Our state capitol illustrated . t 1, G. A. R., of Baltimore, who presented it to the 6th Regiment Association. At Lowell, April 19,1881, the Association presented it to the State, and His Excellency Gov. Long received it in thefollowing words: — I thank the Association for this gift through me to the Commonwealth. I will hang it in theexecutive chamber. Ladd and Whitney have their monument here; Needham lies in the beautifulcemetery at Lawrence; Taylor, who joined the regiment at Boston, just on the eve of its departure, hisresidence untold, his friends unnamed, now sleeping in an unknown grav
Our state capitol illustrated . t 1, G. A. R., of Baltimore, who presented it to the 6th Regiment Association. At Lowell, April 19,1881, the Association presented it to the State, and His Excellency Gov. Long received it in thefollowing words: — I thank the Association for this gift through me to the Commonwealth. I will hang it in theexecutive chamber. Ladd and Whitney have their monument here; Needham lies in the beautifulcemetery at Lawrence; Taylor, who joined the regiment at Boston, just on the eve of its departure, hisresidence untold, his friends unnamed, now sleeping in an unknown grave and having no monumenthitherto shall have one now in this musket which he carried, and which shall henceforth adorn the wallsof the Governors room. And it will typify, also, that for which Massachusetts always stands—theequality and equal recognition of her sons. No soldier of hers is so humble, so friendless, so neglected,that his name is not still held in honor, his memory kept, and his services gratefully
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