The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-05-02
Heroic Statute in Bronze Erect.
ed to the Great American
General
Dedicated With Impressive Ger
emonies at BroOklyn--It Is
/ Equestrian.


New YORK, April 27.-At a meeting
of the veterans Of the Union League
club Of Brooklyn, a suggestion was
made that the memory of U. S. Grant,
twice president Of the United States,
should be perpetuated by the erection
OF an equestrian statue. From that
mOment the members of the club and
their friends worked arduOusly, and
NOW their efforts have been rewarded
by the unwilling of a colossal equestrian
statue OF General Grant, in front of
the club house at Deans street and
Bedford avenue, Brooklyn.
The statue, which is the work of w.
Ordway Partridge, is in bronze and
weighs 1900 pounds. 1t is colossal,
measuring from the hoof of the horse,
where it rests on a granite pedestal to
the top Of the hat, Is feet s inches.
The pedestal is IL feet high, and the
entire height of the statue is 81 feet 8
inches.
A Splendid Military Parade.
The dedication Of the monument was
made the occasion of a splendid mill.
tary parade, 1860 soldiers of the
United States army, national guard of
the State of New York, and sailors and
marines from the navy yard being in
line, and constituting the largest
parade OF armed men i'll this city since
the Columbus celebration il 1892. In
addition, the Grand Army of the Re-
public was largely represented. Along
the line OF parade, thousands of specta.
tors %thronged the sidewalks, and when
the head OF the procession reached the
club house, Governor Morton and his
staff who were in waiting, loudly
Cheered. After the bands had
played the Coronation March,
and several other American national
airs, General Sewart L. Woodford,
president Of the Union League club,
presented the statue to Mayor Freder-
1ck W. Wurster, as the representative
Of Brooklyn. Up to this time the
bronze statue had been enveloped with
the stars and stripes, and as General
Woodtord stepped the platform, Ulysses
.. Grant, grandson of the general,
pulled the string aud the statue was ex.
posed, amidst cheers from 20, 900 throats.
In accepting the statue on behalf of the
city of Brooklyn, Mayor Wurster said:
Il accept this with much pride and
pleasure. 1t is We'll that this city,
which has honored in enduring bronze
Che lame OF other elnin nj men,
mas had the public spirit manifested
by her citizens as set forth Ill this
magnificent manner. This is the first
equestrian statue erected in the city Of
u homes, and it should be an i~nspira-
tion to all who see it, and are led to
recall the life Of the man whose career
so gr~ndly shows what patience and
perseverance can accomplish.
ION behalf Of the city of
Brooklyn, l accept this memorial
and extend the heartfelt thanks
OF the community to those whose
generosity made possible this gift,
which viii be treasured by the present
generation, and handed down to the
future, with ~admonitions to guard it
carefully. By the acton of the city
authorities this portion Of Bedford
avenue, Immediately surrounding the
statue will be known from this day
forward as Grant square.
Tie dedicutory prayer was offered by
Rev. John P. Newman, d. D., and
General Horace Porter delivered an
orat Oh.