The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-16
Ph.la adelph.a, Nay Is. 1897.

h.i'oe'Pi.d, altS 10. lN!i.
Here. In the city which frs, placed
on his brow he laurel ri achievement
the memory OF Was Shnw:on was hnnor-
eo io-'lay IN monumental brnnzr Al
possible romp marked ;hp ceremonies
ne cord which released the sNadtIiinr
nasF from lhe figure of The nrs, ruler
ol The republic was drawn by lis late:,
ruler. Surrounding him ware men IN
whose r"ns runs ,he blood OF those
hrsi pntr.nts who haiilch with Wash
1nE'on and with Ga m .de possible the
scene enacted lo-1ay The union which
they formed has grown Ia a mighty or.
ganiZa iinn under the name uf lie Society
OF the Cincinnati
Malnr W!lium Wavne president Of t. @
Sff':hna!, whn tnrinu ~ presented the
m"nu'neni 10 tn" CITY, rracts h,s lineage
S;raiShi 10 Mad Anthony and WIFI an
lt'. inc orator Of the day. is a
grandson OF Davil Iitienhnusc Porter
tw're Governor of Pennsylvania; aud a
Gr':A' grandson Of General Andrew por-
Yer. WI" was on Washing,on's STAFF in
the revoll :inn
IMPRESSIVE SIMPLICITY.
The nnre:ling ceremony was impress
s'rcly simple. B'rhnp Whitaker upt.nri
with PRAYER. and Major Waymt. fol.nw a
with an arprnrriaie address Then
came the unve;!ng by pres.,irn, Me
Kinney and the 81 u:p of twenty .nne
guns hy the artillery and Ivy the foreign
and American war vessc.. N Tie Hcia.
ware
This concluded. President mckinley
spoke l. tsny The or.;!pn VA ,han
delivered hN Mr.. p"r..r The formal
present sli"n OF the memorial by The So
c.etH 10 hc city was made bv Ma in,.
WAYNE - MajMr Warwick. " In short
addresses by both. ard ,hrn the Mayor
thhsferr"d II ~ the Fairmnnnt Pa rk
commission. which body axrrrisrs iur-
lsI.rt!nn over The srna, pleasure ground.
ireSident Mckinley ana his h.siin-
GniS'ird eoinlnnr reviewed :he military
parade. ]; was well Oh In the afternoons
when The pro|c.'s.nu was nv,", ana the
party we're driven 20 Their hu,.s 10 4 q : >
fhr 'hs banquet Of III Society Of the
Cincinnati IN The evening.
GENERAL. JUBILEE,
'Fhe riSh, was devla1 10 various
phases Of rrlebra innf apart rron ;he
dinusr The wheelIuen's parade. with
nea ~ 20.uin In line. was m, prinriIr,l
1sature. illuminate tinnS from the n,p,riI-
ncnt. the city n III. the Uniun Iracue
and other points added 10 the brllliancy
OF ;he jubilee ana closed the day in a
= aze. fl>hs rn;!re c:ty along ;h, line 81
th,. parade was aIaba:a,ely decorated
NJ PROCESSION was r0umanded by
Malnr General Snowdcn. and The Eirsi
Ci;y troop escorted The Presidential
party, which ronsisie,! OF Nrcs.a Me.
Nshi'T. Nire-llesii"n. Hobart. the
'nt'fuhfrs Of the Cabinet and SrvarnI
Ct"rsT"s.Jnen. Governor Hastings ana
MS STAFF! squadron NJ the S.x:h CAV.
a'TE. l.. s. A.. ;he Marine hand II !.
ga;c from tho tin!tch Sia:cs navy
french Sa!l1rS from the frig IL" I7nithr
and PENNSYLVANIA ana Sow Jersey mill.
tn :hr latter commanded, by t;0rr,nnf
Grges, and Cirv"rno: Tunnel nf pnr,
ware. al h" head ar he troops q! ihai
Stale, were IN Tie i'rnt'r.,>inn
PRESIDENT MckiU'rys address was iha
f"ainr" "f he ceremonies. The pr,:sl.
den! srnk@ a. Follows:
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
Fellow Citizens:
Tier" Is peculiar an.! .nnle- scn.i-
Inent c1ttiiec!.ti wih his i:!n!nn:ai II
Expresses not nulv the graii;,,ilp and
r-rsr"nce OF The living. hut' - n ,eSi..
lI"'H;hi Of niirctiou ana homage from!
the jlAAl
Tl'r comrades Of Washington p-oj.ctcti
ln!s th"nuInriit. Their love INSPIRED il
ht:ir contribution: helped 10 hu,li II
l"s! nnf rr'r'"nt share Il, Its ,>nnpl.,."
aIid fuiure genera lions win profit Dy It's
lessons
- participant In The Hr,l'rni.on of
s"Hh monument t, a rare ana precious
t'N"sEe Er"H moritrnHt 20 Wash
anslnh r. Irihltc TO rn..!u;,.m. Every
s'a!' ana statue 20 hi: memory haIpS
I" incNi+nte l''vp nf rnln.rr, p;itaur,ae
LOYALTY ord cS,al,ll:h n better, 2t,izrr..
Eh.p. 'ini bless every un,irrtalinE
"''ic'. r"rirnr i,alri"'iS,n ANA renuhes
Iii. ind!n :7"cn, and vlnss
critical study nf Wl&hir.:tnr's "a roo,
o"'F enfiH mes n'ir estimation Of n.s vast
nn1 rh.ird ;il.,it:t,
As cH'ntnandsr Ia chief Of The cninniiI
a'niirs from thr '"'g'nnin.: 0f III. war ia
1h' tr',u tral!rn OF jaarr, MS I,r.siarrI
O. 'ss convention w!,!',h framed ;h.
S''nst'iu;h'n Of Inc tTui.fd states and
a. he tiis: PRESIDENT OF Ills Tinted
States under that Constitutions, Wash
!lGton has 1isttnc:iau differing from
That OF gil o,h4r ul,lslrlaus Americans.