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Excerpt from An Oration, Delivered at Lexington on the Dedication of the Town and Memorial Hall, April 19, 1871: Being the 96th Anniversary of the Battle of Lexington But around this little hamlet of eight or ten families, a century ago, there was a rare accumu lation of great thoughts and lofty emotions. To this little isolated community, the soundest doc trines of free society and state, civil and religious freedom, the events of American history, the breadth and strength of American humanity, the depth and wisdom of American thought, be longed by inheritance. Upon the people of this town had fallen the stern virtues, and all the hardy qualities which had been nourished by the trials and hardships which attended the founders of the American empire. These virtues were the precious freight of the Mayflower, and they had been developed and strengthened by the hard experiences of the colonists, and their de scendants for many generations. By history and tradition were their minds cultivated to the high est conceptions of nationality. The familiar thought of the time was of high and solemn im port. And it was the remarkable and peculiar fortune of Lexington, that to her bosom had come for safety and repose the great agitators of that day, and that her Spiritual guide and light was one who took a broad and enlight ened view of the duties and obligations of the citizen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 Excerpt: ... PROCEEDINGS AT THE Judication of fhq J oiun and fflcmotjial frail, LEXINGTON, MASS. APRIL 19, 1871. At the annual town meeting held in March, 1871, the Building Committee of the New Town Memorial and Library Halls Building reported the work nearly completed and ready for delivery to the town. It was voted that the Building be dedicated with appropriate ceremonies on the 19th of April, being the ninety-sixth anniversary of the battle of Lexington, and a committee of eight citizens, to be joined to the members of the Building Committee, were constituted a Committee of Arrangements with discretionary powers to carry out the vote, and an appropriation of a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars was made. The Committee of Arrangements was organized with the following gentlemen as members thereof, viz: --Of the Building Committee: --Messrs. Charles Hudson, John Hastings, Sargent C. Whicher, Hammon Reed, Luke C. Childs, Warren E. Russell, and Reuben W. Reed. Of other citizens joined: --Messrs. George W. Robinson, Joseph N. Brewer, George Munroe, Matthew H. Merriara, Oliver P. Mills, Alonzo Goddard, Charles E. Goodwin, and Charles Blodgett; to whom the following gentlemen were added by the Committee, namely: --Loring W. Muzzey, Charles M. Parker, George L. Stratton, George E. Muzzey, and Frederic Witherell. At the same meeting it was considered appropriate that the formalities of receiving the keys from the Building Committee, should be tendered the young men of the town, as significant of the prospective provision, kept prominently in view in the design and erection of the building, for the wants and privileges of those who are to come after and succeed the passing generation. In accordance with this spirit, Messrs. James E. Parker, Billings Smith, jr., Eugene Tutt

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