The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I)
We know that our country is yet in its youth, and is still forming its habits and fixing its principles; and I thank God, that among her best habits is that of cherishing the memory of her benefactors. The deed that we are now doing, my friends, in gratitude and modesty, is not to be done for this day alone. In some distant period, when the traveller shall inquire of our deso The late General Philip Van Cortlaudt.
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cendants, "Whose monument is this?" they shall answer, with pleasure and prule, " This is the grave of Isaac Van Wart, who was an incorruptible patriot and a good Christian. He lived with our ancestors, and was one of them, and they appreciated his services ; and to perpetuate his memory, erected this tomb Stone, and gave it in charge to us to keep it from profanation. Nearly half a cent my before this monument was built, the Conscript Fathers of America had in the Senate chamber, voted he was a faithful patriot -- one in whom the love of country was invincible -- and this monument bears testimony that the record is true.
Air. Francis Ivaiu then gave the finishing stroke to the monument, after which the military escort divided into three sections; each division fired one round. The procession was again formed, by the marshal in the same order as before. The officers and soldiers of the Revolution, on the right, passed the line, the same honors being paid to them by the military ; and the whole returned to the house of Mr. E. Mead, from whence they had started."