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Memorial Day, 1910Description
An article from the Bangor Weekly Commercial, May 19, 1910 for the town of Corinna: "The program for Memorial Day, May 30, will be as follows: Comrades are requested to meet at G. A. R. Hall at 7:30am. General orders will be read by the adjutant. Parade will be formed with G. R. Barker, marshal. Line of march at 8:30 with Corinna Cornet Band, (?) Snell leader, on right. March to Centre Cemetery, where services will be held at 9:30; then march to the Crowell Cemetery in Exeter, where comrades will place flags on the graves of former soldiers. Then march to Exeter Corner where dinner will be served at 12 o'clock. At 1:30pm all comrades, ladies of the Relief Corps, sons of Veterans, school children, teachers and citizens are respectfully requested to form in line and march to Hill's Opera House, where Rev. C. R. Carlton will deliver the address. After the address a line of march for Corinna by Exeter Centre. Per order of G. R. Barker, commander; S. R. Roberts, adjutant."
An article from the Bangor Daily News, June 2, 1910: "Corinna Cornet Band accompanied the J. Knowles Post to Exeter Memorial Day and furnished music for the address of Rev. C. R. Carlton being the speaker."
