Excerpt from Celebration of the One Hundreth Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America
At sunrise the church bell was rung, and a salute of thirteen guns for the thirteen original States was fired. At noon the church bell was again rung, and the people assembled at the Common in front of the meeting-house, according to previous notice. A procession was then formed by Major Eugene Carter, the Chief Marshal of the clay, in the following order: First, the Grovel and Brass Band, followed by the carriage bearing the President of the day, the Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, the Chaplain and the Orator; then the Town Officers, the elderly people and invited guests in carriages; then followed the children of the public schools on foot, many of them carrying flags; and as many others of the citizens as chose to join the procession.
At about one o'clock the procession moved up Main Street into School Street about one-half a mile to the grove on the grounds of Bradford Academy, in the rear of the building, where the whole assembly, numbering about fifteen hundred, arranged themselves around the stand provided for the occasion.
At half-past one oclock the exercises commenced. George W. Ladd, Esq., Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, addressed the assembly as follows: Ladies and Gentlemen: You all well know that we have met here to celebi ate this glorious Fourth of July. Every community ought, and every individual should participate in some way. It is a duty we owe to our country, and a duty we can do with pleasure.
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