Public Meeting to Support the Johnson Administration

Event Information

Venue(s):
Cooper Institute

Event Type:
Band, Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 June 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

07 Jun 1865, Evening

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Band, unidentified;  Anderson Union Glee Club
2)
"Hail to the chief"
Composer(s): Sanderson
Participants:  Band, unidentified
3)
Judas Maccabaeus, "See, the conqu’ring hero comes"
aka See, the conquering hero comes
Composer(s): Handel
Participants:  Band, unidentified
4)
Airs, unidentified
Participants:  Band, unidentified
5)
Songs, unidentified
aka New songs; Foreign airs by native artists
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Anderson Union Glee Club
6)
"Red, white, and blue, The"
aka red white and blue
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Band, unidentified
7)
"Flag of Bunker Hill"
Participants:  Anderson Union Glee Club

Citations

1)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 08 June 1865, 1 and 8.

     His Arrival in New York.

2)
Review: New-York Times, 08 June 1865, 1 and 8.

     “Ten thousand people gathered at the several entrances of the hall. . . .

     . . . Impatient for Grant, the crowd brooked no delay, and it was with difficulty that the policeman could preserve order.  The music of the band didn’t please them. . . .

     At this moment a stir was made near the side entrance, and instinctively the vast assemblage knew that their man had come.  Sure enough, as the band struck up ‘Hail to the Chief,’ Gen. Grant . . . appeared. . . .

     The Anderson Union Club sang two capital songs, the band played ‘Red, White and Blue,’ Gen. Blair retired, and Gen. Nye was called upon for a speech. . .

     The Glee Club then sung the ‘Flag of Bunker Hill,’ and the immense audience dispersed.  It was the largest meeting ever held in Cooper Institute.”

3)
Review: New York Herald, 08 June 1865, 1.

     One of the subtitles: “Speeches, Enthusiasm, Music, &c.”  “Arrival of General Grant . . . while the band played ‘Conquering hero’ and other airs.  The General made no speech and remained but a few minutes on the platform. . . .

     The Anderson Union Glee Club favored the audience with another patriotic song, after which cheers were given for President Johnson, General Grant and the Union, whereupon the president declared the meeting adjourned.”