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technic Institute, the Brooklyn Institute, the Missouri Historical Society, the Florida State Museum, the president of Tufts Col- lege, the National Society of D. A. R., etc.
ADDRESS OF CONGRESSMAN OVERMYER. Congressman A. W. Overmyer, of the 13th Ohio District who came from Washington, D. C., expressly to take part in the dedicatory exercises, then delivered |
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devoted to the public service of his country. The day is appropriate for on this Memorial Day there is no more fitting service that could have been performed than to meet here and recount the deeds and review the life work of one of America's bravest soldiers and one of her most loyal de- fenders, a soldier who had the courage to fight and the ability to lead others in fighting. The assemblage is appropriate and such as eminently benefits the occasion, for the President is represented here by a member of his cabinet, an Ohio man; the Senate and House of Representatives are represented here, and representatives of the civil and military authority of the state, the county, and the city; and the people to whom he ever turned a listening ear- the people are here, in masses such as seldom before assembled within the shadows of Spiegel Grove; they are here to bring |