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ranked among the classics of our time. We leave this matter to the
contemplation of our readers. The 75th anniversary of the Battle of
Bunker Hill has been celebrated in a becoming manner, and by a
great body of people, without violation of law, order, or propriety,
and it will long be remembered as an occasion of interest in the history of this city and of the Monument Association.
CHARLESTOWN, June 22, 1850.
AT a meeting of the Committee of Arrangements for the celebration of the 17th inst., held this day, it was
Voted, That the thanks of the Bunker Hill Monument Association
and of the City of Charlestown be presented by the chairman, to the
Hon. WILLIAM BALLARD PRESTON, Secretary of the Navy, for the
permission to use the ship-house for the public exercises of the day;
by means of which courtesy, the largest audience that was probably
ever assembled in any building in this country, were able to hear the
eloquent oration there delivered, and to testify their interest in the
memorable occasion:
To Com. JOHN DOWNES and the other officers, and the men connected with the Navy Yard, for the very valuable assistance rendered
by them respectively, in the preparation of the ship-house for the accommodation of the immense audience which was assembled on that
day:
To Gen. JOSEPH F. BOYD for the very beautiful and appropriate
manner in which the ship-house was decorated:
To Col. ISAAC H. WRIGHT for the very efficient and highly acceptable manner in which he performed the duties of Chief Marshal, and
for the valuable services rendered by his aids and assistants:
To Maj. Gen. BENJAMIN F. EDMANDS for the highly acceptable
and successful manner in which he organized and took the direction
of the military escort:
To Col. JOSEPH ANDREWS and the other field officers under him,
in command of the military escort, and also to the several volunteer
corps who joined in the escort, and whose fine soldier-like appearance
added much to the eclat of the celebration.
WM. W. WHEILDON, SECRETARY.