Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-05
PATRIOTISM DObS
Up IN FORM OF LAW
Numerous Measures in the Hands
Of the Legislature on Subject
of Monuments

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full share of patriotic sentiment In
the Legislature now apparently near
Ing the completion of its work large
number of measures have been pre-
! sented calling for recognition in one
form or another of the place won by
this Commonwealth in the history Of
the American Revolution and the
| Civil War. In addition the Spanish
American War veterans have been
given recognition.
For the most part the bills offered
! call for the erection of monuments to
| famous men or women of Revolution
ary or Civil War times, or the acqui-
| sition of land for the establishment of
| public parks commemorative of sig
nificant incidents in the nations his
! tory.
Senator Martin, of Cumberland
county, has presented bill which is
| designed to honor the memory of the
! famed Molly Pitcher. This bill calls
| for an appropriation of $4,000 for
the erection of n monument at Carlisle
to commemorate the memory of the
| heroine of the battlefield of Mon
mouth. Molly Pitcher is the only
woman indeXed in the archives of the
State of Pennsylvania. Her maiden
name was Mary Ludwig and she lived
who eis.-.'scd in the Continental Army.
Mary went with her husband and her
work in carrying water in a pitcher
to the soldiers on many battlefelds
brought her the name of molly
Pitcher" Molly's husband. at the
! Battle of Monmouth, on June 2S,
1878, was shot down at the mouth of
| be given, ito the rear with the un-
manned gum" Molly rushed to the
place of her husband and for eight
hours manned the gun. Her heroism
served to rally the troops and aided
in winning the battle. She was sum-
moned before General Washington,
who breveted her sergeant. The
French called her Ell Captain, or
Captain Molly"
Molly returned to Carlisle with
Hays, who had not been mortally
wounded. Hays died some years later
and Molly married a man named Nc
Cauley. After McCauleys death the
Legislature granted Molly a pension
of $40 q year, "for services rendered
in the Revolutionary War" The
vouchers for this pension the woman
signed by making her mark. Some of
the vouchers have the name McKolly,
while others are spelled McCauley.
Citizens of Carlisle have erected an
humble monument to mark her grave
in the old graveyard at Carlisle.
A monument to General Anthony
Wayne is the aim of measure offered
! by Senator Thompson, of Beaver
! county. This bill creates a commits
sion of three members to be known as
the Wayne Memorial Commission.
This commission is authorized to pur-
chase piece of ground in Harmony
| township, Beaver county, between
Ambridge and Baden, whereon was
fought a memorial battle during the
| early days of Pennsylvania. In this
battle General Wayne led the victori-
Gus forces. The commission is also
! empowered to erect on the land pur-
chased a suitable monument to the
memory of General Wayne. The sum
of $4,000 is appropriated for the
work.
The site on which General George
Washington assembled the Cont
mental Army and started on the
memorable trip across the ice-clogged
Delaware river, on the night preceding
the Battle of Trenton, which took
place on December 25, 1875, will be
marked with a monument if bill
offered by Senator Buckman, of Bucks
county, becomes law. The Buck
man bill directs the purchase by the
State of the site and adjoining
grounds the entire plot not to exceed
100 acres and the establishment of
public park to be known as Washing
ton Crossing Park. This park is to be
maintained as nearly as possible in its
original condition as a military camp,
and the bill authorizes the State to
permit the use of the grounds for
National Guard encampments. An
appropriation of $4,000 is carried by
the bill.
A bill presented by Senator Jenkins,
Philadelphia, provides for a statue of
a Continental soldier to be placed on
the monument commemorating the
Battle of Germantown, in Vernon
Park, Germantown. The monument
has been erected and it is the desire
of citizens of Germantown that it be
enlarged and improved by the addition
of statue of a Continental soldier.
The bill calls for an appropriation of
$4,000 for the proposed statue.
Senator Ware, of Philadelphia, is
the sponsor of a bill in the Senate
which aims to preserve the historic
sites of Militia Hill and Fort Hill. in
Whitemarsh township, Montgomery
county. Upon these sites Fort Wash
ington was erected. The Ware bill
provides that the sites shall become
public park and be maintained with
their fortifications as nearly as possi-
BILE in their original condition. The
measure also calls for an adequate
oPpAOiSh " lHC pam IIOiIl Tic CITY
of Philadelphia, extending from the
park along both sides of the Wissa-
hickon creek to a point near the en-
trance of the creek into Fairmount
Park. Senator Vare's bill calls for an
appropriation of $4,000 to carry into
effect the provisions of the proposed
act and the work is given into the
charge of the Fairmount Park Com
missioners.
A bronze replica of the Houdon
statue of Washington to be erected in
the State Capitol is the aim of the bill
offered by Senator Beidleman, of Dau-
phin county. The bill appropriates
the sum of $3.50 for the purchase
of the statue. The original of the
statue it is proposed to purchase
ST nds in the rotunda of the State Cap
itol at Richmond, Va. An act of the
Virginia Assembly permits a firm in
Providence, r. l., to make copies and
reproductions of the Houdon statue
from the moulds in possession of the
company. These moulds belong to
the State of Virginia. :
The Stern bill to provide for q COM
mission to study the advisability of
purchasing the properties opposite In
dependence Square for a public park
is now in the hands of the Governor,
and action on it is expected within
the next week. This measure passed
both branches of the Legislature with
virtually unanimous vote.
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