The Washington times., 1923-02-22
WORK DICKINSON
WASHINGTON
MEMORIAL
Contracts for Foundation OF
100000 Shrine
Soon to Be Let.

After several years Of laborious
detail work drawing up final plans.
the project Of erecting $10.OO0,OO0
memorial to George Washington
was actually under way today, the
birthday anniversary Of the First
President.
Excavation IL Begun.
Already excavation work has been
begun on the site given the George
Washington Memorial Association
by Congress for the memorial. and
within a few weeks, Mrs. Henry +.
Dimock, president of the associa-
ton, told International News Serv-
ice today, contracts will be let Tor
laying the foundation.
When completed the memorial
will be one of the supreme archItec'
tural glories of the world. And In
addition it will be the only national
shrine to serve q more useful pur-
pose than mere adornment.
For Patriotic Uses.
The memorial, which will be q
spacious and an enthusiastically
beautiful building, will be devoted
daily to patriotic utilities. to ma
tional and international conventions
and usages, and will be made the
center of both American and world
activity.
The central feature Of the ma
jestic edifice will be national audi
torium of liberal dimensions Wnlcn
will be completely canopied by an
acoustical dome three times the OIL
ameter of the dome Of st. Peters.
This huge auditorium will com
ortably seat 1000 persons and viii
consist of a main floor of $500
square feet and a gallery of 10000
square feet. Here In the future, ac-
cording to present plans, will be
held inaugural receptions, national
and international conventions ana
conferences, concerts, public cere-
monies, and celebrations.
VIII Contain Museums.
About the main auditorium will be
rouped a number of small halls,
which will be used for the smaller
meetings of various military, pa
riotic, scientific, educational, and
ke gatherings.
On the ground floor, each side or
he main auditorium will be rooms
ehives and relics of the nations great
btruggles for liberty.
On the second floor there will be
great banquet hall where ban
Auets attendant upon meetings or
occasions of national importance
nay be held in surroundings of
fitting dignity. This floor also will
contain rooms for the permanent
national headquarters of military
and other patriotic organizations,
such as the American Legion. So
|cieties of veterans, Of reserve OF
Ulcers, and others.
WIN Stand for States.
/ The building will stand not only
as a memorial for the nation as a
whole, but for the individual States
Is well. On the third floor a spa
eious room viii be set apart for
the exclusive use Of each of rhe
States of the Union and Of the out
lying Territories which are under
the Jurisdiction Of the United
States.
The fourth floor win be arranged
Tor additional offices for the use OF
various societies whose objects are
to promote the welfare Of the
Much of the $4,000, 900 needed to
complete the memorial is yet to
be subscribed, and Mrs. Dimock
appealed to the American public
today to make contributions Of 81
or more that the project may be
rushed to early completion.
Citizens Asked to Contribute.
1.-THE time has come" she said.
swhen the citizenry should arise
60 the Importance of completing this
building, which will serve as a me.
Amorial not only to George Wash
Aington and the nation but also to
Ahe American veterans OF the world
war. It will be a fitting token to
he achievements Of the boys Of '76
Ind the boys Of IT. linking the
lories Of Washington and Pershing.
what the Pantheon il to France,
Westminster Abbey to Britain
UGH in some degree and manner
be National Victory Memorial will
E to America. Greatly conceived,
ationally erected. dedicated to pa
riotism, it will stand through the
enerations as the national monu-
ent raised in the awful presence
the worlds greatest political con-
llsion to compemorate the VIC
,rious feats of American democracy
arms"
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