. History of Cuyahoga County soldiers' and sailors' monument. Scenes and incidents from its inception to its of the memorial structure, and roll of honor . An immense crowd thronged this city as itthrongs it to-day. Governor Sprague, of Rhode Island,with his staff and State officers, and the members of theLegislature of that State, and the Providence Light In-fantry, participated in the interesting ceremony. Gov-ernor Dennison, the first war Governor Ohio ever had,delivered the address of welcome. General J. W. Fitch,remembered by the older citizens of Cleveland, was t
. History of Cuyahoga County soldiers' and sailors' monument. Scenes and incidents from its inception to its of the memorial structure, and roll of honor . An immense crowd thronged this city as itthrongs it to-day. Governor Sprague, of Rhode Island,with his staff and State officers, and the members of theLegislature of that State, and the Providence Light In-fantry, participated in the interesting ceremony. Gov-ernor Dennison, the first war Governor Ohio ever had,delivered the address of welcome. General J. W. Fitch,remembered by the older citizens of Cleveland, was theGrand Marshal of the day ; and General Barnett, whosedistinguished services in the war are yet fresh in thememory of the people [applause], and who now partici-pates in these ceremonies, was in command of theCleveland Light Artillery Regiment. The great histor-ian, George Bancroft, delivered the principal address ofthe day. It was probably, my fellow citizens, thegreatest celebration that Cuyahoga County had seen upto that time. It was on this ground, too, that the Sol-diers and Sailors Aid Society of Northern Ohio, aye,of the whole country, was organized, and some of the. GOVERNOR WILLIAM McKINLEY, President of the Dav. J THE J) soldiers and sailors monument. 497 noble mothers who were at the birth of that organiza-tion are seated upon this platform to-day. [Applause.]These noble women gave unselfish devotion to thecountry and money from all this section of the Statepoured into the coffers of that association for the reliefof the men at the front, who were sustaining the was in this Square too that the remains of the mar-tyred Lincoln, the great emancipator, rested as theyjourneyed to his Western home. It was on this veryspot, almost where we stand to-day, that the wholepopulation of Northern Ohio viewed for the last timehim who had been captain of all our armies under theConstitution, and whose death was a sacrifice to thegreat cause of freedom and the Union. [ Appl
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