Statue Of Gen Nathanael Greene

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ISBN 13 : 9780656367634
Total Pages : 46 pages
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Download or read book Proceedings in Congress written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-11 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Proceedings in Congress: Attending the Reception of the Statue of Major-Gen'l Nathanael Greene, of the Army of the Revolution, Presented to the United States for the Capitol at Washington, by the State of Rhode Island But while we render all due honor to living valor, while we proudly hand over to the Muse of History the mighty names that have illus trated our recent annals, it is well to freshen the recollection of those whose fame she has long had in her keeping. While we celebrate the praises of those who have saved the country, let us not forget those without whom we should not have had a country to be saved; those who, in the beginning, few in numbers, feeble in power, scant of resources, but strong in the principles which they had inherited with their oppressors, armed with the stern virtues that are born of difficulty and nurtured in peril and privation, dared to defy the might of England, who trod the pathway of victory with bleeding feet, and tore down the banner of conquest with hands that were wasted by famine. While the names of Vicksburg, Fort Donelson, and Roanoke Island, South Mountain, and Antietam, and Gettysburg, and Appo mattox, should be kept fresh in the memory of the country, let not the earlier glories of Lexington, and Bunker Hill, of Princeton, and Trenton, and Stony Point, of Cowpens, and Eutaw Springs, of Saratoga, and Yorktown, be ever forgotten; nor yet those of Chip pewa, Plattsburg, and New Orleans. Among those who, in the revolutionary period, won titles to the national gratitude never disavowed, he whose statue we have placed in the Capitol, stands, in the judgment of his contemporaries and by the assent of history, second only to the man who towers, without a peer, in the annals of America. 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.