Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24
Capital Sidelights

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the dream of twoscore years by build
ing the riverside drive from the city
that Washington founded to his home
and tomb at Mount Vernon, which has
become the Nations premier shrine, has
the acclaim Of the entire country.
Speaking the sentiment of many
patriotic friends in New Orleans, who
are enthusiastically interested in the
Mount Vernon Boulevard as monu-
mental entrance from the Southland to
| the Notions Capital Representative
James O'Connor Of Louisiana expresses
the hope that this memorial project
will awaken Congress to the desirable
ity of marking for future generations
all of our historic shrines:
| II do not think that we can do 100
much TO stimulate an interest in the
! finer things Of life, particularly where
| the means employed will accomplish
and serve a nobly useful purpose. We
read a dead nations history in its
ruins But to q far greater extent may
we understand the composite life, the
spiritual outlook and the aspirations
OF q living people by looking upon their
monuments, their temples and the
portraits upon the walls within and
upon the architecture which should
| symbolizs the past. present and, as far
as possible, the future In happy
blend and gifted vision.
II wish that the day will come when
every battlefield. sanctified by Ameri-
can blood shed for the sake of liberty
and freedom, may become hallowed,
| consecrated spots made beautiful to
the eyea o. visitors by the artistic
efforts Of landscape gardeners endowed
with o thoroughly American express
sion. I hope that the period Is not
| far distant when American sculptors
will be given an opportunity to ex-
press their genius through statues
breathing and radiating the noble pur-
pose that runs through American life
trust that American architects will
be able 10 devise and symbolic that
which will express and record endur-
ingly the romance as 1t began when
October IL, 1892, and the enormous
work done in four centuries and the
dauntless courage shown in building q
civilization running from the far north
down TO the end of Patagonia and OF
which our own country Is the very
heart and soul.
II cannot conclude without a refer
ence TO the Plains Of Chalmette. where
was fought the Battle of New Orleans
on January 8, 1915. It Is my Carthage
delenda est Strange, Is 1t not my
fellow Members Of Congress, that
unanimity Is behind and in support OF
the care Of every historical spot in
America except the one upon which
Americans should look with peculiar
affection, with pride and with q thrill
Of glory. each heart murmuring to its
ear, Lest we forgetr"
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Where was Andrew jackson born?
This moot discussion which has caused
considerable feeling between two of our
great States, has been settled largely
through the research of Representative
William. G. Hammer of North Carolina
an editor and very active member of
the House District committee. Incl
dentally, Ansel Void, clerk to the joint
committee on printing. who has just
compiled the new master biographical
work containing authoritative biogra-
phies OF all those who have ever served
In Congress, performed extremely valu-
able work In thus keeping history
| straight,
Representative Hammer has furnished
hundreds Of colleges and schools with
copies of o pamphlet, prepared by John
Trotwood Moore. director of libraries,
archives and history for the State of
Tennessee. which Is believed to settle
this old controversy regarding the BIRTH
place of the seventh President Of the
United States, which he places IN the
Waxfaw settlement, in what was then
Meckienburg, but now Union County,
S. @. This historian says:
After thorough investigation the
writer is convinced beyond any doubt
that Andrew jackson was born in the
George Mckinney Spelled also MCCAIN
lie. McKamiel log cabin on the night Of
March Is, 1867. which cabin is today
situated about 407 yards on the North
Carolina side of the State line between
the States and about 10 or 10 miles from
the town of Monroe, N. G.
LET It be known In the beginning that
all the early confusion and differences
OF opinion arising on this subject were
brought about by an error In the survey
establishing the true line between those
States soon after the complete separa-
ton of the two provinces by royal au-
thority In lT29. After the separation,
a dispute arose as to the boundary line
which was not finally settled until the
final survey--which is the established
line of today--was satisfied by the Gen.
eral Assemblies Of both States on No
vember 2. 1915.
"At that time Andrew Jackson had. in
q little more than one year destroyed
the powerful nations Of the Greek In
dams. making possible the treaty OF
Client and completely routing for the
first time in It's history British Army
of more than twice his own force, and
saved the entire Louisiana Purchase
from the Jeopardy of British possession
and annexation OF Canada. After over
a century OF history. including three
greater wars on the Western Continent,
and q World War In Europe. involving
nearly every white nation In the world,
this Is still considered the most brilliant
and far-reaching victory ever gained oy
American arms. At that time. when
the correct line was run between the
two states, Andrew Jackson was "a
years old, and was living at Hermitage,
near Nashville"
How did Memorial day originate? Let
Representative Rankin tell YOU. as ne
told his colleagues IN Congress Just as
they were about to adjourn ON the eve
of that great day OF grateful remem-
hrance OF our heroes, living and dead:
ION April IS, 1866. less than one year
after the Civil War closed, the women
of Columbus. Miss. met to decorate the
graves OF the Confederate dead, and at
the suggestion of the widow OF brave
Confederate soldier who had been killed
In the war they impartially scattered
flowers alike on the graves or about 40
Federal soldiers buried In that city,
The incident Is reported in the MisSis-
81. pi Index, a paper published at CO.
lumbus, Miss, at that time, in its issue
of April 26, 1866. The New York Trio-
une commented on the fact, and the
Hon, Francis Miles Finch. disttn-
guished Northern poet. taking his sug-
gestion from the incident. wrote . poem