Evening star., 1926-02-01
George Washington Memorial.

ne OUTLOOK bflghtenS tor building
the George Washington Memorial. the
massive foundation of which is on the
south side of E street and covers the
site of the old Baltimore and Potomac
Railroad station. The Sons of the
Revolution will aid in completing the
memorial building by instituting a
national campaign for funds. All
WaShingtonian have looked at the
foundation of the planned structure
and are acquainted with efforts OF the
George Washington Memorial Asso-
citation To raise money TO finish the
structure. The act of the Sons of the
Revolution is gratifying and the re
vival of practical interest in the me-
mortal gives promise that the aim of
the association will be achieved.
Public attention was called To the
situation by Mr.. Charles Moore, chair
man of the Commission of Fine Arts.
III letter to Representative Elliott,
chairman of the House committee on
public buildings and grounds, January
-. The Fine Arts Commission re.
ported against a House resolution to
provide a site for a building for the
Mothers Memorial Foundation. and
Mr.. Moore wrote:
The commission would call attention
to the fact that already there is in the
Mall the foundation for building
having the same general purpose as
the building proposed in this joint
resolution. Congress. having in view
the deSirabilfty of providing a large
auditorium and assembly room in
Washington, set apart a site in the
Mall on which a structure bearing the
name OF George Washington Memorial
should be built by private subscription
Originally the building proposed was
To cost about s3,0O0,OO However.
owing partly to increased costs and to
more ambitious ideas of the promoters.
the plans as completed call for an ey-
penditure of $10.000,0OO.
Mr.. Moore said that $500 900 was
raised and expended on the founda-
tions and here the efforts have
ceased, at least temporarily, and hui
manly speaking there is no prospect
that the funds to erect the building
will be raised"
The Sons of the Revolution have
come to the rescue. 1t appears thar
the District organization had taken
the matter under consideration before
the report of the chairman of the Fine
Arts Commission was written. On
January Ia the chaplain general Of the
society wrote to the president of the
District OF Columbia society, recalling
that at the first meeting of the Ma.
tional Council of the Sons of the Rev
olutIon at Fraunces' Tavern, New
J ofk, committee was appointed to
cooperate with the George Washing
ton Memorial Association, that the
committee is still in being and the
funds are needed for the memorial
on January 26 the Sons of the Revolu-
ton in the District of Columbia sent
a letter to each member of the Ma
uonal Society urging aid for the me-
morldl and saying, THE Sons of the
Revolution ought to be particularly
interested in the early erection of the
memorial structure"
The action of the Sons of the Rev
olution is important and praiseworthy
and perhaps other national patriotic
associations will help in the work of
building the memorial. The George
Washington Memorial Association was
Incorporated under the laws of the
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1898, and the corner stone of the struc-
ture was laid with public exercises
November 13, 1921.