The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-31
IN MEMORY OFLINCOLN
By Frederic ]. Haskin. l,l..s., sss.i.1f i .ssuI, n llesalls i sz n

to Lincoln in that city. whether an arch in one of the cfty's pissas. monument ,Jof q statue. the men most interested mear, to have some lasting niemoriai that win fittingly typify Inc life and the work of Lincoln,
 other admirers of Lincoln arc urging some great memorial in Washington, some stately shaft. statue or monoiitn that will stand In the Capital City near Chat of President Washineton. and ne an object Of interest. instruction and sfnspiration to every visitor. A bill re- gently introduced in Congress pro- vides for the purchase sf what IS known as the oidroyd collection of Lin- coin relics, and the preservation or these In some suitable fashion This bill provides for the purchase or the property in Washington adjoining the house In which 1incolnr died, and which is now the property Of the govern ment. the object beiug to make . park about the place and the better pre- serve 1t as a mecca for the aamlrers of Lincoln. The plan calls for the ad- dItiop of wings to the old house, ano the further protection of the colIec- ton, if bought This collection Of Lincoln relics. some 5000 or more pieces, is said to be the most complete of its kind in the world, and is very rare and valuable.
 A beautiful and more general way In which Lincoln Is being remembered by lasting memorials, is the placing Of bronze tablets in public buildings posts and schools. The idea flrst originated with Union veterans sew erai years ago. It takes the form Of tablets, and they are now being erect ed under the authorized direction of the Quartermaster GeneFaI of the Grand Army Of the Republic On polished marble slab. these patriotic men have mounted bronze tebles twenty-four by twenty-nine inches square, on which appears the complete text of LncoIn's famous Gettysbure address. The d@coration at the top ot the tablet is composed-of the corps badges of the seven divisions of the Union army engaged in the battle. and woven in with these are the wild How ens and the grasses from the field al Gettysburg. The slab Is fastened OF the wall by four screws whose heads are enlarged c. A. R. buttons.
 The C. A. R. members throughoui the country are pushing the Idea. of in- stalling these bronze tablets and have enlisted the co-operationi of a large number of educators through the North. The organization stands for patriotic instruction and oeheYeS Ins Gettysburg address best suited to this work, especially when set forth in the small space of bronze tablet. The words ring with the love of country and though spoken on a battlefield have no bftterfess or rRncour and they are appropriate to every battlefield of the Civil War.
 Whatever forms the memorials of this year will take, they will bring into greater prominence the memory of that great man of whom gifted writer has said: First rude vigor, thep tempered strength, then a human spirit, touched with the pathos of tn- finite patience and sorrow; an ideal Americans who had climbed from the bottom to the top. who had educated himself by the way. and in becoming suprenely great had remained su- premeIy human, 2 .S> .5.. x's Copyright. 1908; by Frederic J Has kin.)
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