The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-21
, tho vital arteries Of our

nov nov become tho vital arteries Of ouI
| In tho building M those t,,,o,,or,, -,
MH!s there may DO a happy SbiendIni,
81 the sentimental and the utilitnrIun
b,,ssv uesp, ,t TIE rnsh and tumult of this
orero IL sun deeper down In the souls
81 inc people much of the spirit Of tic
i npn,nst ages; ms witness the widespread
reservation Of the sacred precincts of
me me home and tomb OF Washington,
fc mis 4iiisn nSr Of the two spirits manl-
aucnt nowadays, OF building hie Swnvs
70 facilitate access TO noted historic
o ~ or TO commemorate the services
statesman. or of some Intrepid nioneoi.
VINO periled his life and endured every
nivi uIs.1ip 70 open. UP tho paths OF
or our Western world. ~ 7 'iosS $
nc proposition has been advanced
t Iuo the HE and services OF Abraham
! - r,,o,in be commemorated by con-
s,hhr III a national boulevard from
.ue CITY OF Washington. where he died
martyr for his services, TO the ma zion,
he me me battlefield OF Gettysburg. where
~ uttered thut unsurpassed culogi,lm
oa me men who died there shat gov.
eminent i,n, Of the people. for the people
from na o ihc inc n,r people might not perish
nn0oler monument this. than the $4,000,
~ memorial proposed TO be built at
ne ne national capital, whatever form
% 1. d
lincoln Boulevard" and thousands
NJ, NH bless the wisdom that devised and
nily h IeraIes that executed II; SO hap
r RIO, and the sen qmcntal in one grand
and enduring work
Inen again, a magnificent highway
NC Confederncy. along tlfut historic
stretch Of country over which wrestlcd
INC, Armies iI,,ii of the Potomac and North
sIH SirSinia: touching Mount Vernon,
ho Ian III.
as possible, and bearing in lis '',IIr
,orent sections the names OF great ac.
. ,, deemed worthy of Virginias anu
lie nations honors, would form for
mem the noblcst. because the most ,,se-
III OF all monuments -,
The great thoroughfnre now propose.l
, o.tWeeh t!chmond and Norfolk by
WnN OF williamsburg. Jamestown.
iiS,ie sW,p News and Hampton. could
TO conlmcmorat e some Of our great Vir
sinlans that have meritcd the enduring
Sliaa'tuns Of future generations. Like
anu Pcuersburg: or that along the his
.oric Shenandoah and VALLEY of Vir
Gina, made famous forever by Ashby
an" II Iba has son. Early and sheridan.
~ movement afoot In Kentucky 10
Io,f uct q great highway from Cum
tero sdha q, GAP. where Boone first en-.
~, ~ totlnued on the banks of the river
Unit gave the State lis name, 10 h.
Saiied the Daniel Boone boulevard IN
honor OF that intrepid pioneer Who led 81
d dne vanguard or civilization into Tie
nnrk and bloody ground along this
Hniatoric route, and over which nournd
10 !, whole century the stream OF emf
Sithuon mat built UP the mighty en-
PTS OF the Central West. r. n m
=, me blind Homer has the 'Iliad" for
up: :ts M m lfino the blind Milton tho
;nppius C!audius has to Keep his nam mo
n ~; eeetiastinE remembrance. the mag
Anos,i 1a,ppian Way. trodden by the
; ~ le Paul. by triumphal processions
, OF neman conquerors. BY kings and
,,I5 5entates. by the throngfnE multi
R isu1s oi iaone. Capua. Beneventum and
s,,,i hdisium: by the hosts of Inedieyai
,.nas1 lilodern coEquerors: by prince ana
Iheasnnt, for two and Quarter mil
a dehhlu ms down to the present limo
ana ana yel existent as one of the nobIcst
a - . most useful monuments ever can
.Structedi by the wealth and nover ~ ~
, ,me ancient world Shall We build our
'''''iiuihents as wisely and as well? II