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Show MEMORIALS TO HEROES. Memorials to distinguished men of, Irish blood promise -to become numerous numer-ous in America. One is projected by congress to Commodore Jdhn, Barry, fa-ther.of fa-ther.of the American navy the legislature legisla-ture of Ohio last year appropriated $10,000 for a monument in Somerset to General Philip Sheridan; a bill was introduced in-troduced in congress last January providing pro-viding for the establishment of a national na-tional military park on St. Michael's island. Lake Champlain, to be known as McDonftugh National park, in honor of Commodore McDonough. in com memoration of his victory over th" British Meet in the battle of Plat:.--burgh on Sent. 11, JSM. and in memory mem-ory of the American sailors and soldier s J who perished there; a monument has , been erected in Helena. Mont... to General Gen-eral Thomar. 'Francis Meagher: and tl; government of Canada is to raise oik- i; Parliament square. Ottawa, to Thoma-' D'Arcy McGee. In Boston th-re ar" monuments "to Joim Koyle O'Reilly i:; one of the public parks' and to Colon! Louis Cass, the gallant commander of the Ninth regiment, on the Public Car-den. Car-den. The Celtic element flayed a creditable cred-itable and conspicuous part in the history his-tory of thNe country and the leaders- are well worthy of- public memorials. |