Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-21
MANASSAS MONUMENT
VETERANS ON BOTH SIDES PAR
TICIPATE IN DEDICATION.

MANASSAS. Va, October 20.-The battle
monument to the New York regiments,
which was dedicated on the Bull Run field
today, drew large crow1, despite the
weather.
The ceremonies were conducted in driz-
cling rain, which, however, did not seem
to mar the event. Bird 8. Coler, president
Of the borough of Brooklyn, presided. The
principal address was delivered by Rev.
DR.. John Wesley Hill of the Jones Meth
odist Episcopal Church. Brooklyn.
Prominent among the visitors was a dele
cation Of over 300 veterans and their fami-
lies from Brooklyn and New York. who
were met by a mounted escort of con-
federate veterans and conducted to the
scene Of the unwilling. The procession first
moved to the fourteenth monument thence
to the fifteenth and thence to the tenth, at
each Of which appropriate exercises were
held. Upon the conclusion Of the addresses,
which followed, the representatives of the
blue and the gray and those accompanying
then freely intermingled and spent some
time in visiting various parts Of the ia
nous battle ground.
During the afternoon, at a meeting of
the Battlefield Park Association. resolu-
tons were adopted indorsng the bill Of
Representative Rixey, providing for an ap-
preparation to transform the field into a
national park.
At the close of the exercises and pilgrim
ages over the battlefield, Bull Run Chap
ter, Daughters of the Confederacy, served
luncheon for the entire party.
Welcomed by Virginian.
Edmund Berkely of Prince William
county, Va, who was lieutenant colonel
of the 9Th Virginia, and is commander of
Ewen Camp Of Confederate Veterans, well
coined the veterans Of the 9Th, 10th and
I4th New York Infantry. He said
'Fellow-countrymen Of the grandest
country upon this planet: We are here to-
day to honor the memories of some of her
noble sons, who have crossed the Great
Divide in the consciousness of duty faith
fully performed.
zone of our greatest countrymen has said
that no greater tribute could be paid to
mortal man than to say that he had per-
formed his duty faithfully, and it matters
little whether he wore the blue or whether
he wore the gray, provided he performed
his duty faithfully from his own stand
point.
mo greater proof could be possible that
we have now a reunited country from
which all feeling of sectionalism and bitter
ness are passing away and destined to be-
come a thing of the past than to see the
men who wore the blue uniting with the
men who wore the gray in such a work of
love as they are engaged in today, and in
which Ewell Camp of Confederate Veterans.
through me, its commander, wishes them
God speed.
To Equal Other Battlefields.
1--WE are assembled here today to dedi-
cate some of its first monuments on an
embryo battle park that Is destined in
the near future to be endowed by our
government, and to become the equal of
Chickamauga, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Shi-
lob, or any battle park on this continent
"All monuments on any battle park, while
they are monuments to the noble sons OF
their country, who gave up their lives In
defense of her rights as understood by them,
are also monuments to the great COM
mander-in-chief of all armies, under whose
direction all battles are fought, and the
results of which are such as preordained
by Him.
I'VE who participated in the bloody bat
ties of brothers fought around this spot
nearly half century ago are standing here
today possessed with the supreme satisfac-
ton of knowing that not one single drop
of precious blood was shed in vain; that not
one single drop was shed that did not full
fill the purpose intended for 1t by the
Almighty in cementing together indis-
solubly the warning sections of our country
into one great united whole; making 1t the
greatest country upon earth; the admfra-
ton and envy of all nations, ever to re-
main first and foremost until Gabriel
bugle blast shall sound the great final
reyeille"