Chronicles of New Haven Green From 1638 to 1862; a Series of Papers Read Before the New Haven Colony Historical Society
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Groups of boys of all sizes and colors obstructed the paths, pitching pennies or shooting at cents with a bow and arrow, while their parents and guardians were patronizing more genteel gambling devices arranged on the top of a barrel or in some neighboring booth. The strains of martial music were continually in the ear and the incessant popping of pistols and fire-crackers filled the air with din and a smoky haze. The military exercises of the day commenced and ended on the Green. The uniformed... companies had by custom their regular places of assembling as follows: The Grays in front of Trinity Church; the Foot Guards under the trees parallel with Chapel street; the artillery company, or Blues, opposite the jail, now the City Hall; the Horse Guards at the north end of the Green near Elm street. The Grays, Foot Guards and Blues had each its own company band containing serpents, bassoons and Turkish bells, and the melody of their music was not always commen- surate with its volume. The feature of the day, which, as it is now obsolete, and will probably never be revived, Digitized by Microsoft® FIELD OF MILITARY PARADES AND COUNCILS.
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