"Let us sit down," said Aunt, as the first wave of the wonderful vision passed over them.
"I feel more like saying, let us kneel down," said Uncle.
Fanny read from the front of the Administration building the inscriptions there about Columbus and his work.
High over the north entrance were the words:
"Columbus received from Ferdinand and Isabel, Sovereigns of Spain, a commission as Admiral of an exploring fleet, April 30, 1492."
Over the east entrance she read:
"Columbus sailed from Palos with three small vessels, Aug. 3, and landed on one of the Bahama Islands."
What common-place facts so simply stated! But they brought forth thoughts and emotions greater and greater of the wonderful consequences to mankind.
"Grandpa, you see how we have come here to learn of the world and its progress to this greatness."