Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-04-28
GRANT STATUE
IS UNVEILED BY
Descendants

Washington, April 27.-The massive
bronze memorial to General Ulysses
s. Grant, the gift Of the nation to the
memory Of the great union soldier and
president. was dedicated in the Botanic
gardens Thursday with impressive GER
emonies, in which not only the surviv-
ing comrades of the great general par
ticipated, but also the vice president
of the United States, Chief Justice
Taft and associate justices of the su-
preme court, members Of the senate
and house, General Pershing and other
high officers of the army and navy.
At the same time the memorial
dent. At the same time the memorial
services were being held here Presi-
dent Harding was participating in
similar exercises at Point Pleasant,
Ohio, Grants birthplace. An impress
sive parade was held in homage to the
memory of General Grant.
Cadets from West Point. midshipmen
from Annapolis, all the regular sol
diers. marins and sailors stationed in
Washington, members of the Loyal
Legion and veterans of the civil war,
the Spanish-American war, the world
war and other foreign wars, as well
as representatives of patriotic socie-
ties were in the line of march.
The unwilling was by Princess Can
tacuzene, granddaughter and Princess
Ida CantscuZene, great granddaughter
of General Grant. At the head of the
parade rode Major General John A.
Glenn, selected to be marshal in place
of Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles,
who is ill.
When the memorial was unveiled
scores of pigeons swooped from cap
tivity at the base of the great eques'
trian statue and a salute of q guns
doomed forth at Fort Myer, across the
Potomac, while the doves of peace
circled above the memorial as If loatt
to leave the statue of the man who
brought peace to a stricken nation
nearly 90 years ago.
As two large American flags were
unfolded from the towering figure.
green wreath with the inscription, Lei
MS have peace stood forth in bold re
lief. 1t was the prayer of Genera
Grant delivered in Washington in 1865,
when he babe his army farewell.
Secretary Weeks, in presenting the
memorial TO the government on behalf
of the Grant memorial commission. re
enacted this prayer when he said al
the conclusion of his remarks:
II wish the world today might fer
vently voice that prayer and by its
deeds. end all strife between nations
and save future generations from the
horrors Of war;
President Harding, unable to be
present by reason of his attendance al
the Grant services at Point Pleasant
Ohio, was represented by Vice Presi-
dent Coolidge, who delivered the prin.
cipal address and accepted the monu.
ment on behalf of the government and
the people of the United States A
beautiful wreath sent by the president
was placed at the base of the memorial
along with others presented by con
gress. the United States supreme court
Army of Tennessee, Army of the Pc.
tomac. Army of the Cumberland an6
other patriotic organizations.
The greatness Of General Grant in
peace. as well as in war, was dwelt
upon by Vice President Collidge in his
address at the unwilling.
"Our country and the world may well
consider the simplicity and directness
which marked the greatest Of General
Grant