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Tubman
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of State.
1t is therefore, quite, fitting
that, at dedication ceremonies,
marking the restoration of the
Tubman Home at Auburn as a
museum and meorial, messages
were read from Governor Thom-
as E. Dewey Of New York State
and Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles, who has resided
in Auburn and whose wife was
a native of Auburn, and knew
Aunt Harriet" personally,
Gov. Dewey represented at the
ceremonies by STATE Senator
Dutton Peterson, one of the
speakers, said in part, 1--WE do
we'll to cherish the memory of
Harriet Tubman. She was a
truly heroic soul, as intelligent
and capable as she was brave.
1t is inspiring to think of the
many hundreds of slaves who
reached freedom with the help
of her indominable courage"
Secretary of State Dulles wrote
that it was a matter of par
ticular regret that he could not
be in Auburn for the dedica-
ton of the Tubman Home as
a National Shrine and museum
because Mrs. Dulles knew Har-
riet Tubman whose name you
will honor. She performed dra-
matically and nobly during the
Civil War and set a standard of
courageous idealism VIII ic h
of the A.M.E. Zion Church. 1t
should inspire us ALL"
Presiding over the program
Thursday was Bishop WI. Walls
of the First Episcopal district
was Bishop Walls, presiding over
the Wessern New York Confer
ence, who in 1914 asked the city
al thorities to stay their order
that the Tubman home, by then
a ruin, be wrecked. The city
authorities granted his request
that lime be allowed to have
the house re-erected and thus
fulfill dream of its owner, who
had bequeathed the property to
the A.ME. Zion Church 20 car
ry forward plans she had en-
visioned of having her home
IAN institution for the service
of all the people"
With the aid of the Home
Mission Department, The young
people of the denomination, the
conference led by Bishop Walls
New England, New York, West
ern New York and Allegheny
and a contribution in 1851 made
by the Western North Carolina
Conference, and financial as
sissance given by DR.. H. E. Shaw
then secretary y-treasurer Of tn
Home Missions department, tn
! A.M.E. Zion Church has rebuilt
and refurniShed the house.
A non-sectarian group to ex-
pand The property into home
for the aged, an annual meeting
place for youth conferences, and
a rest-in station for needy farm
migrants is being formed to car
ry out the work started so many
years ago by AUNT Harriet"
Principal speaker before the
townsmen and some 700 church
dignitaries and guests from all
sections of The United States and
from abroad was Mrs. Irene Nc
Coy Gaines, president of the
National Federation of Women's
Clubs, who said, Harriet Tub
man is a symbol of the highest
and best in American life"
Her courage should be emu
lated by all, regardless of station
or social position" claimed this
eminent clubwoman, whose
sentiments were echoed by other
speakers of the day: Mayor
of Auburn, Robert A. Nelson;
President Leonard A. Soaring Of
The Women's Home and Foreign
Missionary Society; Mrs Sue
Bailey Thurman of the Now.
National Archives and Museum
Committee; DR.. James w. Eich-
elberger, Secretary of the Board
of Christian Education Depart
ment; and the bishops of the
E.M.E. Zion Church, WI. Walls,
John william Martin, Cameron
Chesterfield Alleyne, William
Cornelius Brown, Walter William
Slade, James Clair Taylor,
Hampton Thomas Medford, Her
bert Bell Shaw, Stephen G. Gill
Spottswood, william Andrew Ste
wart, and Daniel Carlton Pope.
The invocation was pronounc-
ed by Rev. Charles L. Mccarthy,
assistant pastor of st. Mary's
Church, Auburn, and thu ben
ediction by DR.. Benjamin Q.
Robson, pastor Of Mother Zion
Church of New York City.
At the special service the ded-
icatory program was held on the
steps of the county court house
near the Tubman memorial
plaque. Mrs. Myra Montrose,
past department president of
the Ladies of the Grand Army
of the Republic, presented a
flag for the Tubman Home in
memory Of War Veterans.
Music for the occasion was by
the Auburn All-High Band, di-
Nj