Swiss Schuetzenfest

Event Information

Venue(s):
Jones's Wood

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 June 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 Sep 1863, All Day

Program Details



For the benefit of widows and orphans of the Swiss who have fallen during the present war in the service of the Union.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Arion Männergesangverein;  Orchestra, unidentified

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 16 September 1863.
2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 16 September 1863, 5.

“[F]or the benefit of the widows and orphans of the Swiss who have fallen during the present war in the service of the Union.”