Excerpt from Address at the Unveiling of the Statue of Colonel William Prescott: On Bunker Hill, June 17, 1881

Fellow-Citizens: -

I cannot assume the position which belongs to me to-day, as President of the Bunker Hill Monument Association, and enter on the discharge of the duties which devolve upon me in that capacity, without first giving expression to my deep sense of the honor of an office, which has been held heretofore by so many distinguished men.

Fifty-eight years have now elapsed since this Association received its Charter of Incorporation from the Legislature of Massachusetts.

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