A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . ry Clay, John C. Calhoun, andPresident Polk. The memorial to the greatest American citizen that ever livedwas allowed to stand uncompleted for thirty-seven years, its formal dedicationtaking place February 21st (the 22d fell on Sunday), 1885. The address ofthe venerable W. W. Corcoran, first vice-president of the Washington Monu-ment Society, formed in 1833, was read by Dr. J. C. Welling, president ofCo
A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . ry Clay, John C. Calhoun, andPresident Polk. The memorial to the greatest American citizen that ever livedwas allowed to stand uncompleted for thirty-seven years, its formal dedicationtaking place February 21st (the 22d fell on Sunday), 1885. The address ofthe venerable W. W. Corcoran, first vice-president of the Washington Monu-ment Society, formed in 1833, was read by Dr. J. C. Welling, president ofColumbia University, and the ceremonies were of an interesting Masonic services were conducted by the Grand Lodge of the District ofColumbia, which used the gavel that Washington had employed in laying thecorner-stone of the national capitol, September 18, 1793, while the Bible was theone upon wliicli he took his vows when made a Mason. A second Bible wasthe one upon which he was sworn into office, April 30, 1789, when inauguratedPresident of the United States, This relic is now the property of St. JohnLodge, No. 1, of New York City. President Arthurs address was as follows:. THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT, WASHINGTON D. C. 462 ADMINISTRATION OF CLEVELAND. Fellow-Countrymen : Before the dawn of the century whose eventfulyears will soon have faded into the past—when death had but lately robbed therepublic of its most beloved and illustrious citizen—the Congress of the UnitedStates pledget! the faith of the nation that in this city, bearing his honored name,and then, as now, the seat of the general government, a monument should beerected to commemorate the great events of his military and political life. The stately column that stretches heavenward from the j^lain whereonwe stand bears witness to all who behold it that the covenant which our fathersmade their children have fulfilled. In the completion of this great work ofpatriotic endeavor there is abundant cause for na
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