Author: Charles N. (Charles Newell) Fowler

Charles N. (Charles Newell) Fowler worked as a lawyer, banker, and Republican politician in American public life who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives. He served in Congress from 1895 to 1911 and became closely associated with debates over banking and currency reform. Memorial address by Hon. Charles N. Fowler at the laying of the corner stone of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Elizabeth, New Jersey, Decoration Day, May thirtieth, 1906 records a civic speech delivered during that public ceremony. The address links local remembrance with the broader tradition of honoring Union service after the Civil War. Its unusually detailed title preserves the speaker, location, occasion, and date, making the pamphlet a precise historical document as well as a piece of commemorative rhetoric. Fowler's political standing gave the event national representation, while his long connection with Elizabeth anchored it locally. The publication belongs to the era's extensive record of monument dedications, memorial addresses, and community histories.