G.A.R.

The Relief Corps of the G.A.R. of this place will hold a festival beginning next Friday December 23 and continuing through the holidays.

On Saturday Oct. 8th the 51st Regt. Pa. Vols. unveiled a very fine Granite Tablet to the memory of their comrades who fell in the charge when Burnside Bridge was captured.

The New York veterans having arrived on Saturday morning were formed in line at the railroad and marched to Antietam National Cemetery headed by the Harper’s Ferry and Sharpsburg bands and the G.A.R. post of this place. Here they unveiled a statue, which they have created to the memory of their fallen comrades. The ceremonies consisted of speeches in both English and German and music furnished by the bands.

The 20th New York Monument was the first to be dedicated at Antietam.

The G.A.R. of our town have made the necessary preparations for holding an encampment in Mr. Renner’s field near town.