Evening star., 1927-10-04
Statue Is .tlIesorical.

J Nc STATE ot fenuSNINa ma. winch
rro> idcd the funds for the memorial
ha invited President Coolidge To take
par in The dedicatory exercises, which
will he attended by members Of Con
gross high Government officials and
leaders from various parts of Pennsyl.
Napia.
Most of he statues erected in Wash
invfon to those who distinguished
themselves IN the time OF war nave
heen Of the equestrian type. The
Meade monument presents contrast
% these older statues. 1t is An al
lecorical scene. revealing not only
the sterling military qualities pos
sessed by Gen. Meade. but eNemplily-
ing also his hope for peace and prog
ross when the war was over.
From the top of a round pedeSta
Gen Meade is shown in uniform,
with the cloak OF battle dropping
from his shoulders as he looks for
ward with hope for a future peace
and progress Back G. him and facing
in the opposite direction is a formid-
able figure symboiZins war. Grouped
around the hero of Gettysburg are six
other symbolic figures representing
Courage. ChiValrN. Loyalty. Fame,
Energy and Progress. These figures
are turning away from war and look
ing toward the future with Meade.
The figures that make up the group
ere approximately feet in height
and the pedestal on which they are
mounted rests on a base so feet square.
Made Of Tennessee Marble.
Workmen now are gagged in the
last step Of cleaning the monument.
which Is of Tennessee marble, and
Frederick Owen. who has acted for
the Office of public buildings and
grounds in supervising the unveilinG
Of many memorials in the parks of the
city over n long period of years, is
having a pavilion erected in front of
the monument for the dedication eXer-
clses
The date selected for the ceremonies
ie the anniversary of the surrender
of CORVALLIS at Yorktown in The
Revolutionary War. That event, like
the battle of Gettysburg. in which
Meade took part. Was decisive mill
tary enga cement in American history.
For the time being the Meade
Memorial will he surrounded by the
rare plants and shrubs that adorn the
Botanic Garden. Congress. however.
has already authorized reloCa ton of
the Botanic Garden on the two
squares extending south from Mary
land avenue. and the funds to acquire
The new site and begin the removal
. ara expected to he appropriated at
|. the coming session.
When the Botanic Garden has
heen relocated it is proposed TO give
the existing garden an attractive
landscape trea tment as part of the
Mall vista from the Capitol to the
Monument. The Meade Memorial
. nd hn
is in the existing Botanic Garden.
will stand ont more prominently when
these changes are effected in their
surroundings.
State Paid Se0O. 900.
The Grand Army of the Republic
took part in making the first sug-
gestion for the Meade Memorial in
! Washington and the survivors of the
Philadelphia. Brigade of the Army of
the Potomac supported the move
! sn,ent. The State of Pennsylvania re
sEponded To the suggestion by appro-
-prlating 100000 for its erection.
= congress sanctioned the plan by
passing resolution in 1915 and the
sn1ovement proceeded under the Ma
rtonal Meade Memorial Commission
and the Meade Memorial Commission
of Pennsylvania
: Inc sculptor OF the memorial is
Charles Crafty and the architects
simon & Simon. all of Philadelphia
The work of erecting the memorial
has been supervised by Lieut. Col
e. s. Grant. Sd, director of public
buildings and public parks.
> Gen. Meade was born December
81, 1915, and was graduated from
the United States Military Academy
IN 1885. He resigned from the Army
Nesr later to engage in civil en-
gineerirG. but in 1912 re- entered mill
j}ary service as a second lieutenant
OF topogra phical engineers Ia 1861
he was made a brigadier general of
Volunteers and was in command of
the Union forces when they met the
Confederate Army of Gen. Lee in
that fierce combat at Gettysburg
When he died in Phila adelphi3 in 1872
he Was a major general in the ReGu-
lar Army.