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Title: Dedication of the monument on Boston Common erected to the memory of the men of Boston who died in the Civil War
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Boston (Mass.)
Subjects: Army and Navy Monument (Boston, Mass.)
Publisher: Boston, Printed by order of the City council
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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the Parker House, April 11, 1877, torepresentatives of the Congress of the Order. 17. The Bill of Fare of a complimentary dinner, given to the repre-sentatives of the Congress of the Order of the Commandery of the Stateof Massachusetts, at the Parker House, April 11, 1877. 18. Copies of the Boston Evening Transcript of .Tune 16 and 19,1875, containing a full report of the proceedings and exercises of theCentennial Anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, including thebanquet given by the Massachusetts Commandery of the M.O.L.L.U.S. 19. Copies of the Boston Journal of June 26 and 27, 1877, con-taining an authentic account of the visit to Boston of Rutherford B.Hayes, President of the United States, attended by his Cabinet, and ofthe reception and entertainment given to them and other distinguishedguests by the Massachusetts Commandery of the M.O.L.L.U.S., atYoungs Hotel, witli Bill of Fare, on the evening of June 26, 1877. 20. Brochure of Bunker Hill, an account of the Centennial, and
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THE AEMY AND NAVY MOXU3IEXT. 49 Heliotvpe views, compiled bj-George A. Coolidge, and presented byhim. INSCRIPTION ox TUE BOX. Deposited by the Commandery of the State of Massachusetts of theMilitary Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, September,A.D. 1877, in the one hundred and second year of the Independence ofthe United States of America, and of the Order, the thirteenth. B3 order of Brevet-Major-Gexekal Charles Devexs, Commander.Attest: James B. Bell, Recorder. Official: James B. Bell, Recorder. AMERICA. The ideal statue of America which crowns the Monument is amagnificent triumph of the sculptors art. It was cast at theWoods foundry, in Philadelphia, and is eleven feet in height,the banner reaching a further height of six feet. It representsa woman, majestically proportioned, clad in a flowing robe, whichreaches, but does not cover, her sandalled feet. Over the robe isa loose tunic, bound in with a girdle at the waist, while a heavymantle, clasped at the throat, is thr

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