Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-07-13
H|CHCATE UNVEILS
BRONZE MEMORIAL
Gift of Capt. Henry B. Meigs OF
18th Vermont to His No
tive Town.
Continued from page onc)

Hl'o' I've NhDl'tS, anu tnOn nnt'u NiHtL tHO
leaders and tho plain soldicry were tied
together with the badge OF tho Grand
Army OF tho Republic, and the crossed
muskets, swords and cnnnons, and tho
whole crowned with n full sized statue Of
the ordinary soldier, clothed in full uni
form, resting upon his muslsct. tho man
who fought the battles and won the
victories, and who never can be too much
IGNORED, I faid to myself, Thank God
am citizen Of such a country and that
have such O splendid ancestry"
HEROIC SPIRIT STILL LIVES.
And then when listened to the ad-
dress of presentation by my beloved
friend and fellow citizen, so simple
in statement, chaste in dicion. con-
spicous In nodesty and expressive OF love
for the place of his nativity, and in turn
heard the address of acceptance from
your honorable townsman. declaring that
I would be cared for, appreciated, and a
perpetual reminder Of the spirit Of the
past and to-day, to all succeeding genera
tons. I could not help but feel thnt tho
heroic. chivalrlc and self-sacrificing spirit,
Of the old New Hampshire Grants and the
carly Republic of Vermont still ahidcs
with us.
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b. Meiss For It he has thought by day
| and dreamed by night ana wrought in
| 10th. and we do honor to him rs well as
| ourselves by this large and representa-
! tive gathering and the enthusiastic spirit
| trat Is In evidence
May the generous donor Of this beauti-
ful monument live yet many moons to re-
turn to this place which has more charm
| N fbo,, 10.
to gaze upon this monument, m!ngle with
| his surviving comrades in blue about the
campfire, renew his Fellowship with the
people of EIighgate and enjoy the beauties
/ of these glorious hills Of this grand old
| Green Mountain State.
! No life spent in a righteous cause Is
ever lost. Every man that fell in defense
Of the federal union, or fought for It's
pcrmanency. still lives, and will continue
t. live in the most important sense,
/ whether he wore the stars of the general.
the eagles of the colonel, the bars of the
/ captain. the chevrons of the sergeant, or
/ the plain blue blouse Of the private SOL
| der whether his body lies in the sacred
! enclosure of the cemetery. or in some
| srot unmarked and unknown-he lives
and is present with us to-day, goes with
| US Wherever we go an" W"tc"'S 'h'
| ilsinSS ana ialiheS on our patr'ot'Sin' o"'
we forget MIN? Never so long ms we ar"
nation ana nave u history tha' Is worth
/ Preserving Ana Wh"n the IaSt or THESE
/ noble, Sof-sacrlhclnE' ana Spl'hdid men
! shall have FOLDED ms tent mere ana gone
away to bVouack on the eternal camping
ground. though INVISIBLE ne VIII hc WON
| derfully influential upon us
MEANING OF THIS DAY.
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1 ,Ii,o !, /. NOT TO bornr these, snlcndid
| oo,,rae,o,u. bcroi, and aeIr-sacrificinf,
mo, ,.b,.o nor.. ar. inscribed unou
,bio monument They mood no honors If
our hands ,rb.v hovo higher and rrander
j borors than we can live them Most OF
,,.,, ar. olr,,dv orc,r,ued uDou
tl.av,n,s croo, pora.1c-prourd They are
n,rchin, IN tho sound If celestial music.
,ud re.nordinp IA th,. directions Of the.
crc,t cor,,p,ndor ,rbov with their SIR
/ vi,.,,,., comrades are rroyncd with the
| victory II right over wrong.
What then Is the meaning OF this day
this monu;A mt, this gathering II Is SIM
/ ply inns TO eaten the spirit "l these
! nome ana deNo'eu men, an" /" Keep Nl'"
/ snow II when "'c"S'oh requires ne
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tho. negon var win ,no hos, or,,tr,,,1
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answer came boc, in almost oud,lr,
words. "Thov vero invtrcihlo hecausa NJ
rl.eir heroi, sniri,
ppov,,, t,t,n,r,, -. ,,rnor
w men our civil War broke out the
pol'tioiais Oh Europe volunteered the
opinion 'hat the old heroic spirit had
I'Naporatod ana That the men OF the
great northern ana western states
'a'cu lor nothing except money BUT
Wh"h by the hundred OF thousands.
patrlotlc fathers. sons and brothers,
l't thoIr pI"u2hS and anVlls' and
looms and counting rooms. and