PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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PHILADELPHIA'S TRIBUTE TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. 
A mid the salvos of artillery, the rythm of martial music and the 
cheering of the people, the ceremony of unveiling the statue of 
the hero of x\ppomattox, in the presence of the nation’s execu- 
tive, members of the cabinet and 20,000 spectators, was successfully 
made on the 27th of April. 
There has been much delay in this, for the press gave an account of 
the successful casting as far back as May, 1896, since which time the 
ceremony has been postponed on several occasions in order to find 
a befitting and appropriate time. 
The day for Philadelphia and 
its itizens was an eventful one; 
music played upon the air, bathed 
in God’s golden sunshine and the 
dipping of the battle scarred flags, 
was a mute and fitting salute, in 
reverence to the silent general of 
the past, and his widow, son, daugh- 
ter and granddaughter present. 
The statue has been judici- 
ously located at the picturesque 
intersection of the East Park River 
drive and the Fountain Green 
drive, where the rock face range of 
the Fountain Green arches serve 
to make a fitting background, in 
consonance with the lazy flowing 
waters of the Schuylkill on the left 
and the rolling green lands on the 
right. 
As Miss Rosemary Sartoris 
drew aside the veil, horse and rider 
were disclosed to public view, the 
former the work of Edward C. Pot- Copyrighted, Wm. h. Rau, 1899. 
ter, the figure by Daniel C. French. grant monument, kairmount park, Philadelphia. 
Clad in the full uniform of a general, spurred and top booted, and bearing upon his shoulders 
the long cloak or cape suggested by his son. Colonel Fred Grant, the figure stands pre-eminently as the 
thoughtful, dignified soldier. Again that familiar sugar loaf hat, beneath which the bearded face 
modeled to a realistic degree, serves to intensify the pose and portray the passiveness, the sphinx 
like character of the man, the soldier; the logical solver of strategical problems. In the execution 
of the work Mr. French has given splendid evidence of his ability. Life and feeling are therein 
vested, the pose, and balance admirable. The auxiliary details serve but to strengthen the docu 
mentary requirements, but aside from these, the figure illustrates all the possibilities of the 
