318
POEMS AND INSCRIPTIONS
DEDICATORY INSCRIPTIONS
PANEL I
TO THE ANCIENT RACES OF AMERICA, FOR WHOM THE NEW WORLD WAS THE OLD, THAT THEIR LOVE OF FREEDOM AND OF NATURE, THEIR HARDY COURAGE, THEIR MONUMENTS, ARTS, LEGENDS, AND STRANGE SONGS MAY NOT PERISH AND BE FORGOTTEN
PANEL II
TO THE EXPLORERS AND PIONEERS WHO BLAZED THE WESTWARD PATH OF CIVILIZATION, TO THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS WHO FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM AND FOR PEACE, AND TO THE CIVIC HEROES WHO SAVE A PRICELESS HERITAGE
PANEL III
TO THE GREAT INVENTORS AND FARSEEING PROJECTORS, TO THE ENGINEERS, MANUFACTURERS, AGRICULTURISTS, AND MERCHANTS WHO HAVE DEVELOPED THE RESOURCES OF THE NEW WORLD, AND MULTIPLIED THE HOMES OF FREEMEN
