The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-06-14
MISS JULIA TUCK'S ESSAY
NORTH CAROLINA'S NEED TO
ERECT MONUMENTS"
Read ON Seniors First Evening at sa-
lem Academy Commencement
How to Honor Our Noble Sons.

shame Lldb our oJotjS, WHICH has hSio
one Of the foremost places in the
| Union, which poured out her blood
freely during the Revolution, and
| from whose borders the best soldiers
| were obtained in the late Civil War,
| has done so little to mark the resting
| places Of her illustrious soldiers and
| generals.
| North Carolina has frequently been
| first in great monuments, and then
modestly stepped back and allowed
others to have the credit, as in her
| Mecklenburg Declaration Of 1nde-
| Shan a year before the Declaration of
| ;I6. In theinvention of the telegraph,
| n North Carolinian advanced the first
| ideas, and then let Morse have the
honor of the completed invention.
Pages of history proclaim the valor
Of North Cardinals troops in the
Revolutionary War. From the battle
Of MuOre'S Creek many bloody field
mas proclaimed the daring of our sol
diers. From the heights of Kings
Mountain patriotism sent Up giori-
Gus shout of victory, proving that
uone are more brave and noble than
North CarOlina'S sons.
At Guilfurd Court House when the
shadows of fdISCouragemeHt were fail-
ing over the thirteen colonies, and
hope was well nigh gone, General
Greene left COrnWalliS so badly DAM
aged that the drama was soon VlctOrl-
ously closed al Yorktown. Such a
historic spot sh0u be reverenced and
such a memorable day celebrated.
Weare happy to say that within the
| last few years this battle ground has
| been Incorporated by the State legiS-
| !ature, and money cOntri buted 30
Deautify IT, Walks and drives Lave
teen laid out under the auspices Of
the Guilford Battle Ground, and
notable localities have been marked
A number Of simple monuments have
been placed to mark the spots where
distinguished men fell. We earnestly
hope the good work so happily begun
will continue.
MARYLAND has placed a handsome
monument on this consecrated ground,
n memory of her patriots. who fell in
this battle, and we ought to do no
less for ours.
North Carolina furnished three
times as many troops in proportion, as
any other State in the South, during
our late Civil War and we hope that
before long. monuments shall rise TO
1nshrine tie memory of the gallant
heroes of lost cause, who wore the
gray. so dear to every Southern heart.
Measures are being taken to locate
the various noted spots on the field OF
BentonvilIe, where Sherman was driy-
en- back, on his memorable march
| through the Carolinas just before the
close of the war.
Only few days ago the corner
stone of Confederate monument was
/ Io i'll in Rn1 on the anniversary Oh
| North Cardinals secession. The shaft
| of Mt. Airy granite is TO be seventy
| two feet high, with the figure Of a
| private soldier on top; the bronze
| figures of two Confederate soldiers arc
| to stand at the base, and two bronze
| medal-iions, cast in Munich, Bavaria
are to be placed on the die. There are
| also to be four cluster lamps, of three
lamps each, the cost Of the whole tC
he TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollars. The
women of the State have been doing
faithful service in this work.
The city of Raleigh commentaries
the name of the most accomplished
scholar and soldier of Queen Eliza
beth's time, Sir Walter Raleigh, who
was the first to send an English colony
to the New World. But surely he de
serves a monument besides.
Virginia honors her Lees and Jack
/
Confederacy, and North Carolin;
should do the same. Some of Gu
Alumna are widows of gallant sol
diers, like General Pender, who CAV,
his life blood for the cause he loved
Stonewall Jackson's widow, who ha
recently written a life of her distin
guished husband, is also one of ou
| AlumnR, but his fame belongs to tn
whole Southland.
aOrl<e l.
patriots. There is no sentiment NOR
iaudable than the desire to live in th
minds and memories of posterity
| The knowledge that mans memor
is preserved in marble and bronz,
| stimulates others to heroic deeds an
| enterprises.
Tue Younger generations are taugt
| by monuments, how the world regard
patriotism and courage. The statue
of Nelson and Wellington so plent
fully bestowed all over the Brit1s
: Empire, have done more to make
d later generation of heroes than nur
u berless volumes in their praise.
" All the older States of the UniC
and many of the newer ones are mu(
ahead of US in their monuments.
is but common justice that the mer
ory of those who died for North Car
lima, shall be inscribed on grant
shaft or monumental pile. 1t cam
be that we are an Indifferent or an u
= grateful people, for upon great occ
Tx Sions we have shown to the world tn
ia we are capable of great deeds. 1t
only that we need to be educated
to the measure Of our duty in this
~ spect.
E Our Academy has but begun
- raise memorials to her daughte
scattered as they are all over our la