Admit It's Matter of Time Before Warrior's Shrine Must Be Closed (The Hudson Dispatch)

The .shrine- is probably the only one of its kind in the country. That in itself should stir every patriotic American in Hudson County to help preserve what Armstrong pic-e so much time and thought. When he learned that St. Paul's had been the meeting place of Civil War, Spanish American War, Son# of Union Veterans and other patriotic societies for their memorial sow-, ices, the idea came to him. to ere- > ate in the church a living shrine to j commemorate Hoboken ns a Port. I of Embarkation, and to honor !hy I bravery and seif sacrifice of those who gave their lives for their coun¬ try. The shrine with It# flags of (governments, banners from numer¬ ous patriotic .societies are o'- the 1 shrine. A stone from the c»i)Ith1 bridge across the Marne nt Cha- teau-Thierry from the mayor o. that city in memory of 1ho.se who fell there. Slone front Westmin¬ ister Abbey, and other stones of equal historic value are there. Under the sanctuary floor is soil of cemeteries in England, Belgium and France, Gettysburg and Valley | Forge, so one may kneel above the earth, where our heroes, not only of the World War, but Revolu¬ tionary War and Civil War lie buried. Rev. Armstrong, now re¬ tired lives at Belmar. _ _ Rcv. Frank C. Armstrong /f l/ft. n/4* Many More Years? St. Paul's Episcopal Church Admit It’s Matter of Time Before Warrior’s Shrine Mast Be Closed St. Paul's on Hudson st., Hobo¬ ken, the oldest Protestant pal church in the city, was founded in 1832 and incorporated 1835, has had a dwindling parish for several decades. And according to some of its parishoners who still worship there, it is only a question of time when they will be unable to carry on any longer with a depreciation of church property, and the ent cost of up keep. St. not going to get what it needs, an endowment to make it a sacred spot of the past. An appeal Is being: made for contributions or ideas for its preservation. It has an air all its own, the worn red carpet., the colors of the stained glass windows, the Warrior's Shrine, conceived and carried out by Rev. Frank C. Arm¬ strong. one time rector of St. Paul’s. I