The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-31
HOLLYWOOD MEMORIAL.
THE RAIN INTERPRETERS WITH THE
PROGRAMME.
THE GRAFTON or REV. DIR. n. p.
KERR.
IT WAS DELIVERED IN AB~oRY
HALL.
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ana surrendered 90 as Honor
able Foe-An Eloquent
Address.
Yesterday Memorial Day CD

precipitated themselves on the city AM
a thunder storm, with a heavy fal
OF rain kept up with intermissiOn
until near O'Clock. Then the raIi
stopped, but showers followed at re
gular intormissions throughout thu
evening.
The hour Of parade was fixed at
O'Clock, and the place whore the line'
should be formed was on Broad street
between Sixth and Seventh. in front oil
X. f. Lee Camp Hall. The line did not
form on Broad street, the reason being
the weather.
Companies A. c. ID and l.. Of the
First Virginia Regiment. turned out
with full ranks at the Armory. but
owing TO tho Indictment weather
Colonel SpOttswOod, after drilling the
four companies, dismissed them foI
the day.
II was decided that the exercises
which should have taken place at liOl-
lywood Cemetery on Gettysburg Hill
should be held in the Armory.
The ladies of the Hollywood Memo
rial Association told Colonel Spots
wood and the representatives, Of the
other organizations present that these
exercises could not take place in Holly
wood.
AT THE ARMORY.
The ArmOry was well filed al j:4j
O'Clock. when the meeting was called L.
order. There were present the Richmond
Light Infantry Blues, who marched from
their Armory TO the First Virginia
Arnory, and after being told that the
parade would not come of, remained
and heard the Grafton. After the
Grafton was over they marched back to
their quarters, and were there dis
missed.
DR.. William W. Landrum, pastor of
the Second Baptist Church. offered
prayer, and then in a short cOmpli-
mentary address introduced the orator
of the evening, Rev Robert r. Kerr.
DIR. KERR S GRAFTON.
Dr. Kerr's Grafton was as follows:
Mrs. President and ladies Of the
Hollywood Memorial Association. and
ladies and gentlemen of this great con
course assembled % do honor TO the
Confederate dead:
the distinguished gentleman who has
just taken his seat and your speaker.
We have been accustomed 10 greet each
other IN every scene of social fellow
ship and of Christian Work. / CON
graduate myself that he bas been
selected to Introduce me. because am.
Therefore. assured of your favorable
consideration at the very beginning of
my remarks. Ii would be am alfecta-
ton for me to say that | was surprised
at ms generous praise, / ann not sur
pTised. His words are honest and are
the expression on his part of deep.
reciprocal regard, which has long sub
sisted between US. Dr.. Landrun and
are comrades and old friends, and
we never shall be less.
1t is great privilege to be called to
speak for the ladies of the Hollywood
Memorial Association, aud especially
on such theme, and at such a place
feel hOnOred to serve a body which
has done so much to discharge debt
which rests upon Us all. We all are
under obligations, sacred and eternal
10 those who occupy these hOnOred
graves. But these obligations would
never have been even appropriately re-
cognized, without the loving and pre-
serverng efforts of the ladies. God
bless them all. Honor 10 the Hollywood
Memorial Association. Their unchang-
ing devotion to lost cause, first brought
together this encampment of the noble !
dead, their loving and unremittihg la
bors, marked these graves, and reared /
yonder massive pyramid TO those brave I
hearts which he here, awaiting the /
and at their call to-day /
the city of the living present has poured /
out its thousands TO fill the avenues of /
this great city Of the past
In the few moments allotted To the /
address | have an earnest purpose to /
accomplish, and / attempt 1t with all /
my heart. II is 10 ddrOcdte the esfdb- /
Iishment Of the THIRTEEN ddy Of lfay as
the annual Memorial Day Of the whols
South. avail myself of the opportu- /
nifty to call upon the Hollywood Memo /
rial Association. the Lee Camp of Con- /
federate Veterans, these splendid mill /
tary organizations, and all others ike /
them throughout the Southern land. To /
put forth an earnest aud persistent eff /
fort TO have this made the universal /
Memorial Day for the honOiing of those /
who died wearing the Gray. as 1t has /
been already made by Congressional /
for those who fell in battle .
wearing the blue.
After had prepared the remarks
which seemed fitting for the occasion.
and had determined to advocate this
II occurred To me that it vas
hardly proper 10 breach a scheme OF
such importance without the consent
Df the authorities OF this honOred body
If ladies under whose auspices tins
occasion is observed. So | called one
If the officers. whose name. if mem
Toned, would be an ample guarantee
IF oil i am saying, and after acknOwl-
'dging my allegiance, begged permits
ion TO urge the. adoption Of May
10Th as Memorial Day for the
whole South. To my very great
Ielight | was informed that what
lad in view was the earnest wish of
be association, and that they had
'lready instituted measures To ac-
omplish the very thing proposed; and
lot only SO, but also that the Lee Camp
II Confederate Veterans had joined IN
he movement and appointed com
nittee. having for its chairman that .
distinguished soldier and statesman,
lis Excellency General Ftzhugh Lee.
Governor of Virginia, TO urge upon
he Memorial Association of the whole
outh the adoption of May 30th. In
his circuler letter on this subject the [
ommittee Of Lee Camp urged ,
he matter on this ground that at [
his season of the year there Is an ,
bundance of flowers. and also because ,
being national holiday. all who a
hoose can, with less interruption To a
usiness or work, give that day its 4
roper observance. The address is q
led by the Hollywood Memorial Assoc /
alton goes further, and upon a broad .
Iatform declares I'VE have adopted tins 1
ay permanently in order that our ser a
ices in commemoration OF the heroes
the lost cause may correspond with /
lose held In honor OF their fallen c
'es.' These ladies may have gone ina {
france of public sentiment upon this a
ibject. but il they have. let them not q
} afraid, for public sentiment is ten N
sring in the direction whittier they are ii
owing, and will come up L