and will.
The dreams they dreamed for this the land they loved, Ours to fulfill.
Interlude: "Keep the Home Fires Burning. (Band and audience)
13. Home Service: 1914-1920
Presented by the Litchfield Chapter, American Red Cross Arranged by Miss Cornelia B. Smith
Interlude: "Over There", "It's A Long, Long Trail"; (Band and Audience)
14. Over the Top, 1918 1
A scene from the World War depicting going over the top, destroying a machine gun nest and charging the enemy's trenches. Two scouts como
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out, reconnoiter, point, and the rest of the assault- ing party appear. Bombers and riflemen destroy the machine gun nest. A gas alarm is given. Men advance and charge the enemy's trenches.
Presented by the Morgan-Weir Post, American Legion Arranged by Sutherland Beckwith
15. The Hope of the Future
Presented by the Children of the Litchfield Schools. Arranged by Miss Dorothy Allen and the Litchfield High School Alumni Association
Music: America. (Band, Children and Audience)
THE INDIANS
THE AGE OF HOMESPUN
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GEORGE III COMES TO LITCHFIELD
OLIVER WOLCOTT
BIVOUAC BEFORE COLD HARBOR
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