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ISBN: 9781331248064
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 54

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Excerpt from Dedication of a Soldiers' Monument, at Claremont, N. H: October 19, 1869, Proceedings, Speeches, Etc In accordance with arrangements the ceremonies of dedicating a Soldiers' Monument in Claremont, took place on the 19th of October A. D. 1869. During the War of the Rebellion of 1861-65, when our Claremont Soldiers were falling in the battles of Bull Run, Fair Oaks, Cold Harbor, Fredericksburg, the Wilderness and others, and dying in hospitals from disease induced by hardships and exposure, it was determined that some suitable monument should be erected in the town to commemorate the events of the war and perpetuate the memory and fame of those Claremont men who died while doing battle for their country. At the close of the war, in April, 1865, the Claremont Auxiliary Sanitary Commission found in their treasury about one hundred and sixty dollars, which by vote of the members was placed at interest as a Soldiers' Monument fund, to be used when a sum should be obtained, which with this, would pay for a suitable memorial to the fallen heroes of the town. About fifty dollars were left after paying the expenses of a Fourth of July celebration, in 1865, and this amount the committee of arrangements voted to appropriate to the same object. At the annual town meeting, in March, 1867, it was voted to appropriate one thousand dollars for a Soldiers' Monument, provided that five hundred dollars should be raised by contribution or otherwise. Subscription papers, with a condition that no one should pay more than one dollar, were circulated by ladies in each school district, and about six hundred dollars were obtained. Heads of families generally paid one dollar, and children of all ages twenty-five cents. Thus almost every individual at that time in town contributed something towards this memorial, and there was not far from eight hundred dollars obtained, besides the thousand dollars voted by the town. At the annual town meeting, in March, 1868, it was voted to appropriate two thousand dollars to this object, provided that one thousand dollars should be raised by contribution or otherwise. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Author: George Gordon Byron DeWolfe
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Author: Gazette Printing (Haverhill, Mass.)
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Category : Haverhill (Mass.)
Languages : en
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
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Excerpt from Ceremonies at the Dedication of the Soldiers' Monument: In West Roxbury, Mass;, September 14th, 1871 ON the afternoon of Sept. 14, 1871, the citizens of West Roxbury, by common consent, suspended all busi ness, and devoted themselves to the solemn Dedication of their newly erected Soldiers' Monument. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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ISBN: 9781331320258
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 22

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Excerpt from Address Delivered at Gettysburg, October 19, 1887: At the Dedication of the Soldiers' Monument, to the Fourteenth Regiment of Brooklyn Not in vain have they fought and died whose fortunate mission it was to interpret the past and to bless the future. Neither does it lack significance that this battle should have been fought on the soil of Pennsylvania. The popular faculty, which so often gives names with a deep insight into the real significance of things, long ago called Pennsylvania the Keystone State. Historically, no less than geographically, the name applies. In the majestic arch formed by this Union of independent States, Pennsylvania always has been the keystone. Upon the soil of Pennsylvania met the first and the second Continental Congress. Upon the soil of Pennsylvania, George Washington was commissioned Commander in Chief of the Continental Armies. Upon the soil of Pennsylvania was made the immortal Declaration of Independence. Upon the soil of Pennsylvania the Liberty Bell first of all rang out the joyful peal of liberty throughout the land. It was here that Franklin drew lightning from the sky, and it was here were forged the thunderbolts which made the Colonies independent States. Again, at Gettysburg, in our own generation, were hurled the bolts which have made the Union free. The Civil War, in which the battle of Gettysburg was the turning point, became inevitable when the Constitution of the United States recognized and permitted slavery within our borders. Whatever other issues of constitutional interpretation were involved, they all hinged upon slavery, as that which gave to them all their chief meaning and consequence. At the outbreak of the war men did not see this clearly, as they see it now. The preservation of the Union was the rallying cry; and men said it oftentimes without at all realizing how grand a cry it was. The preservation of the Union by no possibility could involve only the life of the nation. It involved necessarily the freedom of a race and the best hopes of mankind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: West Roxbury (Boston, Mass.)
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Pages : 32

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