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Title: Annual report of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society to the legislature of the State of New York.
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society.
Subjects: Historic buildings Natural monuments Monuments
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : s.n.)
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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rs of the American Revolution. Address: The American Woman in Peace and War. MissHelen Varick Bos well, National Federation of WomensClubs. Song: America. The Audience. Benediction: Rev. Milo H. Gates, Chaplain, Washington Heights•Chapter D. A. R. Address by George Frederick Kunz, Ph. D., Sc. D. Dr Kunz, in opening the proceedings, spoke as follows: Ladies and Gentlemen: On this quiet spot, which has changedbut little from the time when the white man first landed on Man-hattan Island, we are assembled to-dav to eive honor to those who,one hundred and thirty-three years ago, stood shoulder to shoulderin defense of the liberty of their native land. This tablet, erectedthrough the generosity of Mr. Cornelius K. G. Billings, willtake its place among the other memorials dedicated to the heroesof the past. There is a deep-rooted sentiment in the human heart whichurges as to honor those who have done noble deeds of valor orgenerosity, and this is both right and fitting, for the spirit of a
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Fifteenth Annual Report. 353 good deed lives on in the memory of after generations and inspiresthem to higher and ever higher effort. Although none of us here present may ever be called upon totake up arms in defense of our country as did the heroes of theRevolution and those of our other wars, nevertheless we all haveto fight the battle of life, to combat error and wickedness and tostrive for truth and goodness, and this battle is often the hardestto fight. In Russia, on the spot where a human life is lost, a small crossis erected and all who pass by, even thieves and other criminals,cross themselves devoutly. This tribute of the living to the deadis just and proper; but are not far deeper feelings aroused whenwe stand on the spot where brave men, whose example is an inspi-ration for ages, have laid down their lives, willingly and gladly,for the success of a great and pure cause ? Such a spot is hallowedground, and we feel as though the spirits of those who have gonestill linger here

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