Chapter 110. appropriating money towards the expense to be incurred in the centennial celebration of the battle on Groton Heights and for other purposes
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CHAP. 110.— An Act appropriating money towards the expense to be incurred in the centennial celebration of the battle on Groton Heights and for other purposes.March 2, 1881. Battle of Groton Heights, September 6, 1781.Whereas, the battle of Groton Heights was one of the closing events of the American Involution, preceding the final surrender of the British forces at Yorktown, in Virginia, only one month and thirteen days, and is logically and historically connected with that great event; and Whereas, the State of Connecticut has already commenced Centennial celebration.preparations for the centennial celebration of this buttle, the massacre attendant upon the capture of Fort Griswold, and the burning of New London 379 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
Sess. HI. Ch. 110, 111, 112. 1881. —all scenes in the bloody drama of September sixth, seventeen hundred and eighty-one; and Whereas the people of the other States of the Union, proud of the part which their fathers took in achieving American Independence, and actuated by the feeling of a common brotherhood, must desire to unite with the people of Connecticut in paying a proper tribute to the patriotism, dauntless courage, and heroic sacrifice of the noble band of men who fought valiantly against superior numbers of British troops, and chose death rather than surrender their homes to the brutality and lust of the invaders:
Therefore, *Be it enacted the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*Appropriation., That the sum of five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended by the centennial committee of the Groton Monument Association, under the direction of the Secretary of War, for the purpose of aiding to defray the expenses which will be incurred in celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the battle and massacre at Fort Griswold, or Groton Heights, and the burning of New London, on the sixth day of September, seventeen hundred and eighty-one, in such manner as shall befit the historical significance of that event, and be indicative of the present power, prosperity, and greatness of the United States as a nation.
Sec. 2. That the further sum of five thousand dollars, or so muchRepairs of monument.Appropriation. thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of thoroughly repairing the granite monument erected in eighteen hundred and twenty-six on Groton Heights, and to be disbursed under the direction of the Groton Monument Association. Sec. 3. That the centennial committee of the Groton Monument Association are hereby authorized to enter upon and use the battle field on Groton Heights at such times and in such manner as may be necessary for the centennial services.
Approved, March 2, 1881.