American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-07-17

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! H0N0R THE HEROIC DEAD.
The Soldiers Memorial Church Asso.
citation respectfully requests your atten-
tion to the design of erecting, at Gettys-
burg, church of granite, at once COM
memerative of the high moral element
in the American contest, and of the
heroic men who gave their lives for the
defense of the Republic. The walls OF
the edifce will be composed of memorial
blocks of granite. These blocks, on their
exterior surface, will contain the names
of the heroic dead, with such additional
facts as the friends of the deceased may
whish to have inscribed. There win be
space enough for some l 800 blocks Of
ample size and eligible position for obit>
uary purposes.
The commemorative character of the
church will be still further maintained
in its interior arrangement, by the intro
duction of Obituary Tablets of marble.
These will be .empanneled at different
points around thasaudience chamber, as
mirrors in a parlor, and are intended to
be among the most elegant and appro-
PIRATE testimonials which the living can
confer. upon the dead. The windows
are alo tesigned to Be memorial she.
principal window IN front 70 beespecially
| fine.
The style of architecture chosen is the
Ornate Gothic, and the building will be
of such solidity as to endure for ages, SO
that Centuries hence, pilgrims may visit
the sacred shrine and trace names and
deeds that are, immortal 20 r,e
To give completeness to this patriotic
design, the name of the great enamel
pator, the martyrod Lincoln, will be
conspicuously i'grayen in rock}
A fund sufficient to complete this
monumental shrine cannot be less than
$4,000. To realize this sum, all hons
orable expedients will be ayailed OF. No
inconsiderable amount viii be secured,
it is confidently hoped, by the sale of
the above mentioned Memorial Blocks,
Tablets and Windows. To this point
the attention of the friends Of deceased
soldiers is particularly invited. Expen-
siye private monuments, to which attec-
tion so, strongly prompts, beautiful and
praisworthy as they are,) do not compOrt
with the full measure of soldiers fame.
They come, of necessity, under very
limited observation They are liable to
dilapidation and decay. and the painful
evidence is continually felt that no place
of ordinary sepulchre is permanently
secure. Surviving friends will therefore
honor themselves, and do justice to mer-
tied renown, by placing the hallowed
record of the dead where vast muItitudes
may read it, where it is comparatively
safe from the accidents Of time, and
where, through the future Of the Repub>
lie, it, may inspire young and old with
the exalted patriotism and priceless worth
it commentaries. ...
Architectural designs, exhibiting very
fully the several parts and views of the
Memorial Church, will be prepared at
very early Gay. Connected with these
viii be the cost for the different modes of
commemoration. p Subscribers may, by
these aids, be guided in the selection of
space and positions for obituary inscrip-
tions.
7Oomrades-in arms, survivors Of the
perilous strife, who stand honorably rela-
ted to some branch of the great national
army, are, also invited to consider the
manifest propriety of thus comnemora>
ting collectively. the nobly fallen in their
respective commands. An army corps,
division, brigade, regiment, COM
pany even may in this way unite In in
scribing on granite or marble some just
tribute to those whose sacrifice attests the
honorable part it bore in working out the
national safety. There are, in the States,
numerous clubs, leagues, associations, form
ed under military auspices, fostering the
esprit de corps, by which movement for
such general conmemoration could be
easily and effectively undertaken.
Membership in tho Soldiers Memorial
Church Association is simply conditioned
on the payment Of FIVE dollars or more to
the general building fund. \ record of
allsueh contributors viii be placed among
tue dTCulNcS VI Ilb Cuuitu t
The Soldiers Memorial Church shall
be forever free to all wUrshippers. To Sc
cure aeedfal care and proteation, and reg
ular ministerialseryiee, title must vest in
some religious body, and as the enterprise
itself originated in the NJ. g. Church,
which gave to tho national defense 1905
600 men, it win be placed under that de-
nominational control. 1e 20. aig,7 - "a
b All letters relating to this subject may
be addressed to the Corresponding See
retary of the Association. Williamsport,
Pcan'a. So. '- 3.5 20 ste'.'
Maj. Gen. j. W. GEARY, Pres't.
i. 81. CREvER, Cor Secretary
+. President Maj Gen. Geary.
Vice Presidcnt--Ex- Coy. A. G. Curtin.
Cor Secretary-Rev. b. II Crever.
Managers Maj. Gen. Meade, Senator
Cameron Gen. U. S.Grant Bishop Simp-
son, Senator Harland, Hon. Schuyler
Oolfax, Hon. Z. Mcpherson, H. II Stew
art, ESD, Gen. Howard Gen Burnsides.