Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-06-10
LEGION MEMORIAL (.
IN MAMMOTH CAVE
WEI Be Dedicated With An I'm
pressive Ceremony During
State Meet at Glasgow

! terested in the dedicatory cere-
rIonies of the American Legion
Memorial at Mammoth Cave,
which will feature the conven-
ton of the American Legion of
kentucky to be held at Glasgow,
August Is, 29 and 80.
On the third day the entire
program will be held at Mann
moth Cave.
In the 'Roturia,'' one of the
caves majestic domes, and the
Junction point for the several
branches of the historical old
cavern, there will re ciedtc. red a
memorial, the base of which will
lie crypt for the names of the
heroic and immortal dead Of the
World War from the entire ma
ton. This monument will be
erected by the members of the
Rarren County Post q of Glas-
Sow, which feels that Mammoth
{ ave will be a most suitable
pace to perpetuate the undying
r'cmOry of the heroes of the
World War. Little need be said
cf the history of Mammoth Cave
and to try 20 describe it in so
short a sketch would be a task
little short of impossible.
The Cave was known and used
rs a designation point for sur-
vcys as early as the year 1877.
From the part of the cave near
the entrance, saltpeter was min
ed for the manufacture of gun
Iowder during the War of 1872.
1t is near the remains of three
saltpeter works which may vet
be seen in the cave that the Le-
sion monument will be erected.
The Legion announcement
saws nothing could be a more
fitting than that we should COM
p1ete triangle of halloWed plac-
es in Kentucky. and no more ap-
rropriate spot could be chosen
ior such a national monument
than this gigantic hole which
wnds for miles and miles under
the hills and valleys of Gods
Garden Spot-Kentucky.
About 50 miles to the north
vest Of Mammoth Cave lies the
birthplace of Abraham Lincoln,
row dedicated into a National
Park to stand as a perpetual
;cnor to the poor farm boy who
rose above the pressure of cir
cumstances and became the I'm
:on's helmsman during its most
tenpestuous days.
TO the southwest Of the cave,
almost equidistant, on the site OF
the farm where the first and on
" president of the Southern
Confederacy first saw the light
IF day, remnants Of the Gray
Host are erecting a shaft to
their honored leader, Jeff Davis.
The erection of this American
Legion Monument will complete
The triangle, the Coruers of the
base being represented by the
birthplaces of Americas Civil
War presidents, the apex the
resting place of the names of the
iallen warriors of our present
day democracy.
Storms, fires, vandals and war
iuay destroy or uproot cemeter-
les and monuments on the sur
face of the eatrh, but nothing
less than violent eruption of
the earth itself will ever eface
this unusual subterranean ceno-
taph.
invitations to attend the cer-
emonies have been extended to
President Warren G.. Harding,
General John ]. Pershing, Gov
ernor Edwin p. Morrow, Lieu
tenant Governor Ballard, all of
Kentucky's representatives in
Congress, National officers of
The American Legion and the va
rious state headquarters of the
American Legion.
The dedicatory address will, it
is planned, be delivered by Han
ford MacNider, National Com
r1ander of the American Legion.
All important place on the pro-
gram will be taken over by Gold
Star mothers Of the Woman's
Auxiliary Of the American Le-
gion.
Permission has been granted
for the erection OF this monu-
mcnt by the Mammoth Cave
management, and for the first
time in the history OF the Cave,
The gates will be thrown open
for the delegates and visitors to
the ceremonies.