New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-12
IN MEMORY Of the M0NNOUTH BATTLE
4 MONUMENT 10 BIZ UNVEILED To-Monnow-wnAr
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Tho monument which for eighteen months
has been building upon TIE batlr-hcld of Monmouth.
Nc,~ Jersey A. now completed aud VIII Ice uufeirl u"
morrow Ii.in form % circular shlu upon ifi'hgl'i
,r,cstal and surrounded hy statue of Liberty lh'
ro,lcsal ~ made ~ quincy uluc, ami the 'halt ara
figure are ~ Concord granite The statue y t"'i'o
feet In height ami represents q woman 81 NOME
features and commanding presence. ON" haid i'-'-
nron a shield un which nir represented The National
or,s lr tho other bold swut pointing toward ihr
,e,th The status was rnt from bloch ~ rinn'''
,,i,hipc fifteen tons and n nou weighs ~ IONS ih'
shalt nf tir monument a. r0npusrd ul three hnch' e''
w,iehlnr about irn tons " IL snt'nrhnir1 h' ''l
IN the tuiirthpn sttlr. The irr '''irlWhn "'l''
hoe brvrtrf. been Violated in rl''ins ih'c 'nsl
t,s Uiou, ,,a rariai vhi.h rrr aluul vas ihr ih'e'
..tr.,s ~ inr ilau.nai hn.p. 1hr mvr' t"i OF que
.haii 70 pniaisti lr him dtnm. n'wni i'n pr' w
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aad thith represent nNp e'rH'a fHh ~" NN'' ' "''
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ana A.. caUU aHt lhN greatest pam. "'i '",' w, E ,
lie inriraits 49, r,ri,cl In'ssino Ne hriA lri $50
,I.r, uuiutucd iu searching ioi pictures anu Hh'
,t Whatever kiud ui ttrar -rnriai- Aunut lh l q"
us lie even went ri" far a. tn send q" M1'hhl"' ~"
N,,,t model uf thc spar worm hf tur American 'n
u,aidcr aud of the hntious OF the period. A 'hc "'
r,u,f. have been cutd VITA the Same minute '''
,i,, IA ,letali The model 90 The irlmcis worn ul w
t-h Regiment of Eug.h Cavalry which TOOK InU III w
,.'','r.u,.ut was obtained and faithfully copied ihr
D mi his relief represents Gcucra Ramsey dti'nuns
M. ,,ils. the thrd, Washington rdyhg lh' An ,l,
,ro,,,s 1hc fourth repre- cuts the famous Mo"I
iitricr taking her husbands place ON hl1 '@nnt '
,,,,, nut the cannon. Moy's face h. mooolic' lI,n
NJ Ander.on- who consented 70 ~ Tor Mr. h't(,
III. tisnn the electrician. furnished the modeI I.i
80 - c runners The Last relief represents the "e"'"
81 "e.tion wa. considered by the committee whether
g., -, : het wecn Washington ana Lee. when Na-hihk
,"o l. said to have called his subordinate coward '"t
icomuetent grncralsip. should form the snl9e,' o,
iin -, he b.- reieis, II WAS however decided W
49, b sccne uuuotlccd IT. details do not rest upon
rn h,.torio basis Directly above the relefs whl,n
I'm a circular band four feet nine inches la hcisne
nd the monument, thirteen bronze shields IePI"
,dn, thr arms of the thirteen original states lnoso
Ts are modelled from the original seals of the stsss
hrh have been obtained from tho several Secretaries
,s,e some OF these seals eIqnlseiy cut, psruen
i,lv that OF Eew-Jerrey, which was executed IN %
'a .ntlrc he ght OF the monument, from the grVuhu
~ on nf lie statue II ninety one feet two inch,s
stands on favorable site. just outside the Town u
mth II r. intended 10 lay out the surrounding srous
=. nary Tho monument has beantlful partsronn'
H. ,hr ,id country place OF he sthcnk family Inc pv'
~ INC no"retor OF hs propci - Mrs sohenk gave thn
ground upon which tho monr.n'h' I" s'ec'e'' '"' '