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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  Harris 
  and 
  Ewing 
  

   VIKW 
  OF 
  THK 
  PF 
  ( 
  ARY 
  MRMORIAI, 
  lyOOKINC 
  NORTHWARD 
  TOWARD 
  THE 
  AMPHITHEATER 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  motto 
  is 
  the 
  inscription 
  : 
  

  

  Erected 
  by 
  the 
  National 
  Geographic 
  Society. 
  

   Dedicated 
  April 
  6, 
  1922, 
  the 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States, 
  the 
  Chief 
  Justice 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States, 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  State, 
  the 
  Secretary 
  

   of 
  the 
  Navy, 
  the 
  Dean 
  of 
  the 
  Diplomatic 
  

   Corps, 
  and 
  Board 
  of 
  Trustees 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  

   Geographic 
  Society 
  officiating. 
  

  

  The 
  other 
  sides, 
  respectively, 
  bear 
  the 
  

   legends 
  : 
  

  

  Robert 
  Edwin 
  Peary, 
  Discoverer 
  of 
  

   North 
  Pole 
  April 
  6, 
  [909. 
  

  

  Rear 
  Admiral 
  U. 
  S. 
  N., 
  Civil 
  Engineer, 
  

   Explorer, 
  Scientist, 
  1856-1920. 
  

  

  His 
  Beloved 
  Wife 
  

   Josephine 
  Diebitsch, 
  1863 
  

  

  For 
  many 
  generations 
  to 
  come 
  

  

  the 
  

  

  unique 
  memorial, 
  designed 
  in 
  accord 
  with 
  

   suggestions 
  Peary 
  dictated 
  to 
  his 
  wife 
  

   shortly 
  before 
  his 
  death, 
  will 
  stand 
  as 
  a 
  

   landmark 
  in 
  the 
  silent 
  city 
  of 
  the 
  nation's 
  

   hero 
  dead. 
  It 
  consists 
  of 
  an 
  oblate 
  

   spheroid, 
  representing 
  the 
  earth, 
  with 
  the 
  

   land 
  masses 
  carved 
  in 
  low 
  relief 
  upon 
  its 
  

   surface 
  (see 
  page 
  644). 
  At 
  the 
  point 
  on 
  

   the 
  massive 
  globe 
  which 
  represents 
  the 
  

   North 
  Pole 
  is 
  a 
  bronze 
  star. 
  

  

  This 
  star 
  points 
  toward 
  the 
  north, 
  in 
  

   the 
  direction 
  of 
  Arlington's 
  beautiful 
  

   memorial 
  amphitheater, 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  yards 
  distant. 
  

  

  