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fIRST SHAFT ON FIELD(Continued from Ftrtt Page.) Itured. The regiment was left without au nffUeer to command it,“This ground is historic ground. It is worthy of this monument. As we think of the noble men who here fought the battle, we say, .in the Ian* guago of the -immortal Lincoln, at Gettysburg, 'We cannot dedicate, we can-hot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground; the liraVe Then, living or dead who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract.1 11The monument is a very handsome structure of granite, the shaft, formed or seven sections, part dressed ’ ahd part with rough surface, being surmounted hy 11 finely executed 'figure of an infantryman, out from the same stone. Set in the stone, just, beneath the soldier's figure, is the New Jersey coat of arms, in bronze, and also on the front of the monument are two bronze tab)els, out* above tHe other.II was announced at tins reunion Monday night that. Ihe State of Pennsylvania will expend $111,000 upon the erection of a monument cm (lie Monoc-acy battlefield to the Three Pennsylvania regiments which took part in the l»atile.These officers of (he Homiiou Association wore elected: President, Major John p. I’atti'ison, of Orange Grove, N. J.; wwlary, W. IJ. Foster, ofKcohc-yville, N. ,r.; treasurer, Itnasell i. .Ic.linson, oT New York; chaplain, fleorgo n. Sorter, Trenton, N. J.' 11 was decided to hold the next annual session ai Point Pleasant, N. J„ hi September, 1908. -
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Morning Herald
Hagerstown, Maryland, US
Wed, Jul 10, 1907
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