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Excerpt from Unveiling of the Monument Erected at Ottawa: In Memory of the Right Hon. John A. Macdonald
Lauder, Rev. Mr. Bogart, Rev. Mr. Snowden, Rev. Nv. W. Carson, of Detroit. Three provinces, Ontario, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, were represented by their lieuten ant-governors, Messrs. Kirkpatrick, Daly and Howlan. Shortly before twelve the military, consisting of the local corps and the Royal Scots, marched into the grounds and took up a position on the lawn in front of the buildings, forming three sides of a square and as the midday gun announced the hour of noon, the Ottawa Field Battery, which was stationed to the east of the Eastern block, fired the customary salute of twenty-one guns. This is the first time that'a Dominion day salute has been fired from Parliament hi11, the'sa1ute being usually fired from Nepean point. The troops in line then gave three hearty cheers and the band played God Save the Queen.
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