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Title: Forty immortals of Worcester & its county : A brief account of those natives or residents who have accomplished something for their community or for the nation
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Worcester Bank & Trust Company, Worcester, Mass Walton Advertising and Printing Company, Boston
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Publisher: (Boston, Mass., Walton advertising & printing company)
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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ss of municipal con-solidation. For seven years Mr. Green aimed to disarm opposition tohis plan. The struggle occurred on practically every side—between theLegislature and the people, between the press and the pulpit. Mr. Greenwas frequently bitterly attacked for his stand. When the consolidationhad taken effect in January, 1898, a number of public-spirited citizensmet at the Fifth Avenue Hotel and there made plans to celebrate theevent on the following May 4th,—the anniversary of the founding ofNew Amsterdam. On this occasion General Stewart L. Woodford spokeof Mr. Green as the Father of Greater New York, and General JamesGrant presented to Mr. Green a gold medal commemorating his serviceson behalf of the city. The work of the Father of Greater New York, after thirty years ofconstant effort, was but begun. He was influential in planning for theZoological Gardens, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museumof Natural History. To his native city—Worcester—Mr. Green gave a 59
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FORTY IMMORTALS of WORCESTER & ITS COUNTY library and a hospital. Green Hill Park, containing five hundred acres,is a daily reminder of the generosity of this great son of Worcester. Thelife of Mr. Green was cut short suddenly on November 13, 1903, whenan insane negro, mistaking him for one who had wronged him, shot himnear his New York City home. His remains were brought to the rural cemetery in Worcester, whererecently, on October 6, 1920, was observed the one hundredth anniver-sary of his birth. Mayor Peter F. Sullivan, on this occasion, after plac-ing a wreath on Andrew Greens grave, said in part: He spread the nameof his native city through his great work in fostering the plan for GreaterNew York. We are gathered here to-day to balance in a measure hisefforts on behalf of Worcester, and to let the Nation, and Greater NewYork especially, know that the Heart of the Commonwealth producesand has produced some of the greatest characters in these United States. CLARA BARTON Founder

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