The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-08
STATUES TO GREAT AMERICANS
MEMORY or THE DEEDS or
THESE LIVES AFTER THEN.

THESE LIVES AFTER THEN.
Never q List Of Our Nation Builders Has
Yet been Printed. but Here Is One ~
Complete as search Can Make N--A
Work That Edward 3. Holden Has Done.
About year ago the United States Mill
tary Academy was celebrating its one hum
dredth birthday. IL was founded In 1902
and since that time many Of its 1000 gradu-
ates have become celebrated In one way
or another. They have been Presidents,
Cabinet Ministers, Senators, Ambassadors.
members OF Congress. Governors OF States
and Territories presidents and professors
OF colleges, builders and managers Of rail-
ways and canals, Judges, clergymen. bank
ers, editors and authors In civil hfe-and
good, true and steady soldiers In all our warn.
Our continent was opened to settlement
by explorers, many Of whom were from
this school; the dragons Of early days
Joined with hardy pioneers to make the
frontiers safe and peaceful; the railway
routes that unite the East and West we're
explored and surveyed by graduates, and
the first railways Of this country, and some
of the most important Of other countries,
were built by them. Our marvellous net
work Of rivers has been improved by their
skill. Harbors and lighthouses constructed
by them make the navigation Of our seas
and lakes secure. Our national domain
Is divided into homesteads by their sys-
tenn In the arts Of poaoe no less than
In war they have been eminent among their
fellow citizens.
Al the time Of the centennial Of the
academy DR.. Edward s. Holden. Librarian
OF the Academy, and himself a graduate.
get out to make a lis. Of the memorial stat
ues that had been erected to graduates
of the Military Academy, supposing
that the task would be simple. The
guide books should, it would seem, give
full lists of the statues Of each city. and
little research ought to discover those In
smaller places. At the very beginning OF
the task it became evident that the prepa-
ration Of such list was no simple matter.
The present one il the result Of many months
of searching of books, OF inquiries by letter
of questions sent to the foundries where
bronze statues are cast, &c. It ia by
no means complete. but DR.. Holden's in
ouiries have made II certain that it will be
Of use even in its present state. Additions
and corrections to the list will be thank
fully received by the compiler.
Ihe catalogue that follows contains
the name and a brief description Of e-ch
portrait memorial statue known to him.
It IL probably very nearly exhaustive for
the graduates OF West Point, but II Is far
from complete for the statues Of the oele-
brated men of the whole country.
TENTATIVE LIST OF THE PORTRAIT STATUES
OF FAMOUS AMERICANS.
arranged alphabetically
Anderson (Robert H); U. s. N, A., 1887
bronze bust by -. in cemetery at savan-
Arthur Chester A: bronze seated statue
by -. in I,nionn SPuaEre: y, Z city ,,on,.
statue by l. Z Val milne, il Il Tinxton, ny.
Bryan, william vC CIllenE bronze bust
Br ySISrd PI 1 Be- se~ u fGst s T. 1877 bronze
''I Bsuford Is ~; & s NJ 4. isti; statue
by -. Chambersburs pike. at 0ettys-
SSsas q :, iSSmSs,l a'T 4 f PfS1
Carr Major ;Gsn J2,eph BradforSl; bronze
oef srs oeoTs. I hfGn.s j. statue 81
Nuhoncy, at indianapolis, Ind
Clark idcorg, Roc rsD; standing statue by
o,oc;; IN 1s, Monument iia'e' Indianapolis
Citation tGeneran: bronze statue by n X
B@sGrown . 10 ~SSq q6Shs Standing statue.
by Massey Rhlnd. broadway and Exchange
place. New York city.
N coiumSus JcShri-topher) bronze statue.
The Circle. New York city. ., .
Nadison Sauare, New York city.