Ohio History Journal

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OHIO

OHIO

Archaeological and Historical

SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS

 

OHIO'S MONUMENT TO GENERAL ANTHONY

WAYNE UNVEILED

ADDRESS OF HONORABLE JAMES W. GOOD, SECRETARY OF

WAR, IN HOTEL COMMODORE OLIVER HAZARD

PERRY, TOLEDO, OHIO, SEPTEMBER              14, 1929.

[In introducing the Secretary of War, Toastmaster Mr. Grove Patter-

son spoke as follows:

"Now, ladies and gentlemen, I am sure that I speak for the Ohio State

Archaeological and Historical Society, under the auspices of which this

monument was constructed, and these exercises and this banquet have been

prepared, when I say that the officers and members of that society, are glad

to have this spirit of patriotism from the Sons of the American Revolution

as expressed by the President of the Anthony Wayne Chapter.

I want at this juncture to express the appreciation of all the members

of the society for the number of women who have come to this banquet. It

always helps the toastmaster to have this kind of an audience, though I am

reminded at the moment of what Dusty Miller said about wives at the

Rotary Club, last Monday. He said a wife is a person who has just seen

a good place to park a little way back. (Laughter.)

But be that as it may, we are glad there are so many wives and others

here on this occasion. As I said a moment ago we have a feeling of secu-

rity when our public officials are willing to carry on and do things that

really mark some sort of human progress. I am sure that sense of security

is very much enlarged when we find the President of the United States

calling in to his official family, men who are not in any sense office seekers

and who, in their exalted position, are by natural heritage and by attain-

ments, men of statesman-like proportions.

I think we in Toledo, the home of a member of the President's official

family, the Postmaster-General, feel a sort of a chumminess and a sense of

comfort and friendliness that we would not otherwise feel in quite so great

a measure in welcoming another member of the President's family.

The exploits of General Wayne were the exploits of war and it seems

to me that it is fitting that those exploits should be celebrated by one who

stands at the head of the war department of the national government. I am

sure that we at this banquet are peculiarly fortunate and that the whole city

of Toledo is distinctly honored in that we are privileged to entertain on this

occasion the Secretary of War, and one who, as most of you know, partici-

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