The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-06
TO BRING BLAINE HOME.
Body of Names Most Famous States
man to Be Taken to Augusta.

After many years the body of James
o. Blaine is to rest in the soil of the
state of Maine. Arrangements have
just been made which assure the re-
moval of the body early in the coming
summer, from Rock Creek cemetery in
! Washington, where interment took
| place in 1903, to beautiful spot on
the crest of Winthrop hill, overlooking
this city and the valley of the Kenne-
bee. The body of Mrs. Blaine will also
be brought here and presumably that
of the son, Walker Blaine, who is
buried beside his parents in Washing
ton.
Ever since the death of Mr.. Blaine
there has been periodical agitation for
the bringing of the body to Augusta
for permanent burial and for the cree.
ton of fitting memorial above the
grave. 1t has always been well under
stood that Mr.. Blaine had himself ex-
pressed preference for burial here
and his fondness for the site now def
nitely selected was often manifested
1t is a place where he frequently went
on Sunday rambles, and the view that
it commands has few equals in all the
itiiStu anu VI tHt
kennebee" that he loved and praised in
his public addresses. 1t is just beyond
Forest Grove cemetery, where stands
the little headstone above the grave of
Mr.. and Mrs. Baine's first son, who
died in infancy.
For many years the Blaine heirs
have owned three acre lot just above
the cemetery, browning Winthrop hill.
Fine old elms stand upon it, and it will
be easy to convert the spot into an
ideal setting for the Blaine tomb and
memorial virtually part of the adj
joining cemetery and yet part by it. |
self as shrine for those who honor |
the memory of the greatest figure |
among all the leaders that MaiQe has |
contributed to American public life.
1t is already determined that one fea
ture OF the plot will be stone seat |
that will command the beautiful view
that Mr.. Blaine often visited the spot |
to enjoy.
After Mr.. Blaine's death in Washing
ton in January u years ago it was ex
pected that the BODY would remain /
there only as a temporary arrangement
and that permanent interment would
be here in his home city. One thing
and another, however. has delayed the
removal When Mrs. Blaine's daugh
ter, Mrs. Beale, gave the Blaine home
stead to the state a year ago as a
to her only son, Lieutenant
Walker Blaine Beale, who was killed
in France, to be used as residence for
Names governors and for other public
purposes, the resolution of acceptance
and thanks that the legislature passed
the hope that the family
would give the state permission TO
bring the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Blaine
from Washington to Augusta and to
erect a suitable memorial above them.
Since then Governor Milliken and
Mrs Beale and the latter's attorney,
Norman l.. Bassett Of this city, have
been in conference. and, as a result,
{ is now announced positively that
he removal will be made this year,
in June. The exercises in
connection with this final welcome
leme to the great statesman whom
Augusta welcomed home with glad ac-
lain So many times during his bril-
liant career will be a notable incident
n the program of Names centenary
Journal.