Report of the reunion of the Grant family association at the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ulysses Simpson Grant in Washington, , April 27, 1922, and of the exercises at New York city and Point Pleasant, Ohio . r own land. A score of new Republics have unfurled their flags, and democracyhas opened new avenues of liberty and made justice more meanwhile has made such advances that there has seemeda divinity pointing the way. And yet that very civilization, moreadvancing than entrenched, was threatened by the World War, andin wars aftermath establish
Report of the reunion of the Grant family association at the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ulysses Simpson Grant in Washington, , April 27, 1922, and of the exercises at New York city and Point Pleasant, Ohio . r own land. A score of new Republics have unfurled their flags, and democracyhas opened new avenues of liberty and made justice more meanwhile has made such advances that there has seemeda divinity pointing the way. And yet that very civilization, moreadvancing than entrenched, was threatened by the World War, andin wars aftermath established order has been assaulted and revolu-tion has threatened throughout the world. In our own land theenemies within have been more threatening than those and anarchy have menaced. But a calm survey gives everyreassurance. Twenty centuries of modern civilization could not havebeen builded on foundations which are false. A century and a halfof gratifying American achievement dates from the sacrifices of thefounding fathers, and their firm structure was preserved by thepatriots whom Grant commanded, and will be held secure by thepatriotic citizenship of the Republic to-day and the grateful Ameri-cans of the morrow. ?9. PRESIDENT HAHDING ANt) MKa, FKKUEKICK D. GRANT,AT POINT PLEASANT, APRIL 27. 1922 Grants Example Henry IngersoU Bowditch in his Journal, August 8, 1885, the day of Grants burial. Well, it is right for the people to set the day apart as a notable one,as that of the entombment of the greatest general of any age. I writewith thought of the exact meaning of the word. Others may have com-manded as vast armies over as large a field, others may be known widerthan he for deeds of personal valor; others may have held on to the foewith the same persistent energy. Every species of military renown mayhave been equaled by others. But who among them has had his realChristian magnanimity toward the vanquished foe? Who ever beforestood before an infuriated, victorious p
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