Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-02-07
MEMORIAL PLAN
FOR WILSON NOT
Been DECIDED
Final Resting Place May be
in North Transept of the
Washington Cathedral,
Now Nearing Completion
(By The Associated Press)

WASHINGTON. Feb. a. Wrapped in
the glory If death Woodrow Wilson
has found sanctuary under the towering
arches of Washington Cathedral. ac-
claimed by his countrymen and the world.
lie WAS laid 10 eternal rest in the
silent vault with only solemn. simple
rites Of religious service. a. was his
wish, often spoken 10 the sorrowing
widow who today sought again to take
up life'S burdens with an aching sense
Of loss in her heart.
Before her still is the task of de-
Gliding where shall be the final resting
place Of her honored husband. For
months, probably, he will lie in the vault
Ia which he was committed yesterday
just as night came slowly over the ma
lions capital. but a greater memorial
will one day be reared for him 10 show
the honor in which men held him.
The dead war president had given
thought TO the place where he would rest
in death and il will be within the Dis
trct ~ Columbia that his ultimate tomb
will be set That has already been de-
cided by Mrs. Wilson in act ordance with
his wish. although the place where the
tomb shall be erected is still 10 be- Sc
lected.
Above the vault where lies the caSket
that contains his body the cathedral
structure has reached the point in
building where the transepfS. north and
south, are next 10 be- constructed. The
north transept. by tradition III England
and the United States. j. the tranSept
of statesmen. where those may lie who
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in the civil walks Of national life.
Plans have been formed for the build
ing Of an adequate memorial to Wood
row Wilson in that transept of that ca
thedral beneath which he now rests lie
will be placed just where the massive
northern wall Of the nave and the west
ern bulk Of the tranSept will join.
As the plan now runs. the tomb will be
built into the wall Of the cathedral itself
and the casket 80 tenderly placed yester-
day IN the chapel vault. viii be sealed
within it's stones enclosure forever
Within the tranSept on the main floor Of
the cathedral a fitting memorial would
be set as the inner face Of the tomb.
Mrs. Wilson has not as vet asSented 10
this plan. She has agreed that since he
lived for eight long years in Washington
ns president and came from the White
House only a. make his home in the
city. il j. in Washington or N least
within the lines of the District of
Columbia that he should be buried. So
far "a closest friends are aware. how
ever. she has not a. yet had the time
or the courage 10 select the spot.
The projects for a suitable memorial
u..f
within the last few days by those who
were his friends and followers in the
days of his friendship. There are many
divergent views among them which have
not vet shown signs Of cryStallizing into
a definite plan. Senators from his native
state of Virginia have urged that his
hody should ie on Virginia soil while
fgom Princeton has come claim that
he should 20 back ia death 10 the s'ho-
lasiic scenes there of hiS early irumphs.
Perhaps there will come from an this
discussion movement ~ erect {" his
memory M some appropriate place a
memorial that is not also tomb. aS the
Washington monument and the Lincoln
memorial park in Washnfton the respect
and admiration of the nation for great
men who are buried elsewhere.
but that is question which only
time and the development " opinion can
answer Until a decision j. reached
the man who led the American people
through the great war and who played q
masterful part in the shaping Of world
history will sleep in peace whore he
lies today with nanghi Ia mark his rest
ing place but marble tablet saying that
here lies Woodrow Wilson. twenty
eighth president of the United States