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1 Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Monographs Collection LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS. 219 Church at two o'clock P. M. on Monday, February 25. Private services were previously conducted at the Douglass home by the Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson, pastor of the Anacostia Baptist Church. At ten o'clock A. M. the remains were removed to the Metropolitan Church, to be viewed by the public. The body was met at the door of the church by the trustees of the church, J. W Cromwell, A. P Goines, John A. Simms, William Beckett, Jeremiah Johnson, James Ricks, and William Turley; a guard of honor furnished by the General Russell A. Alger Camp, No. 25, Sons of Veterans, Division of Maryland, in the fatigue uniform of the United States cavalry, the detail in charge of Captain Judd Malvin, Past Captain John P Turner, Lieutenant George A. Scott, Chaplain David M. Turner, Lieutenant Colonel Hamilton S, Smith, Sergeant Willis Madden, and Sergeant G. H. Woodson of the Tenth United States cavalry. Members of the guard of honor were detailed to stand at the head and foot of the casket as it rested on the dais in the church. The beautiful and numerous floral tributes which had been sent by friends, societies, schools, and the Haytien government were massed in front of the pulpit. The day was an unusually bright and pleasant one for the season of the year. Not a cloud appeared in the sky. The sun shone out in all his
Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Monographs Collection 22O LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS. brightness, as if to do honor to the dead leader. The closing of the colored public schools, of Howard University, of places of business conducted by colored men, and the general cessation of daily pursuits gave opportunity to the people to turn out en masse to show respect to the great commoner. Long before the hour arrived for viewing the body, a countless multitude had gathered around the church and in the streets leading to it. At ten o'clock the doors of the church were opened and the public began to view the remains. The procession, which was a continuous one from this time on till the doors were closed at 1.30 P. M., passed in at the east door, round the bier and out again at the west door. It would be impossible to say just how many persons passed into the church. There seemed to be no end to the procession, and when the doors closed not one-half of the waiting throng had been admitted. The following is quoted from the Washington Star: "When the doors opened at ten o'clock there was a crowding to see if those who had waited out of the long line, reaching down Fifteenth street, could not get in, but the police insisted on perfect order, and the procession of sad-faced people poured steadily into the church at one door and out at the other. The guards constantly cautioned those who lingered past the
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