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...Confessor, patron of the Order, to lay the gold on the altar there. The Dean delivered himself of a brief address and the choir sang the 68th Psalm to a harmonized Gregorian chant. The Order then marched in solemn procession around the Abbey and with the laying of a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the "most impressive ceremony the old Abbey had seen for centuries" was over...
Died. Ambrose Higgins, Jr., four, in Manhattan, knocked down by a truck. Representing the children of America, he laid a wreath on the bier of President Harding when the latter's body lay in state in the Capitol, Washington...
...Oyster Bay, Mr. George laid a wreath upon the grave of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt. Attached to his floral tribute was a card upon which Mr. George had written: " To the memory of an attractive and powerful personality, who fought the good fight with radiant valour...
Brigadier-general Sir. Percy Sykes, Late commander of Colonial troops in Southern Persia, has placed a memorial wreath to Dillwyn Parrish Starr '08 at the base of the honor roll board in the main hallway of Widener Library. Starr was a lieutenant of the Cold stream Guard of the British army and was killed in action on September 15, 1916, at Giuchy in France. In his undergraduate days at the University he won his "H" on the football team during four successive years. The green wreath has a small Union Jack Pinned...
Marion. Mr. George laid a wreath on the tomb of President Harding and afterwards called on Mrs. Harding. Speaking from the platform of his train, he said: " I came to pay a tribute of respect to the memory of one who in his public life became beloved to the people of this country and the world...