A record of the dedication of the monument on Dorchester Heights, South Boston, built by the commonwealth as a memorial of the evacuation of Boston, March 17, 1776, by the British troopsMarch 17, 1902 . ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY GOVERNOR CRANE ^NE hundred and twenty-six years agoto-day, American patriots, under theleadership of George Washington,erected fortifications on these heights, which re-sulted in the British troops, under the commandof General Howe, evacuating the town of that day to this the soil of Massachu-setts has not been pressed by the foot of a foreignfoe. In gratef
A record of the dedication of the monument on Dorchester Heights, South Boston, built by the commonwealth as a memorial of the evacuation of Boston, March 17, 1776, by the British troopsMarch 17, 1902 . ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY GOVERNOR CRANE ^NE hundred and twenty-six years agoto-day, American patriots, under theleadership of George Washington,erected fortifications on these heights, which re-sulted in the British troops, under the commandof General Howe, evacuating the town of that day to this the soil of Massachu-setts has not been pressed by the foot of a foreignfoe. In grateful memory of the brave men who byresistance to tyranny and by successful revolutionestablished the Republic, and to the end that thenoble deeds done here may not be forgotten, theCommonwealth has erected this monument, whichI now have the privilege to unveil. 23 PUBLIC EXERCISES IN THE SOUTH BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL. DORCHESTER HEIGHTS MEMORIAL PROGRAM PRESIDING OFFICEROVERTURE HIS EXCELLENCY W. MURRAY CRANE Thomas PRAYERRESPONSE Mignon ORCHESTRA MR. EMIL MOLLENHAUER, CONDUCTOR REV. WILLIAM F. WARREN, , ORCHESTRA Almighty Father QUARTET MRS. ALICE BATES RICE MR. CLARENCE SHIRLEY MISS ADAH CAMPBELL HUSSEY MR. ARTHUR BERESFORD Narcissus Herbert SOLO Soprano The Star-Spangled Banner MRS. ALICE BATES RICEORATION NevinFrancis Scott Key Mendelssohn HON. HENRY CABOT LODGE SELECTION The Victors Return QUARTET HYMN America Rev. S. F. Smith, ALL ARK REQUESTED TO RISE AND JOIN IN SINGING THE HYMN My country! tit of thee,Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing:Land where my fathers died!Land of the pilgrims pride!From evry mountain side Let freedom ring! My native country, of the noble, free, Thy name I love:I love thy rocks and rills,Thy woods and templed hills:My heart with rapture thrills Like that above. Let music swell the breeze,And ring from all the trees Sweet freedoms song:Let
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