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 rcognizedrecognized [sic] by the erection of a memorial. A splendid monument of granite and bronze in Washington, D. C, now stands as a witness to the general appreciation of their heroic labors.

The figure to the extreme right of the group represents a Sister of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods. Small in proportion may have been the service given by this order, but the reverence of the Sisters for the cause and the sacred tradition is not small, and their desire to perpetuate the memory thereof has inspired the writing of this story for a "memorial in a book," lest we forget.