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Title: Records and papers of the New London county historical society ..
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: New London County Historical Society (Conn.)
Subjects: New London County (Conn.) -- History
Publisher: New London, The Society
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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nt present, meet to dedi-cate that statue, in recognition of the blessed assurance that, abovethe shifting dust of mans philosophy, above the crumbling spires ofhuman creeds, above the darkening clouds of disbelief, out of theeternal blue of infinite truth, a good life radiates forever. And now, sir, with the profound hope that the generations of thefuture will reverence and maintain the sacred principles of liberty andcharity which he loved, and for which he lived and labored, I committo the keeping of your worthy Society this masterly figure of JohnWinthrop the Younger. rXNEILING OF STATUE. As ex-Governor McLean finished speaking, all eyes were turnedexpectantly toward the veiled statue. Master Henry C. Winthrop,Jr., the youngest male descendant of the distinguished governor bear-ing the family name, was chosen as the most fitting person to withdrawthe veil which hid the outlines of the statue from the waiting throng.This feature of the program, an account of which is taken from the
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NEW LONDONS TWO HUNDRED ITFTV-NINII I lilRTlIDAV. 55 Day of May sixth, was most interesting, and called forth cheer aftercheer from the spectators. Master Winthrop, a bright boy, ten years of age, was born in NewLondon August twenty-seventh, 1895, and has lived here all his life.He is an attendant at the Saltonstall School, where he stands well inhis classes and bids fair to make a worthy representative of a dis-tinguished family. The cord controlling the veil was held by Master Winthrop a fewmoments before the signal came to him. At the proper moment,he stepped forward and skilfully withdrew the fastenings of the veil,which dropped and revealed the statue in all its majesty of outline. Telephone communication with the lighthouse and custom househad been established several minutes before this event took place, andword that the veil had fallen was conveyed quickly to these points andthe signals to the Minneapolis, Gresham and Mohawk given. Theresponse was so prompt that the salute gun

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