Report of the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater Commission: Letter from the Chairman of the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater Commission Transmitting Final Report Upon the Construction and Completion of the Memorial Amphitheater and Chapel which Has Been Erected in the National Cemetery at Arlington, Virginia, by Authority of Congress...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1923 - 75 strani |
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Address American Amphi Amphitheater and chapel Arlington Memorial Amphitheater Arlington National Cemetery battle beautiful Buildings and Grounds buried Capt Carrere & Hastings Cavalry ceremony Chairman citizens colonnade Commander in Chief commemorate comrades Congress consecrated corner stone dedicate deeds Elliott Woods erected exercises fell in defense flag George glory Grand Army Grand Marshal gratitude guests heroes heroic dead honor inscriptions Ivory G John McElroy JOSEPHUS DANIELS Judge Ivory Kimball large number liberty Lieut lives marble March Marine Band Memorial Amphitheater Commission monument National Cemetery Newton NEWTON D officer parade Past Commander Past Department Commander Past Senior Vice patriotism peace Potomac President Public Buildings Act Republic sacrifice sea fought Secretary Secretary of War Senior Vice Commander Slaybaugh soldiers and sailors Spanish War Veterans Spanish-American War spirit Stars Superintendent to-day United Spanish United States Army United States Capitol United States Navy unselfish valor W. W. Harts Washington William
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Stran 23 - When we assumed the soldier we did not lay aside the citizen; and we shall most sincerely rejoice with you in that happy hour when the establishment of American liberty, on the most firm and solid foundations, shall enable us to return to our private stations in the bosom of a free, peaceful, and happy Country.
Stran 35 - I sometimes think that never blows so red The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled; That every Hyacinth the Garden wears Dropt in her lap from some once lovely Head.
Stran 9 - It is the purpose of the Commander-in-Chief to inaugurate this observance with the hope that it will be kept up from year to year while a survivor of the war remains to honor the memory of his departed comrades.
Stran 8 - May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village, and hamlet churchyard in the land.
Stran 32 - My fine crab-tree walking stick, with a gold head curiously wrought in the form of the cap of liberty, I give to my friend, and the friend of mankind, General Washington. If it were a Sceptre, he has merited it, and would become it.
Stran 9 - Republic. If other eyes grow dull and other hands slack, and other hearts cold in the solemn trust, ours shall keep it well as long as the light and warmth of life remain to us. Let us then, at the time appointed, gather around their sacred remains and garland the passionless mounds above them with the choicest flowers of springtime ; let us raise above them the dear old flag they saved from dishonor ; let us in this solemn presence renew our pledges to aid and assist those whom they have left among...
Stran 32 - I love to believe that no heroic sacrifice is ever lost ; that the characters of men are molded and inspired by what their fathers have done; that treasured up in American souls are all the unconscious influences of the great deeds of the Anglo-Saxon race, from Agincourt to Bunker Hill. It was such an influence that led a young Greek, two thousand years ago, when musing on the battle of Marathon, to exclaim, " the trophies of Miltiades will not let me sleep...
Stran 9 - Their soldier lives were the reveille of freedom to a race in chains, and their deaths a tattoo of rebellious tyranny in arms. We should guard their graves with sacred vigilance. All that the consecrated wealth and taste of the nation can add to their adornment and security is but a fitting tribute to the memory of her slain defenders. Let no wanton foot tread rudely on such hallowed grounds. Let pleasant paths invite the coming and going of reverent visitors and fond mourners. Let no vandalism of...
Stran 9 - To preserve and strengthen those kind and fraternal feelings which bind together the soldiers, sailors and marines who united to suppress the late Rebellion, and to perpetuate the memory and history of the dead.
Stran 15 - Provided, That this authorization shall not be construed as fixing the limit of cost of said building at the sum hereby named, but the building hereby...