Concord (Mass.). Selectmen

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The 100th anniversary of Washington's inauguration was declared a holiday by Act of Congress. President Harrison called for observances of prayer and thanksgiving across the country. The celebration in Concord, Mass., arranged by Selectmen Prescott Keyes, George E. Walcott, and Woodward Hudson, included patriotic music, prayer, the reading of President Harrison's proclamation, addresses by Prescott Keyes, Grindall Reynolds, and E.R. Hoar, and a poem read by George B. Bartlett.

From the description of Records of the public celebration in Concord, Mass., of the 100th anniversary of Washington's inauguration, 1889. (Concord Public Library). WorldCat record id: 32843022

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