maiurks of respect and honor for their distinguished dead. We
are told that the barbarians turned aside the course of a river
in order that their chieftain, Alaric, might be buried in the
bed of the river, and the water changed again to its natural
course so that no foe could desecrate the grave of their hero.
     For half a century the people of Kentucky searched for a
 secure and permanent place in which to deposit the ashes of
 their loved and honored dead. Their efforts were finally
 rewarded and the ideal place which is now used for that pur-
 pose was secured in the year 1845.
     It is eminently proper that the mortal remains of these
distinguished men should be gathered from   all parts of the
earth, and that thev should find a last resting place in Ken-
tuckv's "CITY OF THE DEAD," which overlooks the capitol
of the State. Our fathers have erected here the monumental
columns upon whieh have been inscribed the names and deeds
of Kentucky's noted sons, in order that their children in all
time to come mayr make their pilgrimage to this holy shrine, as
did the knights of old to the Holy Land; that they may read the
History of Kentucky as it has been carved in marble and
granite. The pens of Xenophon and Herodotus, of Livy and
Tacitus, have made immortal the names of Greek and Roman,
who deserve less from posterity than do many of the great men
who nlow sleep in the necropolis of this Commonwealth.
    Kentuckv has made this cemeterv her temple of honor,
and the mortal remains of her great men have been gathered
from the State and Nation and from foreign countries, until
these grounds have become the Ver.vResting Place of Honor-
The Westminster Abbey of this Commonwealth.
    They who (onceived the idea of collecting into this ceme-
terv the ashes of Kentucky's distinguished dead conferred a
lasting benefit upon those who came after them, in that it pre-
sented to their minds those conspicuous examples of patriotism
and virtue which are worthy of emulation. The coming genera-
tions of this Commonwealth will regard a burial in the State
Cemetery at Frankfort as the most distinguished honor which
can be conferred upon their dead, and they will covet such
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