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Excerpt from The American Legion Weekly, Vol. 7: June 5, 1925 The 'monument of Independence will be executed in common by the two peoples associated in this fraternal work, as they were of old in establish ing independence. In this way we de clare by an imperishable memorial the friendship that the blood spilled by our fathers sealed between the two na tions. It is a treaty of friendship which should be signed by all hearts which feel the love of their country. In addition to the circulation of sub scription lists, exhibitions and fetes of all kinds were held to raise money. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.