“‘No treason we bring from Erin, nor bring we shame nor guilt!
The sword we hold may be broken, but we have not dropped the hilt.
The wreath we bear to Columbia is twisted to thorns, not bays;
And the songs we sing are saddened by thoughts of desolate days.
But the hearts we bring for freedom are washed in the surge of tears;
And we claim our right by a people’s fight outliving a thousand years.’”
At the conclusion of Doctor Quinlan’s address the Chairman declared the ceremonies of dedication over, thanking all those present for their attendance.
The several organizations were represented at the dedication as follows: Society of the Cincinnati, Ex-Governor Charles Warren Lippitt, Ex-Governor George H. Utter, Hon. William Page Sheffield, Edward Aborn Greene, George Humphrey, Thomas A. Peirce, Rev. Daniel Goodwin; Society of Colonial Wars, Henry B. Rose, Gen. Hunter C. White, Hon. John T. Blodgett, Prof. Wilfred H. Munro, E. A. Burlingame and George C. Nightingale; Daughters of the American Revolution, Miss Mary A. Greene, Mrs. Charles Warren Lippitt; Rhode Island Citizens’ Historical Association, T. W. Bicknell, H. A. Atkins, A. L. Anthony, Ellen R. Jolly, Caroline A. Weeden, Mrs. Lyons Delaney, B. L. Dennis, Francis Gallagher, Elizabeth Doyle, J. H. Foster, John R. Richmond, Elizabeth Halton, C. H. Eddy and Mrs. R. B. P. Tingley; Rhode Island Historical Society, Professor Munro, Amasa M. Eaton, Robert P. Brown and Clarence S. Brigham. Among others present were: Dr. Francis J. Quinlan of New York, D. H. Tierney of Waterbury, Conn., John J. Linehan, Worcester, Bernard J. Joyce of Boston, Michael J. Jordan of Boston, Edmund O’Keefe of New Bedford, John F. Hurley, Mayor, of Salem, Mass., Patrick H. Powers of Boston, John Morgan of New York, Augustin H. Morgan of New York, P. F. Magrath of Binghamton, N. Y., T. B. Fitzpatrick of Brookline, Mass., Michael F. Dooley, Frederick Roy Martin, Dr. James E. Sullivan, Col. James H. McGann, Col. James C. Moran, Michael W. Norton, John F. O’Connell, Patrick Carter, M. S. Dwyer, John McManus, Barnard McCaughey, William L. Wood, both of Pawtucket; Gen. Charles R. Brayton, Col. Frank T. Sibley, Mrs. Chadwick, wife of Admiral F. E. Chadwick; Mrs. James Chadwick, James C. Collins, Gen. Elisha H. Rhodes, T. M. O’Reilly, Frederick H. Jackson, Rev. Austin Dowling, Col. J. Edward Studley, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Chandler, Mary A. Darling, Benjamin L. Dennis, General Treasurer Walter A. Read, Secretary of States Charles P. Bennett, Attorney-General William B. Greenough, Mayor-elect Henry Fletcher, Judge Elmer J. Rathbun, John Dunn, Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture; Hugh J. Carroll, Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. Chaffee, John F. McAlevy, Thomas E. Maloney, V. S., Fall River; Benjamin L. Dennis, Mrs. Doyle, William J. Feeley, Walter H. Barney, Dr. M. H. Sullivan of Lawrence, Mass., Dr. Michael F. Kelly of Fall River and Frank Carter.
POST-PRANDIAL EXERCISES.
At the termination of the exercises at the State House the Society and its guests proceeded to the Narragansett Hotel for luncheon. Chairman Lee acted as toastmaster, and speeches of an appropriate nature were made by the following: Gen. Charles R. Brayton, representing the National Encampment, G. A. R.; Hon. John F. O’Connell; Prof. Wilfred H. Munro of Brown University, President of the Rhode Island Historical Society; Hon. Walter H. Barney, representing the Rhode Island Bar; Judge Livingston Scott, whose wife is a direct descendant of General Sullivan; Hon. Thomas Williams Bicknell, President of the Rhode Island Citizens’ Historical Association; Mrs. Ellen Ryan Jolly, President of the Ladies’ Auxiliary, A. O. H.; Gen. Elisha H. Rhodes, representing the Rhode Island G. A. R. and the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Hon. John H. Hurley, Mayor of Salem, Mass.; and John G. Hardy, the sculptor who designed and executed the memorial.