Inscriptions
 

On the marble at one end of the terrace, words of Mrs. Waterson:
O FAIR HAIRED NORTHERN HERO WITH / THY GUARD OF DUSKY HUE / UP FROM THE FIELD OF BATTLE RISE / TO THE LAST REVIEW

On the marble at the other end of the terrace the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson:
STAINLESS SOLDIER ON THE WALLS / KNOWING THIS AND KNOWS NO MORE / WHOEVER FIGHTS WHOEVER FALLS / JUSTICE CONQUERS EVERMORE

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