Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-06-13
Decoration Day.

IT'S CELEBRATIoN-CoL.B BROWN OF THE
18TH N. Y. PRESENT-INCIDENTS
The annual decoration of the graves OF
the Confederate dead, took place at
Thorn rose cemetery on Monday last. The
attendance from the country was unusu-
ally small, but the town turned out the
average number of participants. The pro-
cession left the City Hall at II O'Clock in
charge of Chief Marshal 1t. Silas Walker
assisted by Captains Lewis Hartman, Jas.
N. Mcfarland, G. Benton Coiner, W. G.
McKemy, T. g. Smiley, J. W. Gilkeson,
Il. Julian Pratt, and John N. Opie. The
West Augusta Guard and Staunton Ar
tillery headed by the Stonewall Band
formed the military portion of the process
sion. The exercises at the speakers stand
were opened with prayer by Rev. r.
Smithson. Hon. John Randolph Tucker,
the orator Of the occasion, then delivered
N. Y, was guest upon the speaker s
stand and had presented wreath for the
soldiers graves with this inscription
IN MEMoRIAM.
STAUNToN, June 9th, 1884.
representative Of the Twenty-eighth
New \ DIRK Volunteers, and in their be-
half, L desire to contribute an emblem for
the decoration of the graves of the Con-
federate dead. Will the committee on
decorations kindly accept the acco mpany-
lag wreath, placing it tenderly over the
dead heroes, whose memories and deeds
OF heroism it is their duty to cherish for
New York desire to join in sincere SYM
pathy.
Very truly and sYmpathetically.
E F. BROWN,
Late Colonel Twenty-eighth Regiment,
New York Volunteers.
10 the Committee on Decorations,
Stanton, Va.
In concluding his address Mr.. Tucker
abiding to this act said to Col. Brown:
[ appeal to you. who, with the noble
nagnanimity of soldier, have placed a
wreath of honor upon the graves of these
heroes. to believe that we, with equal mag
nanimity, recognize the. honor of those
who fought and died to secure the bless
ing of Union and Liberty. one and inse-
parable, to all the people of these States
now and forever! Mr.. Tucker concluded
by urging the people. old and young, to
cling to the Constitution as the guaranty
of this Union of free States, and to unite
with our Northern friends in common
effort to secure the peace, union, and
liberty of this great people.
Among the flowers placed on the
graves was a wreath with this note at
tached:
STANTON, VA, June 9th, 1884.
I place this wreath of flowers on the
Confederate soldiers graves as an act of
kindness, good will, and forgiveness, in
behalf of my father. Mr.. VIM. Buckley,
of Mt. Vernon, N. Y, and his six sons,
three of whom were soldiers in the Fed
eral army in our late war.
And l ask God to bless our reunited
country. Respectfully,
VIM. BUCKLEY, JR,
of Staunton, Va.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS BY THE MEMO
RIAL ASSOCIATION.
At the meeting of the Augusta Memo
rial Association after the ceremonies. it
was reported that subscriptions, to the
amount of $4,000, had been made to the
soldiers monument, and $500 of it col
lected. A resolution of thanks to the Hon.
J. Randolph Tucker, for his able and
eloquent address, was adopted. President
Fauntleroy and Secretary Doyle declining
reelection, Capt. e. Benton Coiner was
elected President and J. Newton Argen.
bright Secretary. No other change was
made in the old officers. Hon. j. Randolph
Tucker was elected an honorary member
Capt. J. N. Mcfarland was appointed tc
procure blank Company Rolls from the
Adjutant General, for the use of the Off
GERS of the old war companies from Au.
gusta. to make list of their men.
WELL DESERVED COMPLIMENT.
On motion of Captain Bumgardner, the
following resolution was adopted
RESOLVED, That Col. E. T. Brown of the
18th New York Regiment, who has testi
fed most fraternal and generous spirit
towards the surviving Confederate sol
diers, and towards the memory Of the
Confederate dead be elected an honorary
member of the Association, and that the
Secretary be directed to inform Col. Brown
of the action of the Association.