The National Monument to
the Forefathers
“This Monument
Where Virtue, Courage, Law and Learning sit
Calm Faith above them, grasping Holy Writ;
White hand upraised o’er beauteous trusting eyes,
And pleading finger pointing to the skies.”
—John Boyle O’Reilly
Poem read at the dedication of the
Monument to the Forefathers
August 1, 1889.
“What of her by the western sea,
Born and bred as the child of Duty,