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M'kinley At Encampment

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Day
27
Month
August
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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Buffalo, Aug. 24. - Another beautiful day greeted the veterans of the G. A. R. Tuesday. Crowds are stil] pouring in. All night long trains were arriving at brief intervals, depositing their loads of veterans and sightseera Tuesday morr.ing all was bustle and confusión at the railroad stations. Thousands were gathered around the different stations as early as 6 o'clock and the prin ■ cipal streets were a jostling crowd of humanity. The features of the day were the arrival of President McKinley at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the banquet tendered him by Columbia post of Chicago and the parade of naval veterans and ex-prisoners of war in the evening. The president was met by a reception committee and escorted by mounted police, 200 soldiers of the regular army and local and visiting posts of the G. A. R. to the. Niágara hotel, where he will stop during his stay here. The programme for the day also included a parade of naval veterans and ex-prisoners of war; meeting of army nurges, reunions of the First, Second, Third, Fifth, Tenth and Twenty-fourth corps; reunión of Loyal Home Workers' convention and campfire of national veterans; a G. A. R. bicycle road race, an illuminated bicycle parade, campfire of ex-prisoners of war and nurses, reception tendered to and by the ladies of the various auxiliary bodies. During the day many organizations held reunions.

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News