THE MILLET-BUTT MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN 

 The memorial to Francis Davis Millet and Archibald Willingham Butt, victims of the Titanic dis- 

 aster, was erected by their friends in the ground south of the State, War and Ka.\-^^ Building, with the 

 sanction of Congress. This is a type of memorial suited to adorn the city of Washington and at the same 

 time to commemorate lives worthily spent. It shows well the effect that can be produced with a small 

 amount of money. Francis Davis JNIillet was the moving spirit of the creation of the Fine Arts Com- 

 mission, which has labored so earnestly and with such gratifying success in behalf of the Nation's official 

 home — the District of Columbia; and Archibald Willingham Butt was a journalist and soldier who made 

 a nation his friend as aide to the President of the United States. Both knew how to live and how to die. 

 Daniel Chester French v/as the sculptor and Thomas Hastings the architect for. this monument. 



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