. An authentic history of the Douglass monument; biographical facts and incidents in the life of Frederick Douglass ... y place and the stars. MRS. CRITTENDEN. February 20, 1805. With the laurel wreath of fame, Rochester, June 9th,crowned the memory of the great orator, statesman andapostle of enfranchisement—Frederick Douglass, her adopt-ed son. Amid elaborate and impressive ceremonies, in thepresence of a mighty throng, honored by the presence of thechief executive of the state, the shroud was lifted from thebronze shaft cast to the image of the great apostle of of his life pr
. An authentic history of the Douglass monument; biographical facts and incidents in the life of Frederick Douglass ... y place and the stars. MRS. CRITTENDEN. February 20, 1805. With the laurel wreath of fame, Rochester, June 9th,crowned the memory of the great orator, statesman andapostle of enfranchisement—Frederick Douglass, her adopt-ed son. Amid elaborate and impressive ceremonies, in thepresence of a mighty throng, honored by the presence of thechief executive of the state, the shroud was lifted from thebronze shaft cast to the image of the great apostle of of his life principle, his noble characteristics and hissupernatural efforts to uplift his race which groveled in themire of ignorance, was spoken in glowing terms of eloquence. Judged not from the heights he had attained but from thedepths out of which he had risen, the citizens of Rochesterpaid homage to the memory of the dead statesman in fittingmanner. Beneath a sunless sky, hidden by clouds, the commemora-tive and dedicatory exercises were conducted. Color was lentto the general ensemble, for citizens had decorated their. DOUGLASS MONUMENT. ^i buildings in flags, buntings and rosettes of Stars and Glory floated from all the public buildings, schools andmany residences. The proclamation of the major causedmany factories and business houses to close at noon and thelaborers augmented the throng. Things so shaped themselves that there were four distinctfeatures of the occasion. Chiefly the memorial exercisesstood out in bold relief, then there was the big from these was the presence of Governor TheodoreRoosevelt of New York state and lieutenant colonel of theRough Riders. Lastly came the receptions to and by aides designated by Grand Marshal 1ST. P. Pond, J. Rodenbeck, Charles Van Voorhis and William H. Dris-coll. left the city at 9:05 oclock in the forenoon, bound forSyracuse, to act as an escort of the Governor to the met the distingui
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