The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14
LINCOLN BOULEVARD.
Interesting Letter in Favor
of the Much Talked of Ma
tional Road From Wash
ington to Gettysburg.

ington to Gettysburg.
Next to the immortal Washing.
ton, the name of Abraham Lin
coin brings the deepest echo from
the hearts of the American peo-
pie. Coming into the nations
life at the most critical period of
its history, he did more than any
other man to continue its splen
did progress and make the United
States one of the greatest nations
of the earth.
By his skillful hand the last
trace of slavery was blotted from
the history of the American peo
pie, and the natien united
in an everlasting union, which no
force can ever again endanger.
Sacrificed to liberty by the blind
prejudice and fanaticism of an
unbalanced crank, his name has
been immortalized with that of
the Father of his Country. The
District of Columbia signalizes
the discoverer of America. The
city of Washington as the ma.
tion's capital, bears testimony of
the immortal Washington, and
now 1t has been suggested to
memOrize that of Lincoln by a
national boulevard from that city
to the great battle field of Get
tysburg, which established the
unity of the nation to which Lin
coin gave his life. This is o
fitting and proper tribute to his
greatness, and the American peo.
pie are only honOring themselves
when they construct such a mon
ument to his memory.
But such memorial work
should be associated with and
harmOnized as much as possible
with the nations history-and
particularly with the life and
achievements of the hero, to
whose memory it is devoted.
A memorial road from Wash
ington to Gettysburg by an air
line through Westminster might
save few dollars in construction,
but in such a work the dollars
are not the only consideration.
1t done it should be done fully
for the purpose for which it was
intended, or not-done at all.
Tho nation should pay tribute to
it's heroes and perpetuate its his.
tory in proper, consistent and
comprehensive manner, whic b
they and it deserve, or its great
ness will suffer in the eyes of the
world.
A memorial road from Wash
ington to Gettysburg, by way of
Frederick, would not only take
in vastly more of the events and
places that the life Of Lincoln
associated with the nations his.
tory, but would link scenes
and actions of American history
in manner which no other route
could do
The battle field of Monocacy is
on this line, the historic town of
Frederick and within a short dis
tauce are the famous battle fields
of Antietam and South Noun.
TAIN.
This route would follow, more
closely than any other practica.
BILE, the line of march of the two
great armies which contended for
three days in death struggle for
victory at Gettysburg, both to
and from that famous field.
Is would take in the many
places along that eventful line of
march made historic by minor ac.
tions which took place when par
ties of the contending forces
came in contact with each other.
At Frederick is the grave,
marked by Q splendid marble
shaft contributed by a grateful
people, OF the author Of our ma
tiOnal anthem, Francis Scott
Key.
At Frederick is the grave of
Hon. Roger b. Taney, the great
Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States.
At Frederick is the home and
the grave of Barbara Fritchie,
the immortal heroiue of the war.
From Frederick General Brad.
dock started on his fateful march
through Western Pennsylvania,
which ended in Oyerw helming de
feat.
At Frederick General Meade
received notice of the change in
Generals, which put him in com.
mand Of the forces marshalling
at Gettysburg.
At Frederick was held the he
roic court that declared the
Stamp Act illegal and void be-
fore the bells of Philadelphia
rang out the freedom of the col.
onies, or the guns of Concord
roared defiance to British author
ity.