, 1922-05-30
DEDICATION AT
CAPITAL HOLDS
GREAT TRIBUTE
Thousands Participate IN
Ceremony Today;
Harding Speaks
W~AsHINGToN. Man 30.

(By The Associated Press.)-
A nations tribute to its glori-
Gus dead reached its climax
today at the dedication of the
memorial erected beside the
Potomac to Abraham Lincoln by his
srateful countrymen. A former
president headed the commission
which has lavished unrelenting en-
re on making this stone emblem OF
Americas gratitude worthy OF the man
whose memory it viii pcrpetuate for
Americans always. The president ~
person accepted the work in the nas
IONS name
Spread across the wide terraces, the
.awns and the circling driveways that
have been wrought to give tho mem
orial building a setting. were thous-
ands OF Americans and the most dis
tinguished men IN this country from
foreign lands. came TO pay homage at
a new shrine OF democratic liberty.
Close in about the rising tiers OF
marble steps were gathered the men
who today hold in their hands the des-
TIMES OF hat government "of the
people. for the people. n by the
people," which Lincoln gave his life
TO maintain. but behind these. I've
a mile wide sweep OF the mall. and
clear away to the base OF Washington
monument a mile distant from the
memorial were tho common folks
from whom Lincoln eame. for whom
no ceaselessly tollcd. and from whom
he drew his greatest inspiration.
Foremost among The men who gath.
cred Mt his eliminating ceremony
OF Decoration day were the aged vet
Grams Of the Grand Army of the Re
public, men who at Lincoin's put
aside their implements OF husbandry
for army uniforms of blue, and set on.
for battle determined to seal with
| blood ~ need be the unity of the Am
| ericnn nation. To these old soldiers
who knew him and obeyed him in life
was given the place of honor in this
last and greatest tribute to the leader
under whom they had served-and
with them. as mute testimony to the
greatness Of ths emancipator's vision
sstood other old ana feeble men In the
gray OF the southern ccnfederacy, also
come to pay homage to the memory
OF the charitable Lincoln.
The uniforms of the veterans. mill.
| tary attaches and OF the marines who
guarded and patrolied the pathways
through the great throne were the
only signs today of martial life except
that the officers and men OF us
British flagship Raleigh. now at
Washington navy yard. were mingled
with the thousands OF democratic pa
triots who stood in a blazing sun to
rear the addresses of former Presi-
lent Taft and President Harding.
The speakers rostrum was at the
head, OF the wide stairway leading to
| the square marble bulk OF the memo
| rial. in which the huge statute OF
| Lincoln is the only object in a state
ly chamber. rooted with transparent
white marble. Below the platform
stretched the great crowd, and the
amplifiers from the ROOT OF the me
mortal carried the words of III speak
ers far across to the wooded sweeps
| OF lawn on either hand that reach to-
ward the monument to Washington
in one direction and towards the
looming bulk of the capitol in the
| other.
Tho statute is a masterpiece OF the
sculptor's art. 1t shows Lincoln in
the pose and with the expression that
have long been endeared to American
hearts. 1t is cut from a solid block
Of Georgia marble and from tho base
of the statue itself to the head Of the
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