| Show TO rAnK A VICTORY MONUMCNT TO OE ERECTED UY COLONIAL WADS SOCIETY Suite Captor 01 hiuchlsrlt Pr eortrul a tentue aeI a IIU lgo ifni Jao Is I Nena ollUlen fee II hrmeetah f in MIMIIIUS of Iho Koclctr of Colo hrmeetahT 1 nlnl Vamnre greatly r great-ly I Intcrestjil In n project for tIe erection 7 erec-tion of n memorial monument nt l < ouls ntJW bnrg Nova Scotia r It will ounnicmor ate the one hundred j and llftletli anniversary I anni-versary of the victory I vic-tory of the American colonial force at IxniUburir 1li design presented by William ledney lUntty itS Iho New York clcly ban been accepted Tho society has received u gift of n ethIc which Is on A well preserved redoubt connected by n causeway with the King1 llastlon where hen IVppcrcll recelve1 the key ot the fortress from toy Duclmmbon In tIme lures dice of the assembled tro > pfc The ixnlllun Is I a prominent cue ami Ihe memorial will thus bo a landmark land-mark The design of tIme monument which la I to bo of gray or red granite say the Now York World Is I a plain Doric shaft rising from n winarc hate and surmounted n cannon ball as an emblem of victory Ono advantage advant-age of Hit design Is l that tIme height can bo made proportionate propor-tionate to the amount ol money rceclrrd A Milllclcnt sum has been subscribed to warrant tho beginning of the undertaking but nt least l00u moro will hut I ncudcd It Is I Intended that time unveiling shall take plnco on Juno IT ItK the anniversary day Contribution will bo ricelvixl by How land IVI1 chairman New Yorlci bat IcrKc iSnartwout tn < a urrr Stain font Conn Jninc A Noyc Cambridge Cam-bridge Maisu Oeorgo Culhbcrl Illlo pie I3MI Arch street Philadelphia I Iot John Applcton Wilson llalllmore huh1 kIt U N llatchcldiT I H A NnshtngUin II C Mnlnilm MacMon aid Princeton N JI I Dr Charles Samuel Ward Bridgeport Conn and Madison brunt oecrolor If Kxchange place New York city It Is I expected that many people from New York be i aIdes 1 tIme members of the society and their famllle will bo present on Iho occasion of the unveiling of tha nnmn mcnU Tho Historical NKlcty of Nova Scotia will give n reception ti > the delegation In the government building nt Halifax nnd the pcoplo of Hjilney nnl Ixmllmrir nlll alto extcnil n i hearty welcome to thu visitor It Its I expected that nn old Trench cannon will lie raised from tho harbor of Lotiltburg and mounted In the redoubt close by tho memorial site Tho committee com-mittee have tried but failed to secure a I brats gun utpd In tho strgu In order to 1 I lOt It Into commemorative medals They have been offered Instead a J brim bell from tin larrlson church a Tho capturu of Ixmlshurg contributed r considerably to tha uccoisot the revolutionary I revo-lutionary war for It gave tIme American Ameri-can toldlcry vuluablo trulnliiL I ami ie perlcne I crfh the receipt of lIl lie new of tho capture In Ilostnu and Now York t belU wcro rung cannon fired and u I day of thanksgiving was ordered Tin surrender was Just thirty year provl oits to tho liatllo of llnnkcr Hill unit Col Irldtcy the engineer at tIme tcge laid out the work on Hunker Hill Theso gentlemen have been appointed un auxiliary committee for thu society In tho shot of New York nnd tn aid tho general committee In raising fund for tho memorial and In carrying out the detail of the celebration Frederic II lieU Clarence Vi llonru J Augustus Au-gustus Johnson Anson Phclrm Htokes William Ivc Wahburn William II Young |
