DEPARTMENT OF PARKS. 



MARYLAND MONUMENT. 



tion, and the pedestal was provided by the Department of Parks. 

 The ceremonies were participated in by United States troops, 

 patriotic societies, the Fourteenth Regiment, N. G., S. N. Y., and 

 a number of the members of the Grand Army of the Republic. 

 Among the guests were Lieutenant-Governor Saxton, Mayor 

 Strong, of New York; Mayor Schieren, of Brooklyn; Gen. 

 Horace Porter and Col. William Ridgely Griffith. Those who 

 participated in the literary exercises of the day were Col. Wm. 

 Ridgely Griffith, of Maryland ; Col. A. Pearre, Gen. Horace 



