Evening star., 1928-10-20
PRESIDENT STUDIES
EFFECT OF SPEECH
Virginia Trip Gratifies Execu'
tive by Warmth of Recep-
tion-Speaks Tonight.
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Washington was started at o'clock
and the President and Mrs. Coolidge
were back at the White House before Z
o'clock, in time for the evening meal.
The ceremonies took place in historic
surroundings. They were conducted by
Representative Bland of Virginia.
Others who spoke besides the President
were Gov. Byrd Of Virginia, who headed
the committee that received the Presi-
dent upon his arrival at Fredericksburg
and escorted him to the scene of the
dedication; Senator Swanson, Edgar j.
Rich of Boston and Maj. Gen. John l..
Clem. U. S. A. Miss Lillian Anita Glen,
granddaughter of Gen. Clem and Miss
Rebecca M. Lee of Fredericksburg, un-
yelled the bronze tablet to commemorate
the beginning of work on the National
Battlefields Park
Speaks on Radio Tonight.
The President made virtually no en-
gagements for today. it being his aim
to devote his attention to accumulated
routine matters He informally re-
ceived Karl H. Won Wiegand, German
correspondent for a number of Amer
ican newspapers, who was a passenger
on the Graf Zeppelin, on its successful
journey to this country, and the secre-
tary of the British embassy, who
presented presented Lady Edward Spencer
At 9 o'clock tonight the President
will make an address over the radio in
connection with the. ceremonies at
West Orange, N. j., incident to the
presentation of a medal granted by
Congress to Thomas A. Edison.
Virginias Role Praised.
No one who loves our country and is
sufficiently interested to make even a
slight examination of our history could
visit this locality without feeling that
he Is close to great characters and great
events. From early colonial times down
to the present hour men who have lived
and wrought in this section of Virginia
have cast mighty influence over the
course Of the affairs of this Nation.
They have been race who led in carv-
ing out this Republic and establishing
its institutions, who believed in local
self-government and loved liberty
The famous sons of this Common
wealth furnished the leadership for ac-
quiring the territory which makes up
the continental domain of the United
States. Washington gave us the thir-
teen Colonies, George Rogers Clark
added the Northwest, Lewis and Clarke
carried our jurisdiction to the Pacific,
Jefferson made the Louisiana Purchase,
Monroe secured Florida, Sam Houston
brought in the State of Texas, Win
field Scott and Zachary Taylor won the
California region. Your soldiers led the
forces in the field, and your statesmen
directed the negotiations at the council
fo11 iy, t@r;,, I,
stretching from the Atlantic to the Pa
ciflc, which comprises our Federal
Union. Their wisdom endowed our
country with an empire.
Recalls Civil War Battles.
But the historic interest of this To-
cality Is by no means confined to the
creation and the formative years of our
Republic. When the Nation became in
volved in the great tragedy which over
took it in 1861, the contending armies
of the North and the South for long
periods had opposing camps in this re-
gion, where occurred some of the hard
est fought battles of the war.
Because Of their historic interest and
their valuable military lessons, the Con-
greSs unanimously passed a bill last
year, introduced by your distinguished
Representative, Mr.. Bland, to make a
military park and mark and preserve the
important points on these battlei1elds.
The unanimous action of the Congress
and the joint participation of the
people, both of the North and the South.
in carrying into effect the law which
it passed is another welcome demon
stration in long line of events, not
only that the war is over, but that
reconciliation is becoming complete.
The Union which this commonwealth
did so much to establish, the Union
hallowed by the name of Washington,
the Union which Jackson defended with