The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-07-13
An Appeal for the Augusta Memorial
Association.

AT meeting of the Executive Committee
of the Augusta Memorial Association for the
Confederate dead, held June Both, 1871, the
following preamble and resolutions were uuan-
imously adopted: ,ye
Whereas, the Confederate Soldiers Gene
terry. in charge Of the Augusta Memorial AS
ISOLATION is greatly needing attentlon--the SIX
teen hundred graves which it contains having
/, ever vet been marked OF sodded, and whereas.
although Committees were appointed last year
in every part of the county to solicit contrl
buttons, we have now in hand only some Five
Hundred Dollars, which is utterly inadequate
to accomplish the work which is to be done,
and whereas it is sacred duty, which we all
owe to these who died in our behalf, that
their graves should be rescued from oblivion,
and that their memories shoald be helG in
honor. therefore. 4s
/. Resozveez. That as a last resort, and, as
we believe, our only sure hope, we do most
earnestly appeal to. the ladies Of Stanton,
and of Augusta County, to undertake the p'-
Gus work Of procuring the means which are
necessary to make the last resting place Of
our heroic dead an honorable monument to
their unselfsh patriotism, instead of what it
is in its present condition of neglect, mon
umcnt Of shame and reproach to US their sur
yiviug countrymen. 5a,sy.s. 5.t,
2. Resozred That We do most respectfully
urge the ladies of Staunton, and the ladies OF
Augusta in their respective neighborhoods, to
hold. as carly as convenient in the approach.
ing Fall, fairs or such other entertainments as
they may think likely to be most successful:
for the benefit Of ''Thc Augusta Memorial AS
ISOLATION for the Confederate Dead, and that
we do hereby promise to aid them by every
means in our power.
3. Resolued, That we call upon all who
we're Soldiers of the Confederacy, aud upon
all who once cherished that cause, to lend
their Jealous assistance, to tighten as lar as
possible the labors Of the ladies to whom we
have appealed, aud to ensure for them en-
couragement and success.
4 Resolced, That whenever the ladies OF
any neighborhood in the County shall have
determined to hold Fair for the benefit of
the Augusta Memorial Association, and shall
have appointed an Executive Committee Of
three or more of their number to conduct the
same, upon application made by said Execu-
tive Committee to our Secretary Capt. s.
Trayers Phillips, We promise to furnish. them
such sums ofmoney as our means will allow, te
enable them to purchase the materials neces-
sary to set their Fair in motion. a.a
5. Resolved, That We do hereby solicit the
ladies of Staunton. one and all, to combine
their eyer-successtul energies, and hold grand
Fair in the last week Of September next fol
the benefit of the Augusta Memorial Associa.
ton, and we pledge ourselves to further thci
efforts by all the assistance, pccuniary and
other, which it may be in our power to render
| 6. Resozved, that the following ladies to-
wit Mrs. Nicholas K. Trout, Mrs. Rober
Cowan, Mrs. John B. Hoge, Mrs. VIM. A
Harris, Mrs. J. I. Miller, Mrs Kate NJ Kcl
lev. Mrs. Davis A. Kayser, Mrs John NJ
Carroll, Mrs. Geo B. Taylor: Mrs. VIM. H
Tams, Mrs. R. Summerson, Mrs. .I1ouiaa S
DupuY, Mrs. John X Woods, Miss Lizzi
BAYLOR Miss Sally Mcmahon, Mrs. Georg
Harlip, Mrs Abraham Vcnable, Mrs. Johi
". Hilbert be and they are hereby most re
spcctfully requested to take, at the earlies
day, all the necessary preliminary steps TO
holding the proposed Fair in Staunton, sucl
as the appointment of an Executive Commit
tee with full powers Of supervision, and we d
most earnestly solicit the Jealous co-opcrato
of all other ladies in and around Stannton.
| Z. Resozrea That our Secretary be instruct
cd to furnish to each of the Stauuton paper
a COPY of these resolutions for publication
with the request that they will, as they hav
heretofore done, press upon our fellow cit
zens the sacred duty they are under Of aidin
literally in the accomplishment of the wor
which this Association has in hand.
JAS. II. SKINNER, President.
S. TRAvEps Phillips, Secretary.
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