The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-31
TO MARYLAND'S HEROES
MONUMENT UNVEILED AT PROS
PECT PARK, BROOKLYN.
Commemorating the Bravery of Mary
lands Four Hundred at the
Battle of Long Island.

The monument erected in Prospect Park.
BROOKLYN. by the Maryland Society of the
Sons of the American Revolution, in com .
memoraton of the sacrifice in l776 of Mary
lands Gallant -Four Hundred" at the battle
orI.our Island, was unveiled on Tuesday with
impre ssive ceremonies
Representatives of the Society and invited
guests with military escort. left Baltimore
on Il special train over the Pennsylvania
Railroad on Tuesday morning at 7.45 o'clock.
The train stopped at Elkton where the party
was oined by Il number of Cecil countians.
They were met at Brooklyn by representa-
ties OF the city and of New York, who ac-
corded their visitors every courtesy.
Decorations were everywhere seen. The
aagstatls on the City Hall and other public
buildings. as we'll as those on the large COM
mercial and manufacturing structures, were
nying the American flag and, il many cases.
the state flag Of Maryland was displayed very
conspicuously.
The citizens were untiring in their efforts
to make the days celebration IL memorable
one. While the reception was in progress
the several military. patriotic and other or
caniZations were assembling in the streets
contiguous to Fourth avenue and all ready to
move, Col. John n. Partridge, grand marshal
of the day. gave the command to move to
Prospect Park ut half-past two. The Mary
land delegation was taken in carriages to
the reviewing stand and they We're saluted
by the troops as they passed by. The militia
drew up on the right of the shaft. with the
civic societies on the left and the Maryland
Society facing it.
At n signal from the grand marshal, Colo
mel William r. Griffith, President of the
Maryland Society, pulled the halyards which
unlooscned the covering, sending the Stars
and Stripes to the hreezes amid the cheers of
the multitude and u salute from the artillery.
The marching column was reformed, and,
preceded 10y the reviewing party, they re-
turned TO the music stand. where the eXer-
cises We're held.
The monument is a Corinthian column, 80
feet in height. The shaft proper is Of Ten
ncssen marble, highly polished, 30 feet high,
on ornamental bronze supports. The die
block ON which this shaft rests is of rough
granite. suitably dressed the whole resting
on Il mound several feet i'll height. The in
scriptons are in raised letters. that on the
front tablet being:
I'm honor of Maryland's 400 who, Oh this
battlefield, August 27, 1916, saved the Amcri-
can Army Erected by the efforts of the
Maryland Society Of the Sons of the Ameri-
can Revolution
On the rear tablet are the words which
Washington j, said to have uttered when he
saw the gallant Marylanders make one OF
their desperate charges upon the enemy:
Good God. what brave fellows must | this
day lose"
ON the third tablet is the coat of arms Of
Maryland in bronze, and on the fourth is in
scribed:
"In memory of Smallwood's Regiment of
the rear guard of the American Army in its
retreat from Long Island August 27, 1776.
The monument is a tribute to the gallant
and conspicuous part which Smallwood s
regiment Of gay and gallant young Mary
landers took on that eventful day OF the
battle of Long Island. Led by Stirling and
Gist. the Maryanders charged upon the
enemy six times, held Cornwallis in check
while the American army retreated, and
fought so desperately that nearly all of the
400 were either captured or killed. 1t was a
glorious sacrifice for their country.
Since the historical battle Of Long Island,
which was fought just 119 years ago, the
memory of those brave Maryland soldiers
who were killed by the British and Hessian
forces on that memorable occasion has been
revered 10y every patriotic American.
The bodies of 256 of these brave men were
buried in Il lot between Seventh and Eighth
streets. on Third avenue. and the shaft now
marks the place where these honored remains
lay.
At Il banquet held in the evening the Hon
John $. Writ, of Elkton, responded to the
toast The Women Of the Revolution"
Those attending the dedication from Cecil
county were: DR.. j. V. Wallace, S. C. Row
land, Thomas G.. Bond, Enoch Noyes W. S.
Evans j. $. Writ, John Gilpin Col. A. W.
Evans. Col. |. ID. Davis, w. II. Mackall. John
Partridge, DR.. j. H. lamar, and George r.
Ash.
CECIL COUNTY CONTRIBUTORS.
The Cecil countians who contributed tc
the fund of $4,000 for the erection of the
monument are: Jacob Tome, Samuel c.
Rowland, Patrick Anderson, Rev. William
Schouler. Samuel Duhamel, John 5. Writ
H. II. Haines, J. C. Carhart, John Gilpin,
William g. Hollngsworth, S. j. Caldwell
John s. Settle. J. c. Price, w. J. Duhamel
Fl. S. Duhamel, John Partridge, Alfred Kirk,
DR.. Samuel Roman, Thomas s. Miller, VIM.
S. Evans, NJ. S. Kirk, T. B. Gillespie, James
Mcconnell. DR.. j. H. lamar, Gen. A.W. Evans