Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1893 — BATTLE OF TRENTON. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BATTLE OF TRENTON.

Fitting Monument to Commemorate Washington’s Victory. The recent dedication of the monument in the city of Trenton, N. J., to commemorate the great victory

won there by George Washington on Dec. 20, 1776, was an event of national interest. President Cleve1a n d formally dedicated the monument to the admiration of the present generation and posterity in general. Governor Flower and staff attended the ceremonies, and the West Point cadets added splendor to the great military 'display made. New Jersey,

trhnton monument. M aßsachqsetts, Connecticut and Pennsylvania paraded the flower of their national guard, and fifteen Governors and their colonels, together with cabinet officers apd many prominent men, joined in the historical festivities. The shaft, costing $60,000, commemorates the battle of Trenton, which occurred after the stirring scenes in and about New York. Washington Is represented iu the statue as he appeared when he came down Pennington road on the morning of the memorable 26th of December to the spot where the monument is erected, and there ordered Captain Alexander Hamilton, the 19-year-old artillerist, afterward the distinguished financier and statesman, to fire on the enemy then advancing up Warren street at about where St. Mary’s Cathedral now stands. For fifty years the subject of the erection of a monument to commemorate the battle of Trenton has been discussed. It was not until May 7, 1884, when the Trenton Battle Monument Association was formed, that matters assumed any shape. An appropriation of $15,000 was secured from the State of New Jersey, and after some delay the Congress of the United States made an appropriation of $30,000, and individual subscriptions to the amount of $15,000 were secured.