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Knoxville Weekly Chronicle
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
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On Tuesday, May 31st, the 41st anniversary of the Sunday-School Union was celebrated in Brooklyn, N.Y., with a parade of teachers and scholars from various Sunday schools, estimated at 30,000 children including two colored schools. They then marched to churches for refreshments and were dismissed, wearied but happy.
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—On Tuesday, May 31st, the forty-first anniversary of the Sunday-School Union was celebrated at Brooklyn, N. Y., by a parade of the teachers and scholars belonging to the different Sunday-Schools.
It is estimated that there were no less than 30,000 children in line. There were two colored schools in the procession.
After the parade the children marched to their respective churches, where they partook of refreshments prepared for them, and then were dismissed to their homes, wearied after their long march, and happy still in the thought of the pleasure which the forty-first anniversary of the Sunday School Union had afforded them.
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Brooklyn, N. Y.
Event Date
Tuesday, May 31st
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the children were wearied after their long march but happy with the pleasure of the anniversary.
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The forty-first anniversary of the Sunday-School Union was celebrated by a parade of teachers and scholars belonging to the different Sunday-Schools. It is estimated that there were no less than 30,000 children in line. There were two colored schools in the procession. After the parade the children marched to their respective churches, where they partook of refreshments prepared for them, and then were dismissed to their homes.