E ON THIS DAY IN 1876 , the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Last night was the occasion of the second Fete Champetre given by the Forty-seventh Regiment at the Union Ball grounds, with the object of aiding in securing funds for the Centennial trip of the command to Philadelphia next month. This affair, like the first, did not prove so successful financially as desired, though in every other respect a popular recognition and in keeping with the character of the regiment.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1902 , the Eagle reported, “Ninety thousand children, an army from the Sunday schools of Brooklyn, outstripping in number the entire enlisted soldiery of the United States, are marching today on the streets of Brooklyn. It is the Anniversary Day parade of the Brooklyn Sunday School Union, a kind o

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