The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-18
LAID DOWN
LIVES FOR
AMERICANS
Monument to Memory Of Name
less French Soldiers
and Sailors
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AhA AseNSNhtd bfNaA
Annapolis Ma. ADrii lS on tic
campus oI ST. Johns college there
Was unveiled here today "A bronze
tablet erected hy ihe General society
oi the sons 0f thc Revolution 10 the
memory oi the nnmeiess French Sold
jeJs and sailors who in 1881 laid
down lheir lWes Ia the cause 0t
American Independence President
lail Bnd Ambassador lusseland both
made formal addresses Tile mid
shipmcU o. the National naval Acad-
tuy ala non tUn 0ul ia honor ot
those who prevented the capture ana
probable sack a Annapolis, bat rep
tesentatiYes OF me Sons OF the Revo.
luton from All parts OF The country
ihe sons d the American Revolution,
ihe Society Of the Cincinnati. the
Maryland Historical society and the
daughters Of the American Reyou-
ien were iu attendance
no Professor Henri Marion ol lhe
department OF languages at the naval
academy is due IN large measure the
credit Of awakening interest III the
forgotten allies whose unselhsh de-
yoiiOm SO largely contributed to our
freedom Some wears age in lectuf.
ng before the Alliance Francaise at
Baltimore ne told how "Frencn
uoops under La Fayette and Rocham-
beau encamped az Annapolis and bs
their presence tMarch i7SD prevent
led the capture and probable sack.ng
OF That city number OF French
soldiers and sailors" he continued,
died from their wounds or from dis
ease. and were buried All that time on
the grounds at st. Johns college,
Annapolis Could no a monument be
erected on the graves of those for.
gotten defenders Of American inde-
peudence9'
In the audience was q member oil
The General Society OF the Sons oi
the Revolution He sought out ne
lecturer, got from him the needed
facts and, when In 1906, a French
fleet came 10 assist at the Hnal In
ferment Of the first American admir-
AL lohn panl Jones, whose body had
)cen brought TO America the year be
ore from paris. Col Oswald Tilgh
nE'n ID member nf the society and
, then secretary Of state for Maryland
ltrAled attention 10 the old military
burying ground, and. as part Of The
/ ceremonies Of the visit the pedimen
/ of the present monument was laid
and he society pledged itself TO raise
/ she necessary funds for its compile
1 tion Later design was determin
ed upon and the commission 10 exc
cute it was assigned to J. Maxwell
Miller a Baltimore sculptor.
Although David RidgelY in his An
nails Of Annapolis, published In lS40
SAYS that traces OF the French en-
campment still remain, and speaks
ot mounds raised TO those who dice
/ IN the service the exact spot foi
The memorial was chosen only aftel
paiDstaking research, and il has beer
impossible 70 discover the names q
the dead or even their exact number
II is only known that alive they de
Tended the field and dead they still
hold X
/ Nearby Is another mOnumeni erect
ca BY ac' Of congress In 1909 To mari
lhe locality where Maryland forces
ot the Continental army and Frenct
lallies were encamped in September
1851 while on their way to report K
Lafayette al Yorktown Va
The committee In charge OF thC
works has consisted Of Talbot Oy
phant chairman. New York Gran
vile Leach Philadelphia, William
Gordon MeCabe Richmond. va VIII
liam Libhey Princeton. NJ j.. Henry
Cadle, Bethany M II Hoenry Dexter
Warren. Boston. Mass. Julian Henry
l.ee Baltimore. and } Appleton MIL
son secretary, Baltimore