| Show EX confederates AT BOSTON men who wore the gray fraternize with those who wore the blue points of historic interest in the city the unique feature and in some re aspects the most important feature of G week was the reception ten dered twenty five distinguished ex confederate soldiers by edward W kinsley post in faneuil ball on monday evening aug 15 I 1 beneath the root tree of one of the I 1 country s historic public buildings consecrated to the cause of american liberty in its broadest sense these antagonists the men of the grand army and the defenders of the confederacy sat at table incidental ly the members of the noted latay ette post G of new york were also the guests of their boston corn rades the southerners who accepted the kinsley post invitation are gen fitz hugh lee gen theodore S garnett col william F cameron and capt benjamin wherry of virginia capt thomas timberlake of ken tucky judge jacob S galloway of tennessee col john wilder atkin son col allson G lamb maj F dixon and cyrus watson of north carolina col edward cox col wll llam M crumley and capt edward S gay of georgia gen julian W whit ing of alabama col luke W fin lay of mississippi gen william J behan col benjamin F eshelman col william G vincent and col an drew R blakeley of louisiana col J N simpson col james simp son judge george dark col J Tr erevant and E W taylor of texas edward clifford brush of florida now of boston the formalities incident to the re caption of the southerners corn fenced at 1 p m monday aug 15 at which hour a luncheon was given and the placards placed upon them Is about as follows old state house the first building was erected 1658 destroyed by fire 1711 present building erected 1713 old south meeting house the oldest church building in boston built 1730 southeast corner of tremont and court ats site of united states custom house 1759 washington lodged here 1789 daniel webster s law office here hanover st american house gen joseph warren s house stood here he was killed at the battle ot bunker hill 1775 nos 80 to 86 unions site of the green dragon tavern the sons of liberty met here it was styled by the british and the tories a hotbed ot sedition hanover st just south of cockerel hall here was shed the first blood 0 the revolution christopher snyder killed here by an informer to the crown feb 22 1770 16 hullet built 1724 staff headquarters ot gen gage during the battle of bunker hill christ church salem st the christ church or old north church from which was hung the celebrated signal lanterns on the eventful night of april 18 1775 tha chime of bells Is the oldest in ameri lea prince et british major pitcairn wounded at bunker hill died here lie was FANEUIL HALL DECORATED the visitors at the new algonquin club this was exclusively tor the guests and their accompanying ladles at 2 clock the members of kinsley post in uniform arrived at the club house and were introduced to the guests at 3 clock the post reformed and marched to the south terminal to receive the members of lafayette post of new york the latter were escorted to their hotel promptly at 6 clock the company sat down at round tables in faneuil hall each of these accommodating seven persons some sixteen of the more distinguished guests with the commander of kinsley post and the toastmaster occupied seats at a long table on the platform covers were laid tor about in all young worn en waiters in special uniform served the food the speaking was done on a novel plan commander graves gave the address of welcome before dinner was served and between the courses the commander of lafayette post and such of the other northern guests as were invited to speak were introduced for the remainder of the evening the southerners had the right of way and some notable addresses were made the event eclipsed in interest and significance any reunion between northern and southern participants in the civil war that has ever been held MANY PLACES OF INTEREST historic spots in boston pointed out to vis tors all of the places of historic interest li the city proper were specially placarded during encampment week that the visiting thousands could not fail to see them in their walks about the city A list places I 1 prominent at the battles of lexington and concord this house built prior to 1723 flag S agn for north sq in this square the british troops assembled on the night of the of april 1775 previous to their march to lexington and concord dock sq opposite brattle st dock sq the mob which figured in the boston massacre gathered in tah square before going to state street brattle st one quarter way from washington st to brattle sq here stood the british barrack where the outbreak started which led to the boston massacre march 5 1770 faneuil hall A gift of peter to the town of boston the cradle of liberty opened for the first time march 4 1743 burned 1761 rebuilt 1763 northeast corner kilby st and lib erty sq site of the stamp office destroyed by the mob during stamp act riot 1765 south corner washington and essex ats site of the liberty tree so named in 1763 destroyed by british 1775 cemetery in boston common the british soldiers killed at bunk er hill lie burled here washington st just south cl afton PI the line of colonial entrenchments stood here during the siege of boston 1775 atlantic av corner of pearl st boston tea party tablet decorated with flags no further wording con necessary battery wharf from this wharf the british cm barked for the battle of bunker june 17 1775 |
