Venue(s):
Union Square
Event Type:
Choral
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
18 July 2011
“TWENTY THOUSAND CITIZENS ASSEMBLED. . . . Last evening the citizens of New-York assembled in mass at Union-square, to raise their united voices in testimony of the nation’s gratitude to Lieut.-Gen. Grant, add [sic] to the armies of the Republic now under his command. . . .
The Glee Club then sang the Star-Spangled Banner, which was loudly applauded.”