. Pennsylvania at Gettysburg. Ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle . Irniisi/Jrania at (r(ftj/.shnr<j. 287 And now. my i(Hiir;, in closing; 1 would add, iliat ] con};rutnlat« you onhaving luid (his starry emblem lor your corps badgi, ; we believe it the grandestof them all. \Vhat memories cluster around this emblem. We read in the Bibleof the star guiding the, wise men totlie manger in Bethlehem, and that themorning stars sang together; also, • c^an you bind the
. Pennsylvania at Gettysburg. Ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle . Irniisi/Jrania at (r(ftj/.shnr<j. 287 And now. my i(Hiir;, in closing; 1 would add, iliat ] con};rutnlat« you onhaving luid (his starry emblem lor your corps badgi, ; we believe it the grandestof them all. \Vhat memories cluster around this emblem. We read in the Bibleof the star guiding the, wise men totlie manger in Bethlehem, and that themorning stars sang together; also, • c^an you bind the sweet bands of Orion,etc. Our emblem is re])resented e\ery\vhere in nature. On the earth you find itas it is delineated on tlie beautiful flower; you find it ])ortrayed in the beauti-ful snow, as it falls in liny starry flakes, carpeting the earth in winter; youfind it in the star-fish of the mighty deep, or as it flashes in phosphoric stars atthe bow as it plows the ocean, and all earth, and the heavens, as wellas this granite monument, will continue to perpetuate the memory of the OldStar Corpx. And. comrades, my j)rayer is that when your star sliall set at lites close, it
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