Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-06-15
DEDICATION OF THE
PEREZ MONUMENT
The Patriotic and Inspiring Exercises Were
Out Short by a Driving Sand and BAIL
Storm Yesterday Afternoon.
DAUGHTERS AMERICAN REVOLUTION


afternoon cut short the dedication ex
| ercises of the memorial stone to Cover
nor Albno Perez, erected by Sunshin
| Chapter Daughters of the Americal
Revolution, on the spot where Governo
Perez was assassinated in 1887. TIL
place is on the Aqua F'ria road, abou
| half mile from the Plaza. The exer
| cises attending the dedication were pa
| triotic and inspiring and were witness
| ed by goodly number of people wh'
| braved the gathering clouds and th
high wind. A procession was formed
at the Plaza at o'clock in the after
noon. 1t was headed by the band of thu
1st cavalry, New Mexico Nationa
Guard. The members of Sunshine
Chapter, Daughters of the American
Revolution followed in conveyances
then came delegations from Carleton
Post, G. A. r., the Rough Riders. the
National Guard, the Firemen, and citl.
zens in carriages.
At the monument, which consists OF
a boulder of fine marble from the mar
BILE deposits northeast of the city, pol
ished on one side and suitably In
scribed, Rev: Jules Deraches pronoun
ced fervent invocation.
Father Deraches spoke as follows: We
are here assembled to renlc9 honcI K
the memory of man who sacrificed
his lie rather than tc Si2, ZIP his duty
I e nc tyiv lrc to hn I,1
a Y Dhderful effect OF his t,o,t.i, made
iLtn capable of heroic deeds men rich
l., Virtue, living at eace in tair no s.
e., they have gained glory in their gen
era titn rs and We're praised in thor
days; their posterity are a holy Inherit
a., {, their child.An for their sakes re-
NAH forever; thei" Sc Il and their glory
shall not be forsak, 4, their bodies are
buried in peace AMI their maine !iyea
unto generation and gene-ation.
Now we are given to witness in this
moment refreshing spectacle. Who
is this hero? A noble Span.a d Scratch
the ground. This is the spot on Which
he was slain. Perhaps, you will still
find trace of the blood with which the
place has been reddened; and today,
who comes to bind with a wreath of
laurels the head of the hero 1t is the
great American by the hand of her
kind, distinguished and mindful
daughters. Grant us, oh Lord that this
union of mind and hearts be solid and
durable. We are all thy creatures,
moulded by thy fingers and out of the
same clay; thou art charity; we all
have to be judged by thee. Away with
prejudices and distrust. We pray for
unfeigned harmony and concord.
And to what are directed our hon.
ages today? Not to the cold ashes of
Albino Perez. We are dust and to dust
we shall return. Not to his memory
alone. What is memory but name?
We direct them, oh God, to his soul
immortal. Thou hast said-I am the
Resurrection and the Life. We believe
that Albino Perez shall live again, body
and soul, on the great day of the glor-
ious revival and that he will be seated
by thee among the heroes who have
generously set an example of courage
before thy people; but we hope all
so, oh God, that in thy mercy and JUS
tice, thou hast already received his no.
BILE soul in thy abode and we thank thee
for it, AS minister of the old Mother
Church, to which he belonged in life
and in death, as a consecrated priest Of
81, oI,, +ho, ,1I~
thee to have called me today to raise
my voice in honor of the brave Albino
Perez and through the memory of his
life to have revived in the hearts of
my friends the sense of devotion to sa-
cred duty, the spirit of fraternal love
and the faith in immortality.
Mrs. Filomena Blanchard of Las We
gas, granddaughter Of Governor Perez,
then unveiled the monument. A wreath
of laurel and roses was placed
upon the monument by Miss
Sallie Blanchard, the 4-year old great
granddaughter of Governor Perez. At
ter the singing of the Mexican Nat
ional Hymn, Mrs. Jacob Weltmer made
IL SIlOIL uIlu oCHoittlly ootdi COS, SpCoh-
ing as follows:
as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen: 1t may seem
at first thought that, in Spanish--A
erican territory, our order, Daughters
of the American Revolution, finds itself
in an environment, foreign to it's ma
ture and it's objects. We are, however,
as daughters, heirs to an inheritance as
broad and far reaching as are the re-
suits of that history-making struggle,
whose name we are proud to bear.
Undoubtedly our constitution follows
the flag. Wherever it waves, we
breathe our native atmosphere.
Our objects, while we have many
specific ones, are, to state them in a
general way, the fostering of a spirit
of historical research, and the rescuing
from oblivion and marking of historic
spots.
In this line of work, preserving the
relics and commemorating the deeds of
the past, we doubt If any chapter has a
field richer or more inviting than our
own. Our embarrassment lies in the
fact that our means are not at all COM
with the noble ends that
beckon to us SO appealingly.
This is for us the day Of beginnings
This memorial stone, which does not In
any sense aspire to the dignity Of a
monument, is the first to be placed by
anv cha nter in New Mexico
The associations of this hour carry
us back to 1897; antedating by several
years the American civil occupation Of
the territory. The commercial inva-
sion had long since taken place. The
Santa Fe trail. that name almost magi-
cal as spell-inspirer, suggests nearly
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