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Show luiid.'Ut I'r.iiinpliul r.igriniln. s rHt I Mogl l. ) niorloue and mo.iioribU ui was Ihu sjkUmiIh wtilch Wathliigtin ttltuetrtd en tlm;"i uud 21th of May, Hfl.5, thnl lining eoeiin nf thu Civil War was checketoJ by maty a ted and bitter memory. (Irani! "lllilorlo Moment" at wss Ihu iveut, dark shadoara fell uthttait tho si'undor of thu pageant which In steidhulirsinp of standi uur Veterans nud III ehuen of glittering etui, rolled Its mijtatlu stream iiottn I'siinajlvanla Avuuur, Thu blood ol lh.- Ilreat IVildint waa siarcely dry on the narrow lullve.iy leading M the back riioui tthern his patriot sjlrlt lu't lie ahattert'd liiiemt'iit of clay. The chir.titir of thu wir had beun ixcip. lloually soluble, alii lu viruleuce, uu. alluacy, an I duration had bleu all but uubue in modern timer. Tnu com-hitantihaj com-hitantihaj been nofotsof dlilliiLt uud Rlterio uallonallths, but aona ol u c iiimilicounti)' und a rouimou luce, brolhirs III blool, mid knit lo en oh olhir by couullex Ilea, lo thu heart or ihu tdooJy ticvllry of matt ,'n Itxru lurks some nel of virtue, and irobably neter lu the world's history has thtro been u war out of whiou sprxugso much gooJ aalhat which hai no uuiplclouily tmauated I rum the luue of l)iu rtcuMdou struggle; hut iu th.uila whuu the grmid dlviiluniof thu Union hoili were slrldlug along I'tnuajlvauU ATeuur, few mtunajut coulii uhcitu thu far-oil' rainbow lu mi oliy. Und I in med iltlicr hy memirlea or fore'iodlugt, was tho radllut exhilaration exhilara-tion of the triumphal entry into llerlln on June 18, 1371, by Ihederuiaii troops wlui hid returned from the shart, eliarp, aud decliltu war with Uer-iiiuuj Uer-iiiuuj hereditary onemy. It was uat to bo ixpeittsl that from ttrllu so tltanlo tne cohorts of the Katherlaud should return with full iiuiubers. The widows und orthnui of tho war hid their tad facta and souibru uillro In tho eicluilon ol their dwellings, aud but for tbtui, all llerlln was throbbing with eiubetunt Joy aud pride I'mni "Hlitorlu .Moments: Thu Triumphal Kulry luto llerlln," by Aiicmiiiai.ii Koumj, lu thu Clirlittuat (Oeieuiber) number. |
