Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-06-09
monument is lined with splendid pub
lie buildings and ornamented with i'm
pressive statutes executed by the most

monument is lined with splendid pub
lie buildings and ornamented with i'm
pressive statutes executed by the most
famous sculptors Of this country as
well as of Europe.
An immense statute of granite to-
gether with two other subordinate
statues form the head of the mall,
trees and flowers the center, while ad-
jacent are the government buildings,
wonderful monuments of architectural
skill.
The plan for the future city IF
Washington provides for the extension
of this wonderful parkway Of trees
and flowers, from the Washington
monument to the Lincoln memorial,
altogether forming magnificent gar
den over two miles in length. Fur
thermore, the dream of Andrew Jack
son, that the broad and beautiful riv-
er separating two of the original thir-
teen states, shall come to be spanned
with arches Of ever enduring granite,
symbolic of the firmly established I'M
ion of the North and South" is about
to be realized by the construction of
such a bridge across the Potomac riv-
er, the Arlington, the national GENE.
terry. The capitol at one end of the
great parkway, stretching from Cap
itol Hill to the Potomac, is a monu-
ment to the government; the Lincoln
memorial at the other end of that
parkway is a monument to the savior
OF that government; and the Washing
ton monument standing between, is a
monument to its founder.
Truly, Washington is a city of mag
| nitfcent distances-with it's extensive
parks, broad avenues and beautiful
drives, leading from the city; it i'm
presses one as the capital of a nation
which prizes freedom and indepen-
dence above all other possessions.
In this city Of beautiful architecture,
it is difficult to select any one build
ing as more typically American than
another. Simplicity, stateliness and
dignity of design stamp our capital
buildings. In all of them the extern
| sive use of the Greek is marked, a few
using the ornate Corinthian, others
stern Doric, while still larger num-
Der use the Ionic, which blends the
ornate and the simple, in such a deli
cate way. Second only to the capitol
itself in architectural importance is
the Treasury building, an imposing
| structure of sandstone and granite.
Adorned with colorado and porti-
Goes of stately Ionic columns, the
building stands as an emblem of the
enduring solidity and security of the
American nation.
However, it is before the capitol
building itself, that we loyal American
citizens pause, with the deepest rev.
erence. The building is distinguished
for. it's commanding situation and ma
.jestic proportions, for dignity, grace
and beauty of design, all uniting to
give it rank as an architectural OBJ
ject among the noblest in the world.
From an elevated site on Capitol Hill
1t overlOOks the amphitheatre of the
Potomac-and is conspicuous feature
OF the landscape from miles on every
side. The GROWING glory of the cap
itol, is the imposing dome, springing
from a peristyle of fluted Corinthian
columns above the central building.
terminating in a lantern surmountcd
by the statue of Freedom, the whole
effect symbolic Of the ideals toward
which the American nation is striv-
ing.
AS American citizens, we are proud
of the splendid Westland, sometimes
called the backbone of the nation; We
admire the spirit and dignity of the
South, we reverence the East, with its
wealth of historic associations, but is
not our truest and most sincere love
for Washington, the city which typi-
f1es to all this free republic? Have
not all Of us the consciousness that
SHE belongs to US? Do we not feel