Garfield Memorial Association Cleveland Ohio

Author : Garfield National Memorial Association
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332888347
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book The Man and the Mausoleum written by Garfield National Memorial Association and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Man and the Mausoleum: Dedication of the Garfield Memorial Structure in Cleveland, Ohio, May 30, 1890 HE delicate but sublime enterprise intrusted to and accepted by the Garfield Memorial Association, nearly a decade since, having been consummated in the construction and dedication of the Memorial to the honor and memory of james abram garfield, the Trustees have deemed it a duty, alike to the States and the people who contributed thereto, to submit the following brief historical statement of the manner in which they have executed the sacred trust. This duty has been made to them more apparent and seemingly necessitated since the dedication, by inquiry and solicitation for some definite and permanent record of the event, not only by those who participated in the ceremonies of the occa sion, but also of the many whose distance precluded their personal presence, though with us in spirit. The tragic death of the President of the United States, the public expressions of grief and lamentation throughout the civilized world, the congressional obsequies, the long funeral train, the return and entombment, still vividly remembered, and the con struction and dedication of his Mausoleum, are each and all herein illustrated and described. The structure is believed to be universally regarded as truly imposing, both in magnitude and loftiness of situation, and a mar vel of elaborate artistic external and internal decoration. It has been said to be the first real Mausoleum ever erected to the honor and memory of an American statesman, and the fourth of like structures known in history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.