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is president of the Mary Washington
Memorial Association, Chief Justice
Fuller, members of the Daughter,
of the Revolution, Senator Daniel
Gov. O'Ferrall, Vice President Stew
enson and George Alfred Town
send.
The procession was greeted will
cheers by thousands. The program
included addresses of welcome b,
Mayor A. p. Rowe and Gov. OFFER.
rail-, an address by President Cleve
land, poem by "Gath," Masonic
ceremonies, an address by Lawrence
Washington, a descendant of Mary
Washington, and an Grafton by
Senator John w. Daniel, the orator
of the day.
Senator Daniel reviewed elo-
quently the facts of history con-
cerning the mother of Washington
which are known and discussed
the spirit of the times in which
George Washington was reared.
At 3 O'Clock banquet was
rendered the distinguished guests
Vice President Stevenson was the
principal speaker, and George Alfred
Townsend, "Gath," read a poem.
The monument was made at
Buffalo, n. Y, and is a plain granite
monolith, 80 feet high, standing
upon base II feet square. 1t
bears the inscription:
"Mary, the Mother of Wash
ington."
The monument was made possible
by the persistent efforts of two
patriotic women, Mrs. Amelia c.
Waite, widow of the late chief
justice of the United States supreme
court, and Mrs. Margaret Hetzel,
of Clifton Station, Va. 1t was paid
for by contributions from almost
every state in the union.
The monument does not stand
upon the site of the house in
which George Washington was born.
He was born near the village OF
Wakefield, on the bank of the
Potomac river, sixty-fve miles
below Washington. The monument
has been raised over his mothers
long neglected grave, a quarter of
a mile or more beyond the city
limits of Fredericksburg, on what
was once the farm of Col. Fielding
Lewis, husband of her daughter,
Betty.
President Cleveland said:
Governor O'FcrralI, Mayer and Fellow
Citizens-1 speak for those who are to-
day greeted as the official guests OF
Virginia and Fredericksburg when
return sincere thanks for the hearty
welcome that has been extended to
us on behalf OF both the state and city.
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assembled on equal terms to worship
at n sacred national shrine.
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