Friday, February 23, 2024

Margaret Sellers' Friendship Book 23 February 1902

 Susanna M. Garret signed the Friendship Book
on 23 February 1902

Susanna and her family,
and Margaret's family, were neighbors.

Susanna would marry Philip, Margaret's brother, shortly after her entry.
(26 April 1902)

Susanna shared a verse from
poet George Herbert
and photos of Yale's Bicentennial
celebration.


The gate honors

IVES-CHENEY GATE -- on College Street, between Welch Hall and Bingham Hall.

On the western (inside) side of the north post a bronze plaque:
TO GERARD. Ma IVES
PRIVATE- K- TROOP
1st V- S. V. CAVALRY
DIED IN THE SERVICE
NEW YORK.AUG. 9th
MDCCCXCVIII
ERECTED BY THE CLASS OF 1896

On the same side of the south post a corresponding bronze plaque:
TO WARD CHENEY
lst LIEUTENANT 4th INFANTRY. V. S. V.
DIED FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION
IMUS. LUZON* P. I- JAN- 7
MDCCCC
ERECTED BY THE CLASS OF 1896


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