Program of ceremonies attending the unveiling of the statute of John Witherspoon. Thursday afternoon Washington, D. C. May 20, 1909.

PROGRAM OF CEREMONIES ATTENDING THE UNVEILING OF THE STATUE OF 1722 JOHN WITHERSPOON PRINCETON 1794

Witherspoon memorial association.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON

WASHINGTON, D. C.

MAY 20, 1909 E.U.S. Oct. 26-1912. DR. JOHN WITHERSPOON PHOTOGRAPH OF THE STATUE

HISTORY

John Witherspoon, born in Scotland in 1722, was a lineal descendant of . He entered the at the age of fourteen, graduated in its classical and divinity schools, and began his work as a minister at twenty-one. His high standing in Scotland as a preacher and scholar led to his election as president of Princeton College in 1768. In 1774 he was chosen a delegate to the provincial convention, and the year following to the , in which body he remained almost continuously to the close of the War. He was one of the first of its members to favor independence, and gained great celebrity for his speech in Congress on July 4, 1776, urging the immediate adoption and proclamation of the Declaration of Independence. He was the only clergyman a member of that body and a signer of the Declaration. He filled prominent places on many committees of Congress, and was a constant and devoted friend of Washington. He early predicted that the “would be an important event in the history of mankind;” and as the triumph became apparent, he advocated “a permanent and well-planned confederacy among the states of America that may hand down the blessing of peace and public order to many generations.” Horace Walpole declared in parliament that the American Colonies had “run away with a Presbyterian minister;” and a British officer at the close of the war wrote of Witherspoon as “this political firebrand, who perhaps had no less share in the Revolution than Washington himself.” After the war he resumed his duties as President of Princeton College. He died in 1794.

Program of ceremonies attending the unveiling of the statute of John Witherspoon. Thursday afternoon Washington, D. C. May 20, 1909. http://www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.20801400 ORDER OF EXERCISES

Music United States Marine Band

Invocation Rev. Jeremiah Witherspoon, D.D., Richmond, Va.

Hymm—“For All the Saints Who From Their Labors Rest” Hymnal, 409

A Sketch of the Memorial Hon. John W. Foster Chairman of the Memorial Association

Address Right Hon. James Bryce, British Ambassador

Music United States Marine Band

Address President , LL.D.,

Address Vice-president James S. Sherman

Hymn—“My Country, 'Tis of Thee” Hymnal 665

Address Hon. Henry B. F. Macfarland President of Board of Commissioners, D. C.

Unveiling of the Statue By Master William Banks Withers, Raleigh, N. C. (Descendant of Dr. John Witherspoon in Sixth Generation)

Music United States Marine Band

Benediction Rev. David W. Woods, Gettysburg, Pa. (Descendant. Author of Life of Dr. John Witherspoon)

Concluding Music United States Marine Band

In addition to signing the Declaration of Independence, Dr. Witherspoon was a member of the Continental Congress when the American flag was adopted as the nation's emblem. As a part of the unveiling ceremonies the flags will be dipped and raised in his honor.

THE WITHERSPOON MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION

TRUSTEES

Program of ceremonies attending the unveiling of the statute of John Witherspoon. Thursday afternoon Washington, D. C. May 20, 1909. http://www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.20801400 John W. Foster, Chairman

E. Southard Parker, Treasurer

Henry B. F. Macfarland, Secretary

Andrew Carnegie, New York

Morris K. Jessup, New York

Stephen B. Elkins, U. S. S., West Virginia

William B. Mckinley, M.C., Illinois

Mrs. Stanley Matthews, Washington

John Wanamaker,

William Couper, New York Sculptor

RECEPTION COMMITTEE FOR THE UNVEILING CEREMONIES

MEMBERS LARGELY FROM THE D. C. SOCIETY SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, PRINCETON ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND SONS OF THE REVOLUTION

FREDERICK D. OWEN Chairman

Frank L. Biscoe, M.D.

Frederick C. Bryan

John D. Carmody

Chester A. Clark

Andrew B. Graham

Henry O. Hall

Samuel Herrick

Program of ceremonies attending the unveiling of the statute of John Witherspoon. Thursday afternoon Washington, D. C. May 20, 1909. http://www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.20801400 Edwin A. Hill

Caleb C. Magruder, Jr.

Henry W. Samson

Edmund Brady

G. Thomas Dunlop

Dr. John Dunlop

Wallace D. McLean

Oliver Metzerott

James L. Norris, Jr.

Henry V. Tulloch

Max C. J. Wiehle

John E. Fenwick

Wm. W. Ayres

Philander Betts

U. S. J. Dunbar

F. F. Gillen

Frederick B. Hyde

William S. Knox

W. P. Kyle

S. B. Muncaster

Program of ceremonies attending the unveiling of the statute of John Witherspoon. Thursday afternoon Washington, D. C. May 20, 1909. http://www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.20801400 B. H. Warner, Jr.

W. D. Wirt

Designs for the Court, Decorations and the Unveiling, Contributed by Frederick D. Owen

George C. Hough, Assistant

GEO E. HOWARD PRESS WASHINGTON

DUPLICAT E EXCHANGED.

INTERSTATE COMMERCE SEP 16 1911 COMMISSION LIBRARY.

INDEPENDENCE HALL, PHILADELPHIA

“For my own part, of property I have some, of reputation more. That reputation is staked, that property is pledged, on the issue of this contest; and although these gray hairs must soon descend into the sepulchre, I would infinitely rather that they descend thither by the hand of the executioner than desert at this crisis the sacred cause of my country.”

Dr. Witherspoon in Continental Congress, July 4, 1776

NASSAU HALL, PRINCETON, N. J. 208/14

Program of ceremonies attending the unveiling of the statute of John Witherspoon. Thursday afternoon Washington, D. C. May 20, 1909. http://www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.20801400