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MONUMENT SITE CHOSENFoiind^ioo for fmniylwrnli Msmor* W to bo Laid at One*.apt W. H. |*nlus. of York, Pa*, chairman of the comniisaloo appointed, under is act of the hitiiii|hp«Diil(|Ut ture, to erect a tnommieat fo the memory of thlt;y Pen nay Ivan la troops which fhugbt in th« battle of Monoeaey, *a*here yesterday, in company with othergentlemen, and selected tho site for themonument.T£f fa ah the plot of ground along ww Georgetown turnpike, near Frederick Junction L«b»b wujkeured for the com-m«sion by Major E. Y, GoWsborougb, and the deed for which Nras iu*ned ovorto Copt. Unjw by Ifsjor GsUsbottnsgh yesterday, 1 be spot on which the men-u mentis to be erected was marked, andat the request of Capt. Uoiua Major GoldaborOugh uovertook to liave the fosndiMah roe the monument laid.,^r; G. E. Ehenton. of Philadelphia, woo has Iho coot met for ilio monument, waa here with tbo party. The boss' for the monument will be ten feet squat*. It tspefesfble that the monument will he completed in time for unveiling this fall.
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Frederick, Maryland, US
Thu, Sep 17, 1908
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