The National Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 1, November 1891Various
History
The National Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 1, November 1891
Various
Local history -- Periodicals; United States -- History -- Periodicals; West (U.S.) -- History -- Periodicals
In the August number of this Magazine we remarked upon the fact that the
historic property of Valley Forge was in danger of being sold and divided
among individual purchasers and that in this event the ancient ramparts
of Fort Washington, the site of the forge, the cold spring, and the
Headquarters of Washington, Lafayette and Knox would be obliterated. It
is a pleasure to learn that the march of such “improvement” will probably
be arrested. A meeting of the members of the National Society of the
Daughters of the Revolution residing in Washington was held on Oct. 13th,
and a plan was considered for purchasing and preserving this property.
The Illinois chapter of the same organization has also held a meeting
to advance the same cause. With the patriotic ardor of women thoroughly
awakened there should be no question about preserving to the nation the
field of Valley Forge with all its “visible history.”
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A monument to the great Indian Chief Red Jacket, Chief of the Senecas and
the renowned orator of the six nations was dedicated at Waterloo, N. Y.
on Oct. 14th. President Welles of the Waterloo Historical Society under
whose auspices the monument is erected presided. The Hon. W. C. Bryant
of Buffalo delivered an historical address. The monument is unique in
design, being carved from a block of granite to represent the trunk of an
oak tree, and stands on the west shore of Cayuga Lake near the spot where
Red Jacket was born. The base bears four descriptive bronze tablets, and
around the base are clustered six small bowlders bearing the names of the
six nations of the Iroquois. Red Jacket was one of the unique figures of
his time, his character a peculiar mixture of the noble and the ignoble,
a sagacious statesman, a cunning demagogue, but always an Indian.
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