Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-06-29
OUR HISTORIC HERO.
The Monument and Statue of
Ethan Allen.
A Leaf from the History of Ten
Years Ago,
Exercise. Attending the dwelling and
Presentation of the statue. July
4tl, 1873

Presentation of the statue. July
4th, 1873.
Al this time, while Vermont 10 honor.
ing the memory of that noble soldier, |
that true patriot, that friend and ally of
American liberty, the Marquis Della
fayettc it is fit, also, that the valor and
virtues Of her own historic hero, Ethan
Allen-the pioneer of American liberty
should be recalled aud celebrated. And
in no more suitable and effective way can
this be done, than by turning to the no.
bic shaft and statue, erected to his mem
Dry by his native State, and honoring in
it the man, the soldier. the hero.
Standing in Green Mount cemetery.
overlooking the valley and the mountains
30 dear to him in life, and in some sense
the type and representative OF the man
himself, "a blending of rugged and gem
tie virtues,-wha more suitable place
could have been selected for the memo
rial of Ethan Allen? Even the monu-
ment itself speaks the character of the
man, with its rugged Tuscan shaft of
granite-the largest part, indeed, of this
unique figure in American history-yet
surmuunted by its marble figure, ftly
GROWING the rude base with nobler quail
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