New Britain herald., 1924-04-22
EXPLAINS CHOICE
 OF PARK TOP SITE FOR WAR.MEMORIAL
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memorial as should in striking
 fashion continue the individual char
 acter of the present temporary
 memorial.
 The models and the pictures which have previously been shown to you and are now before you illus trate the care with which this has been done and many of the families of the soldiers who died in the serv- ice to whom these models and pie lures have been shown have e1 pressed their great satisfaction there with; and we believe that We have successfully accomplished the diff cult task of carrying to the proposed memorial the sentiments which sur round the temporary memorial be- cause Of its indiyidualistic char acter.
 "In preparing plans for this memo rial also your committee has felt the force of the argument that the memorial if possible should serve a useful purpose in the daily life of the community as well as to be an ornament to the city and a memorial to its dead and living soldiers
 Wading Pool Facilities.
 'fThe plans which have been made that are now before you show the erection of two houses on opposite sides of the wading pool. providing lockers for 25S boys and girls. with suitable toilet facilities for the chill dren and a separate entrance and toilet facilities for the adults; pro viding also on the roof of these houses ample facilities where the parents of the children who are in the wading pool, or others, may rest These houses are surmounted by roof as a protection against the weather but are built in such way as shown by the sketch that they do not interfere with the views in either direction.
 'The plans provide for suitable concrete floor to be laid in place of the unsanitary dirt floor of the pres ent wading pool. and for large foun- tain in the center which shall throw up . large umbrella spray which shall give the effect of great shower bath.
 The committee feels that these arrangements will add very mate riaiiy to the comfort and the pleas ure of the little children of the town; and that the bringing of these little children in this manner in con- tact with . memorial to the soldiers, does insensibly throw influence around them at the formative period of childhood which inculcate in the child sentiments of patriotism and loyalty to their country and a proper appreciation of the great services ren- dered by those in whose honor the monument under which they are playing is erected.
 Tt is fitting that the services Of all those who put on the uniform of the United States should be recognized in this memorial and it Is provided that around the inside of the semi-circular i wall surrounding the platform on which the shaft is placed, there should l be inscribed on bronze plates. extend { Ing along the inner rim Of the wall, 1 the names Of every man who entered ! the service and survived and that on the front of the base of the shaft | there should be q suitable inscription | to all such. l
 we incorporate in this report letter from Mir. 1T. Van Buren Magon- | igle whose design we have adopted. l calling your attention 10 the fact that he is of national reputation--the architect of the national Maine monu- ment, the nremen's memorial in New York city: the Mckinley national at Canton. Ohio, and the liberty memorial now building in Kansas City and many other works We present these models and designs snd drawings 10 you now with our that this design be