The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-08-17
National Military Park Dedication

National Military Park Dedication
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Aug, +, 1873.
Written Tor the TINES.
With the approach of golden brown
( September, veterans the country over
have for their watchword Chickamauga,
then Mecca Chattanooga. Already the
! city. once the scene Of Bloody fray, now
4 basking in the sunlight of prosperity,
/ living at the foot Of Lookout Mountain,
/ is preparing for the hosts which will
/ assemble within her gates for the dedi-
/ cation Of the great Cllickamauga-C hata-
noOga National Military Park, Septem-
/ Der 1S-2I With characteristic energy,
( ChattanooCoans are lending their efforts
| 'or the proper celebration Of the great
! est national military event Of the fad
! ing century Every American heart is
an altar where on Is offered to the God
/ ess Of Liberty the incense Of patriotism,
and every American citizen feels now an
ownership in the great National Park.
The chief executives Of states Will be
present wnen the dedication exercises
IRE declared duly in order and every
-tlte in the union Will be represented
officially or by citizens.
For the dedication Ohio will have on
the ChIckamauga battlefield ffty-fve
monuments erected Minnesota five,
Illinois thirty-six, Indiana forty. Kan
~as three. Massachusetts one, Michigan
eleven, Missouri three monuments and
eighteen markers, Pennsylvania seven
teen, Tennessee four, Wisconsin nine,
United States regulars nine.
The government has had constructed
eight pyramidaI shell monuments mark
ing the spots where eight brigade com
manders fell, and one private monu-
mtnt has been erected to Lieut.. Lam
drem Of Ohio, an officer of the staff of
len. Thomas. i program arranged by
Daniel Lamont, secretary Of war, will
be rendered, IN which Senators Sher-
man, Ohio; W'althaIl, Mississippi, and
Henderson, Nebraska, and Cows. Stone
Of Missouri and Oates Of Alabama Will
take part.
Lookout Mountain. the theme of
poets, the home Of Natures best en-
deavors, and the scene of the famous
Battle Above the Clouds" will be in
vaded again, but with the army of
peace, and on its picturesque and his
toricaI heights guests Will he enter
taircd.
Al railroads have reduced rates for
the occasion; local transportation lines
have followed suit and the visitor will
find southern hospitality free and un-
restrained during dedication week.
Chattanooga did her full duty to the
EPworth League convention june 2G,
and by an experience borne of conveu-
tons and large gatherings will surpass
herself on September Is. Ample ac-
commodatiOns, reasonable rates, fair
dealings and libtraIity will be given to
the stranger, for nowhere on the Amer
lean continent is stranger holier
name" than III Chattanooga. Through
out the week the city will be in holiday
attire. Decorations, military reviews
and displays viii beautify it to gorgeous,
ness.
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