The Soldiers' Monument in CambridgePress of J. Wilson and son, 1870 - 104 pages |
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... hope of gain to themselves , but with an intense love of country , became a willing sacrifice and gave up their lives , choosing death rather than that this government of our fathers should be destroyed . Standing in this place , I can ...
... hope of gain to themselves , but with an intense love of country , became a willing sacrifice and gave up their lives , choosing death rather than that this government of our fathers should be destroyed . Standing in this place , I can ...
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... hope that gratitude and reverence for the patriots whose names are borne on the roll here- with deposited , may fill the hearts of succeeding generations of our people in all time to come . LIST OF DOCUMENTS . 1. A list of the soldiers ...
... hope that gratitude and reverence for the patriots whose names are borne on the roll here- with deposited , may fill the hearts of succeeding generations of our people in all time to come . LIST OF DOCUMENTS . 1. A list of the soldiers ...
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... hope that the free- dom and growth of our institutions , as now exem- plified in our government , may continue and be perpetual . At the close of the Mayor's Address , by the aid of a pon- derous derrick , which was manned by comrades ...
... hope that the free- dom and growth of our institutions , as now exem- plified in our government , may continue and be perpetual . At the close of the Mayor's Address , by the aid of a pon- derous derrick , which was manned by comrades ...
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... hope and belief that it will stand as long as liberty is dear to the hearts of our people : a mute but expressive witness to the valor and sacrifice of those sons of Cambridge , who went out never to return in life , dying for their ...
... hope and belief that it will stand as long as liberty is dear to the hearts of our people : a mute but expressive witness to the valor and sacrifice of those sons of Cambridge , who went out never to return in life , dying for their ...
Page 84
... hope of a people panting to be free ; a people who had borne right loyally , till endurance betokened a craven spirit , and then dared every thing for liberty . Cambridge knew this , felt this , and in her heart an- swered to the call ...
... hope of a people panting to be free ; a people who had borne right loyally , till endurance betokened a craven spirit , and then dared every thing for liberty . Cambridge knew this , felt this , and in her heart an- swered to the call ...
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The Soldiers' Monument in Cambridge: Proceedings in Relation to the Building ... Cambridge Massachusetts No preview available - 2017 |
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SOLDIERS MONUMENT IN CAMBRIDGE Alexander 1830-1914 McKenzie,Cambridge (Mass ). No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 44 - February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and of the independence of the United States of America the ninety-third.
Page 11 - ... judges in matters of this nature) be accounted void and null, unless the same shall likewise be allowed by the archbishop or...
Page 11 - At a meeting of the proprietors of the common and undivided lands in Cambridge, in 1769, "all the common lands, belonging to the proprietors, fronting the college, commonly called the Town Commons, not heretofore granted or allotted to any particular person, or for any special or particular use...
Page 21 - SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF CAMBRIDGE, WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE INSCRIBED, DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY, IN THE WAR FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE UNION. TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THEIR VALOR AND PATRIOTISM, THIS MONUMENT is ERECTED BY THE CITY, AD 18G9-70.
Page 11 - Commons, be and the same are hereby granted to the town of Cambridge to be used as a training field, to lie undivided and to remain for that use forever, provided, nevertheless, that if the said town should dispose of, grant or appropriate the same or any part thereof at any time hereafter, to or for any other use than that aforementioned, then and in such case the whole of the premises hereby granted to said town shall revert to the Proprietors granting the same, and the present grant shall thereupon...
Page 11 - ... the town of Cambridge, to be used as a training field, to lie undivided, and to remain for that use forever, provided, nevertheless, that if the said town should dispose of, grant, or appropriate the same, or any part thereof, at any time hereafter, to or for any other use than that aforementioned, then, and in such case, the whole of the premises hereby granted to the said town shall revert to the proprietors granting the same,
Page 93 - Beautiful! my Country! ours once more! What were our lives without thee? What all our lives to save thee? We reck not what we gave thee; We will not dare to doubt thee, But ask whatever else, and we will dare!
Page 94 - And be it known unto Britain, even American daughters are politicians and patriots, and will aid the good work with their female efforts.
Page 10 - Ordered, That a Joint Special Committee, to consist of the President and five members of the Common Council, with such as the Aldermen may join, be appointed to consider and report upon the subject of a
Page 44 - According to the plan of sewerage, the expense of the same to be charged to the appropriation for Highways.