. Book of the Royal blue . ong a time to discover his unmarked and forgot-ten grave. When finally his exact |ilace ofburial had been definitely located by authenticdocuments and other positive evidence, theground presented so repulsive an appearancethat the aspect was painful beyond expression. There was presented the spectacle of a herowho had once been the idol of the .\merican people, lying for more than a century like anobscure outcast in an abandoned cemetery whichhad been covered later by a dump pile to a heightof fifteen feet, where dogs and horses had beenburied and the soil was soaked
. Book of the Royal blue . ong a time to discover his unmarked and forgot-ten grave. When finally his exact |ilace ofburial had been definitely located by authenticdocuments and other positive evidence, theground presented so repulsive an appearancethat the aspect was painful beyond expression. There was presented the spectacle of a herowho had once been the idol of the .\merican people, lying for more than a century like anobscure outcast in an abandoned cemetery whichhad been covered later by a dump pile to a heightof fifteen feet, where dogs and horses had beenburied and the soil was soaked with pollutedwaters from undrained laundries. As busy feettramped over the ground the spirit of the herowho lay beneath might well have been moved tocry, in the words of the motto of his first Hag,not in defiance, but in supplication then, Donttread on me. No American citizen upon con-templating on the spot these painful circum-stances could have shrunk from an attempt tosecure for his remains a more deserving FAC SIMILE OF GOLD MEDALS ISSIEU HV LOIISIASA PrRCHASE EXPOSITIONTO BALTIMORE 4 OHIO KAILROAD. THE GREAT MONUMENT. HV r. .1. Yorxi;.
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