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officials a! Gettysburg,Consisting of three figuresmore than [vice life size, the completed memorial will sjand on a granite baserepresenting the topography of Tennessee. Cast in bronze, the figures, which represent the Tennessee regiments, will weigh more than forty tons.Sponsors of the drive toplace a Tennessee memorial at Gettysburg view their task as fulfilling a national need in a time of crisis not less than that which called forththe best in Americans one* I hundred years ago. i“Let Tennesseans inspire their fellow Americans by Irededicatiug themselves to Ihe ivirtues of courage, patriotism iand devotion to duty,” says 1:General Ham say. “In a sense, cit is appropriate that a century should have passed (before interest took the more tpositive form of action. Wc thave never needed a renewed devotion to the values of our 5heritage more than we do -Itoday.'1 lt;
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Kingsport Times News
Kingsport, Tennessee, US
Sun, Dec 06, 1970
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