pension of three hundred guineas a year on his
mother and sisters, already well provided for.

Forty years later she sent one of her war vessels
to America to bring his body back to England;
and then the doors of stately Westminster Abbey,
in which lie buried the dust of those she most delights
to honor, were opened to receive his remains;
there they will lie till the old Abbey crumbles.

Thus England honors the men who try to serve
her in any line of heroic service, proving that if she
"expects every man to do his duty," she, in her
turn, expects to honor those who serve her, be they
her own sons or the sons of strangers born "within
her gates."

October 2, 1879, the ninety-ninth anniversary
of the execution of Andre, a monument, prepared
by order of Cyrus W. Field and placed over
the spot of Andre's execution, was unveiled.
There were present members of historical societies,
of the United States Army, of the newspapers, and
various other persons. At noon, the hour of Andre's
execution, the memorial was unveiled. There were
no ceremonies on the occasion. The epitaph had
been prepared by the Rev. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley,
the beloved and honored Dean of Westminster, at
whose suggestion Mr. Field had erected the memorial.
It is inscribed as follows:

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