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...their saddles and as the first pair of horses appeared through the entrance which connects the outer with the inner courtyard, a rasping order brought flashing swords to a royal salute. Somewhere in the background the drums of the Grenadier Guards rolled and the band broke into the national anthem. The massive main iron gates were thrown open and through them slowly passed the state coach, six footmen walking on either side. In the rear the Captain of the Household Cavalry led his troop and the small procession passed out into the Mall beyond the Victorial Monument amid deafening cheers...
...Generals entered the Stadium a demonstration for the new President was drowned by the martial strains of the National Anthem. Alighting from the carriage the incoming and outgoing Presidents mounted the carpeted stairs to the grandstand where stood distinguished guests. Among those in the stadium: Seņora Obregon, wife of the President; Seņorita Obregon, sister; Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor with 300 followers, visiting merchants of New Orleans...
...balloons. The Generals stood on either side of the Speaker of Congress, who in less than two minutes administered the oath of office to General Calles, who then became Mexico's first Labor President. An instant later artillery belched; 25,000 people cheered; bands again crashed out the National Anthem...
...Pantheon, the ashes of the dead man's body were laid to rest to the tune of La Carmagnole, anthem of the Revolution...
...report rather than as first-hand verity. In general, I believe the members of the Team were courteous and considerate and well-behaved; but so, in general, were the French audiences that watched the Games. At any rate, remembering always our immense numbers, and that irritating business of anthem and flag, it does not seem to me we were treated sufficiently badly to enable us to cast any slurs. This question of booing is a question of breeding rather than of nationality anyway-as witness the South Boston, aggregation in the Harvard Stadium not so long...