Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-12
MIyCELLAyT.
The City OF Monuments.

In .Seribner's Monthly for April,
Edward King had an illustrated sketch
of Baltimore, which he calls 1.-The
Liverpool of America We quote the
following passages about BaltimOre's
famous monuments:
Baltimore merits the title which it so
proudly bears. of "The Monumental
City" The stately shaft which rises
from massive pedestal in Mount YER
non Square Is dedicated to the memory
of George Washington. 1t shames into
dreary insignificance the uncosth and
inartistic pile of stones which has long
stood incomplete on the mud fats near
the Potomac. Baltimore's Doric
column is crowned with a statue
representing Washington resigning his
commission. and on the four sides of
the pedestal is the following inscrip-
ton:
ITO George Washington, by the
State of Maryland. Born February %,
1892. Commander-in-ch of the
American Army, June Is, 1715. Tren-
ton, December 25, 1776. Yorktown,
October 1s, 1881. Commission resigned
at Annapolis, December 90, 1888.
President of the United States, March
4, 1889. Retired to Mount Vernon,
hdiCn II A'''s Dicu boeSihpci IT.
1892
From the top of the column, which is
two hundred and eighty feet above tide
water, you may have a view of the
sloping streets, and the busy avenues
along the water-side; may look across
to Federal Hill. where the Notifications
made during the war still remain, and
down the harbor to the wide, blue
waters of the Cbesapeake.
From the four sides of the monu-
ment's pedestal radiate outward an
equal number of little parks, surrounded
by neat ratings. All the streets lead
ing up TO the square are lined with
elegant mansions, and on bright days,
during the season, carriages filed with
lovely women crowd the way.
The Battle Monument in Monu-
ment Square, stands on the site
originally chosen for the Washington
Memorial. The invasion by the Eng
hsh. and the battle of North Point,
which resulted in preserving Baltimore
from destruction at the hands of British
soldiers, moved the impulsive people of
the city to erect at once a testimonial
of gratitude to the brave men who had
died for them. The Committee of
Safety of those days circulated a petit
ton for subscriptions, which were
readily given, and on September 12,
1915. was laid the cornerstone of the
monument to the memory of the citi-
zens who fell in defense of the city at
the battle of North Point and the bonn
bardment of Fort McHenry. The
structure comprises a marble shaft in
the form of fasces, surmounted by a
statue representing the city of Balti-
more. Although the whole is but fifty
two feet high, it produces a very
imposing effect. The conversion of
the Washington Monument was laid
in July, 1915. but the statue was not
placed in position for fourteen years
thereafter.
Prominent among the monuments of
lesser fame in Baltimore is that dedi-
Gated TO Thomas Wildey, the founder
of the Order of 0dd-Fellows in Ame-
rica. 1t was erected in 1865, and is
merely a Grecian Doric column spring
ing from a singularly shaped pedestal,
and amply decorated with the emblems
o tthe Order. Thomas Wildey was an
Englishman, who. in 1919. established a
Lodge of 0dd-Fellows in Baltimore,
and who gave his entire means and
energies to the Order until 1861. The
inscription upon his tomb records the
fact, that before his death four hundred
and twentyseven thousand members
had been initiated, thirty thous-
and bereaved families administered to,
and in Maryland alone, three thousand
orphans educated by the Order.
The Hill and McComas Monument,
in Ashland Square, to the memory of
the youths supposed to have slain Gen.
Ress, the British commander, during
the invasion which eliminated in the
battle of North Point; and the
McDonough statue in Greenmont Gene
terry, a memorial to a philanthropic
merchant who gave the whole of his
immense fortune to New Orleans and
Baltimore. to be devoted to the educa
ton of poor children, are among the
other most interesting monuments in
the city. The Merchants Shot Tower,
nearly two hundred and fifty feet high,
is now the only one remaining of three,
from each of which the prospect was
singularly beautiful.