(west side)
To theSonsofMarylandwho perished in preservingto us and posteritythe "Government of the People,by the People for the People,"secured by our fathers, through the Union.This memorialis erectedby her loyal and gratefuldaughters.
(east side)
How sleep the brave who sink to rest,By all their country's wishes blessed;By fairy hands their knell is rung;By forms unseen their dirge is sung;There honor comes, a pilgrim gray,to bless the turf that wraps their clay,and freedom shall awhile repair,to dwell a weeping hermit there.
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