Evening Star Newspaper, June 27, 1923, Page 10

10 Fort Stevens as National Park i' Favored as Tribute to Lincoln Col. John McElroy Declares Spo | Emancipator Saw Tide of Civil War Turn Should Be World Shrine. Restoration and conversion of Fort Etevens into a natlonal park is urged by Col. John McElroy, well known local léader of the Grand Army of the Republic. Col. McElroy belleves Washing- tonlans should take an actlve in- terest In the project. It is likely that the G. A. R. the Sons of Vete- rans, Spanish War Veterans, Ameri- can Legion and other world war men will favor the project, he adds. Dis- cussing the proposition today, Col. McElroy sald: Today all Christendom resounds with Lincoln's fame and everything connected with him has a genuine, wvital interest to every man and woman in the civilized world. Fort Stevens marked the most critical period of the civil war, the most in- tense hour in Lincoln's life. As he stood on the ramparts of the fort and looked with those sadiy pro- phetic eyes of his across the un-| dulating plain, swarming with the, enemies of the republic, there passed before his vision vistas of what should happen from both victory and defeat. Recalls Dark Outlook. “We had then fought with all our might for three and one-ha years ‘”Kpu'. down the rebellion. We had! &one in debt billions of dollars, and Sve had entered upon each vear of the war with high hopes of What we should do before winter. Inspite of | this -midsummer of July 12, 1864, had seen a powerful Confederate army knocking at the very gates of | ashington. There was a panic, not | only in Washington, but flll‘lhrnui.'h. the loyal stat n the Secretar of War and the g the Army were swept away by the panic. No one seemed to maintain his composure except Lincoln and| n. Grant. . | The greenback, which was life-blood of the business of e country, sank to the valuation of 35 e on the dollar. On July 12, 1864, n greenbacks was paid for $100 in gold. This meant that the finan- | i clear off the glacis in front so as to &ive something of the view that Lin- coln had. Already the spot upon which he stood by the side of Gen. Wright has been defined, and a huge boulder placed there to commemmorate the place. There should be markers placed to show every position of the Union and Confederate forces on that highly critical occasion, with plain in- seription: the markers. Attract Tourists, “If this is done, Fort Stevens will become the Mecca of all the automo- bilists arriving in the city, and of all tourists from abroad. It will prove immensely more attractive than any building, statue or monument that could be put up, and would cost com- paratively little. thing to do is for Washing- tonians themselves to take an interest in the project and bestir themselves |in the initfative. It is likely that the Grand Army of the Republie, the § ns of Veterans, United Spanish War Veterans, American Leglon and world war men will, at their coming na- tional encampments, pass StTONg Teso- lutions in favor of ‘this object lesson in history, and that we can have the whole force of these organizations behind this movement. This Your Garantees Satisfaction e——— e —— LOOSE-LEAF LEDGERS & BOUND BOOKS in all sizes and rulings ciers and others of that class, were holding that the government had only , once chance in_three to save itself. | “The tide changed when the two! @ivisions of the 6th Corps rushed out! on the 7th street road, attacked| Early's force, and drove it back un-; der the eyes of the President. From the time of this eme through | the sally-port of Fort Stevens, every- thing went our way until the crown ing effort of Appomattox. The m: nitude of that cruclal hour becomes | overwhelming on the minds of all who stop to study it. | Eager for Memorial. ' “The people of the whole world are | eager for everything which -serves as a souvenir of the great emanci-| pator, and few things could ba pre sented to them of more interest th the conversion of the old fort, wh Lincoln stood, into a national park. | “Washington is continually throns- | ed with tourlsts, many of them from scross the seas, who are eagerly| looking for reminders of our p: history and, especial 1 and their numbers will o on increas ing. The obvious thing to do is t have an act of Congress passed mak ing Fort Stevens into a national park, ““The government should restore th works to as near as possible the con- { dition of the war times, arm the fort | with old guns of civil war pattern,! L. A. BOULAY APPOINTED OHIO HIGHWAY DIHECTOR! Former D. C. Resident and Federal,} Employe Gets Important En- | gineering Post. il Louis A. Boulay, former Washing tonian and product of Washington educational institutions, has been ap- pointed director of highways and public works for Ohio, ming office next Monday, according to word re ceived here from Columbu: N The selection was a sur political interests in Ohio, be the reported pressure brought to bea upon Gov. A. V. Donahey for other | candidates + Mr. Boulay is president of the firm | of Boulay-Harrison of Toledo, Ohio. He Is forty-five years old and a vet- | eran of the Spanish American and the world wars. Although he has been | out of Wi twenty 5 was_prominent | among members of the District Na-, tional Guard and participated with that contingent in the battle ofj Bantiago. | He received his early education at, Gonzaga College and atiended George- | town University. He was a student | at Georgetown when the Spanish war broke out. 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