Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-16
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Wk Nou Resumed the G0OO00O George Washington Memorial the
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Nations Capital

and the fourth floor viii be arranged for add
tional Offices for various societies whose OBJ
ject it is to promote the welfare Of the United
States
It is also proposed to give the Army, Navy
Marines and aviators q space $50 feet long for
their memorial headquarters, consisting of q
museum library and archive quarters and to
endow the same so that the Army, Navy, Ma
rineS and aviators can have full control of that
portion of the building.
The portico fronting on the Mall win have
10 Ionic columns, each 48 feet high and 5h
feet in diameter The caps are to bear the
American eagle and shields between the voluteS.
The portico will be $50 feet long and 20 feet
wide, and the cornice, IL feet high will bear
an inscription taken from the last speech Of
Washington's:
Let us raise a standard to which Tho
wise and honest can repair-the result
is In the hands of God
suggestion has been made that the third
floor State headquarters plans could be revised
to take care OF the problem Of properly placing
the statues now in Statuary Hall, in the United
States Capitol, which eventually will have to be
moved A proposal being considered is that
two statues from each State could be placed on
either side of the entrance to each States per-
manent headquarters in the building. Pro-
vision has been made in the plans for a spa
cious hall from which these rooms open and
this would afford space for future statues In
appropriate settings,
One room will be set aside in the Cbuilding In
honor of Washington's mother, to be known as
the Mary Washington room. In her appeal to-
the women of the country for this memorial to
q great woman Mrs. Dimock said: 1T was
from his mother that George Washington re-
ceived those lessons and that training which
made him the greatest man the United States
has ever produced"
A model Of the memorial building on the
same scale as the other models of the triangle
development was made and placed on display
in the Treasury Building. at the request of Col
u. 8. Grant Sd, director Of public buildings and
parks of the board of the memorial association.
The model completed the exhibit of the 90
called central area" of which the building 10
to be an outstanding feature.
IN pamphlet discussing the memorial ediaco
Reeves T. Strickland of Washington sayss
eft would be gratifying, indeed, to know that
citizen or group OF citizens or all the peO-
pie Of the United States have erected a structure
in the City of washington, the Capital of their
country, as beautiful, as grand and noble as
the Parthenon, and now herald that city as
the foremost of the world, as illustrious as the
combined fame of Carthage, Athens and Rome.
Here in the heart of America another Demos
themes might be born to fill the worlds audi
forum with eloquence speaking out of the
abundance of the heart for the good of the
people Of the world.
The George Washington Memorial Building
will be the finest, as well as the most useful
creation of architecture known to the world,
measuring $50 feet all of its sides, with beau
tiful Parthenon-like columns, while its interior
viii have the resplendency of the Temple Of the
Sun of Palmyra or Tadmore in the Wilderness 80
The memorial will be the gift of the people
Of the United States. The association plans
ito make the building truly temple of the
people, raised to honor the memory and to carry
out the will Of their first great leader"
The American people preserved WashingtonS
home at Mount Vernon. They erected the
Washington Monument. and even the City Of
Washington itself stands as tribute to the
greatness of the Father of His Country, but
erection of the new George washington
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