Bi Centennial Celebration May 26 28 1911

Author : Jean Baptiste De Bienville
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780428997427
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (974 download)

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Download or read book Bi-Centennial Celebration May 26-28, 1911 written by Jean Baptiste De Bienville and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-13 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Bi-Centennial Celebration May 26-28, 1911: Of the Founding of Mobile A full account of the proceedings is found in the Alabama Historical Society Publications for 1902, and a fine appreciation by Grace King is in the Outlook for Feb. 15, 1902. The earlier celebration, although smaller, was a fitting introduction to the later one of 1911. The idea of celebrating the 200th anniversary of the City of Mobile was taken up as matter of discussion by the Iberville Historical Society in 1907, at which time a committee on celebration was appointed, with Erwin Craighead as chairman, with instructions to try to interest Mobilians in the get ting up of some ceremony to mark the date of the anniversary. The first step taken was to invite all organizations, including the city and county governments, to a conference on the subject and such conference was held February 7, 1909, in the Auditorium of the Battle House, Mr. Craighead presiding and outlining what would be needed to make a successful celebration. Represented in this meeting were the Iberville Historical Society, the city executive, the city council, the county Revenue Board, the Commercial Club, the Chamber of Com merce, the Cotton Exchange, the School Board, the State Executive, the railroads, the hotels and the foreign consuls. A committee on' ways and means, with Mr. Francis J. Inge as chairman, was appointed, after a considerable discussion of what would be proper to do. A resolution favorable to the holding of a celebration was adopted without objection. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.