Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1900 — THE GRANT STATUE. [ARTICLE]

THE GRANT STATUE.

Grand Army** Gift to the RepnbH Unveiled in the Capitol. • The statue of Geo. Grant, presented I the Graud Army of the Republic to tl nation, was unveiled in the great rotunc of the capitol at Washington Saturdt and elaborate ceremonies coimnemoratb of the event were held in the Hall of Re resentatives in rhe presence of a vart co; course of people, who included the wi< ow, daughter and descendants of the het of Appomattox, hundreds of his comrad< in arms, the officers and committee of ti Grand Army of the Republic and mat persons distinguished in military, politic and social circles. The statue of the pre-eminent chief < the Union forces in the civil war repr sents the contributions of thousands ■ his comrade* of the Grand Army of tl Republic, no one of whom was allowed subscribe more' than 15 cents, and is tl result of a movement started soon aft Gen. Grant’s death at Mount McGregc in July, 1885. I't is the work of Franklin Simmons, t American sculptor. Of marble of hero size, it stands on a granite pedestal er blazoned with a bronze seal of the Grar Army of the Republic, and represent* tl grim old hero in the full uniform of general, equipped for the field, with t« boots and gauntlets, hl* cloak over b left arm, hia right band resting on tl hilt of his sword.