| Show I 1 philadelphian PHILA DELPHIAS WASHING ON MONUMENT tomorrow may la Is the day met eel tot fot be un unveiling Velling in ID philadelphia 0 ur am george ceorge washington monument which stands at the greenstreet green street air eu unites to fairmount Falt mount park the work to la one ol at the most meet elaborate and sul yet execL erecter eLf in sod fid was wae nearly a century age KG by the society of the cincinnati ot ol which the father ol of his country web war once oboe a pre eldIng officer A detonation of the to la as follow prom from an oblong platform of swedish un granite wite biz feet six bix inches high rises the pi pedestal destal bearing a bronze equestrian statue of washington in the uniform of as revolutionary army a large military olahs draped about his figure and falling over hi his horse allegorical figures of american indians indiana occupy the four corners of f the platform with fountains representing ing the tour lour great rivers the delaware the e Hudson the potomac and the finals dippl t 16 each fountain is guarded on either 0 r side by native animals such RN as the buffalo and elk there are eight of these animal figures allegorical groups occupy the trent frent and back of the UL tal latter america in u represented as a arousing ming her none to a bense abnee of their thralldom and aad bidding theta them go forth to 10 liberty below are the arms of the state tale ol of renn pennsylvania sylvania the front group america congratulating her on having won freedom and receiving from them tho trophies trophie of their various america holds holda a cornucopia one hand and a trident in the other her ber feet are the chains which she a jut just emit oft on the side aide of the pedestal are two bas one depre centing the march ot of the american army and bearing the inscriptions sic isio semper tyran ty niall and per aspera ad astra 77 the other showing an emigrant train westward bound with the inscription westward the star of empire takes its way running around the pedestal under the statue are the words erected by the state stale society of the cincinnati of pennsylvania all the figures and other ornaments are of bronze thirteen steps symbolizing the thirteen original commonwealths of the united states slates lead to the pedestal peu estal the monument as an it now stands is forty four leet feet high the ground plan of the platform is 61 by 74 feet and the pe pedestal dental 17 by 80 feet the total cost Is the philadelphia press says the unveiling ceremonies have been planned on an elaborate scale it was wae in n 1810 that bat the first steps looking tv to the erection of this monument were taken by the society of the me cincinnati of which washington was the first president and the work has languished since owing to the waning interest of the two committees one representing the city the other ether the obo bogety bo lety that have had it in charge in 1880 the philadelphia monument fund and by an order of court it W was as transferred to 10 the society of the cincinnati which had bad at the time t me in ltd ito treasury on monument su account count since then many thousands have been added to it by the society resulting in the completion or of the monument I 1 |
