Evening star., 1915-09-30
NATIONS TRIBUTE
TO PATRIOT DEAD
Washington, Lincoln and Other
Presidents and Many Eminent
Soldiers H0nored.
PLACING OF MONUMENTS
TO PERPETUATE MEMORY
Union Leaders of Civil War Repre-
sented in Statues Erected
in This City.

Ff.tN sGdiS dtltt llc ClOSe VI tAc
war the nation is continuing the work
O. honoring the heroes who fought for
,he integrity of the Union in the con-
fi"t between the north and the south.
Monuments ami memorials to the men.
anl the women, too, who participated
/ that war now are being erected here.
:; 'a:-s to the long list of those who al
Icaty have been honored
located in the territory dividing the
arth and the south. and where scores
c. the heroes who fought in the ranks
and commanded the troops lie in the
cemeteries dedicated to the nations
fshters. no better place could be found
Tor perpetuating the memory of these
nfen and women than is the District of
Columbia. And the location OF the seat
OF government here gives ground for
further claim to the construction of
such statues here.
Slow, But Not Neglectful.
Slow to recognize the work of it's
heroes by perpetuating their memory
in marble and bronze, the nation has
never been forgetful 1t was sixty
years after the close of the revolution
ary war before the marble shaft to the
Father of His Country was started.
and it was not so many years ago that
the capstone was put in place.
1t has taken fifty years for the nation
adequately to honor the first man of
the civil war, President Lincoln, with
a monument befitting his work: On
the banks of the Potomac now is being
constructed a massive marble memorial
to stand out in perpetuatton of the
name of the war President. The begin
ming of the construction marks the cul-
m nation of years of effort on the part
of those determined to see that Lincoln
was befittingly honored.
Within sight of this memorial. but
across the historic Potomac and on the
heights of Arlington overlooking the
Capital city. is to be erected an enor
nous amphitheater to the memory of
the soldiers of the civil war. designed
for the veterans. The contract for con-
struction has been let by the War De-
partment Here those who defended the
country during the civil war may meet
on Memorial day and at other times and
hold ceremonies commemorative of the
heroes who fought in that conflict
Dedicated to Women.
To the north of the Lincoln memorial.
and on 18th street northwest, very near
the Corcoran Art Gallery. is bu ld;ng
dedicated to- the woman nurses of the
civil war. When completed ii will be used
for the work of the American Red Cross
Society. perpetuation of the work
started by the nurses who attended the
SICK ana WOunOeu the WAL
Already there are in Washington two
statues of Lincoln. One is located a mile
east of the Capitol, in Lincoln Park. 1t
is d bronze representation of the great
eEi;,ncipator. He is shown as standing
beside a pillar on which rests his right
hand, holding the proclamation which gave
liberty to 100000 slaves. while his left
hand is extended. as in blessing, over
slave kneeling at his feet. The shackles
of the slaves are broken, and the black
man is gazing into the face of the Presi-
dent as If giving thanks for his liberty.
The group is ten feet high and rests on
pedestal OF granite.
The monument was erected by the west
ern sanitary comm ssion of st. Louis,
with funds contributed solely by enan-
cipated citizens of the United States.
Charlotte Scott, a freedwoman of Nir-
ginia. gave S5-her first earnings i'm
freedom-for this purpose That was the
first contribution that was made toward
the statue which was dedicated April Il,
1876. 1t had cost $4,000. a sum CRATE
fully given by the freedmen. At its dedi-
cation the foremost colored man of the
country delivered the GRAFTON, which will
be cherished by every member of his race
as one of the strongest utterances OF
Frederick Douglass.
There has also been erected to Lincoln
q marble statue. which surmouuts tall
stone column in front of the city hail. at
the intersection of ID street, John Marshall
place and Louisiana avenue. But his real
memorial now is being erected on the
banks OF the Potomac, III the Potomac
Park.
Others Remembered.
In addition to the two statues of Lincoln
there are effgies Of Gen Hancock. Ad-
miral Dupont Gen. Thomas. Admiral Far
ragut. Gen. Logan. President Garfield,
Gen. Mcpherson. Gen. Rawlings. Gen.
Scott. Gen. Sheridan, Cen Sherman, Gen.
Grant. Gen. Mcclellan and the Stephenson
G. A. r. memorial.
There Is one marble statue OF Gen
Grant in the rotunda of the Capitol, and
another il in the course Of construction
In the Botanic Garden at the west front
of the Capitol In 1901 Congress aD-
propriated $4,000 for designs for this
monument, and in 1902 appropriated AN
au6itionaI sum OF $4,000 TO commence
Its construction. which, when completed,
equestrian statue. fianked by artillery
groups The main part OF the memorial
Is complete. the artillery groups now be-
ing in position. All that rema MS to be
done is the placing OF the statue of Grant.
Since the last annual encampment here
there have been added to the statues of
civil war heroes here those of Gen. Phil
Sheridan, Gen. Sherman, Gen. Mcclellan
and the Stephenson Grand Army me-
mortal.
The sculptor and contractor for the
Sherman statue. which is located just
south of the Treasury building, died
before IL was completed, and his widow,
by resolution of the statue commits
sion. was authorized TO complete the
work of her husband. II is an eQues-
trian figure, surrounded by representa-
tions OF soldiers from the various arms
OF the service. IL was unveiled in 1903.
For its construction Congress appropri-
ms of hn