The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-04-27
PAY HOMAGE TO
GREAT UNION
LEADER TODAY
Makes Stirring Address
To Ohio Citizens, Tell
ing Them What a Fig
ure In History Their
u. S. Grant Was


Point Pleasant. O., April 27.-(By
the Associated Press. 1.-The nation
turned today to this little hamlet
snuggled at the base of the hills over
looking the Ohio river to celebrate
the one hundredth birthday of one of
its presidents and great military
leaders-Ulysses Grant
Up the river from Cincinnati came
a fiotilla of river craft, bearing the
President, the wife of the President,
congressmen, high national officials,
uniformed military officers, soldiers,
state officials, men prominent in So
cial life. and hundreds OF other cit-
zens, bells rang, net Mt. Vernon bells,
but bells pealing joy and gladne5s It
moored at the landing and for the first
time though the little village gave to
the nation a president, it was the first
time honored with the president of the
United States.
After reviewing the place where
General Grant was born-only the
lean-to which still exists here, the
house proper having been removed to
the state fair grounds at Columbus
President Harding was to deliver an
address from a small platform erected
near the site of the Grant Home
Sound amplifiers will make the Presi-
dents voice audible to all in the vii
lage and to crowds that are expected
to assemble in Lytle park, thirty
miles away. The President was eX-
pected to stress in his address the
qualities of the former president.
Though thousands are expected to
participate in the celebration of Cen
eral Grants birthday, but few are
they who will be able to say they
knew him personally. Only one such
person now lives in this vicinity. He
is William Forester, civil war veter-
ap...-He. has been assigned a place of
honor near the speaking platform.
This is the second Grant celebration
here. The first was in 1907 when
cannon was mounted in front of the
site Of the Grant home. 1t did not
bear the national aspect, however,
which the present one bears.
Point Pleasant, Ohio, April 27.-
"The world today needs something of
the spirit of Gen. Grant" President
Harding declared today in an address
at exercises commemorating the one
hundredth anniversary of the birth
here of the great military leader.
81 sometimes wonder" the presi-
dent said, 'if the magnanimity of
Grant, the dogged persistent, unalter-
able Grant in warfare-the undeniable
surrender Grant would not be helpful
in the world today. The great world
struggle, which we might reasonably
designate the civil war of western
civilization and in which we credit
ah1v and helnfully narticinatad left
peoples ana nations prostrate' haruly
knowing wmcn way 10 turn Ior restof-
ation. l cannot nelp Dut DeleVe tnat
something OF the spirit with wnlch
Grant welcoMed victory. something OF
his eagerness to return to peaceful
ways, would have speeded the restora-
ton and nastened tne return 10 pros
perity and happiness. without which
there can be no abld1ng place.
Mr.. Harding paid tribute to Grant
as the military nero OF the republic;
\ commanding figure in the military
history of the world; the SURPRISING
example OF magnan1m1ty OF all times;
the most striking example OF the polse
in American life, the confident and re-
lentiess commander in war, and the
modest and sympathetic petitioner for
peace after victory"
"Seemingly it was a long time in
which to re-establish a concord so
manifestly essential to the nations
: standing of the MAGNIFICENT Lee was
not universal throughout the south.
the magnanjmity of Grant was not
manifest throughout the north.
Wounds had to be healed and parti-
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