The Red Cloud chief., 1890-05-30
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Uheee WeooreA tSooee.
RsrwsoNp, We. May ~ The city wss
tArone~d Yesterday vith people ~hc
hsd eome 10 vitnesa the ceremony Of
unvsiiins the L~e statue. Every avail.
able space along the line 81 march 70
the monument ~as ccuplea Ind the
splendid military parade ~As eh~cr~d
IA tho echo Governor Mckinney.
- president Of the Lee Monument
Association. called the asscmblAse
IN order and introduced General
Early - chairman Of tho meeting.
The General without mAkins any
remarks imm~d a,ely introduced Archer
Anderson. tho orator 81 the occasion.
Nho made an eloquent, address, guins
In detail over the main incidents ~
GeAeral Lees life and paying . splendid
tribute 10 his military genius and many
virtues for which he found . ant.
part in the life ~ Washington alone.
~ the conclusion " Colonel Andcrson's
GRAFTON tho formal ceremony o! unvail.
ing the statue WAS performed by Gen.
cral Joseph D. Johnston, Ainids, bOcnins
cannon and the enthusiastic cheering Of
the spectators
The parade formed on the north side
" BROAD street from Adams down 10
Twelfth street Tho limo marhed gen.
orally company from, with double ranks
When tho pnrrssion started the men
described . s"pi-circlc 81 Adams and
broad street on the south aide, As soon
- the last veteran organization passed
Adams street the military took up their
line Of march. aud when the
head Of the column of veterans
reached Ninth and Main streets
they halted and. occupying the
south side 81 the stree. reviewed tho
military. Tho latter marched up Main
street TO Eighth and up that ,r~ TO
franklin - ~ Ia pass General Lees
residence, and gu, Franklin la shAt~r.
A. Shsier the military halted ard cccu.
pied the south side 81 tho street Tho
veterans who had taken UP the line 81
march after tho military had becn re-
vicwcdl, passed In review of tho mill.
tary and resumed their place 81 the
head % tho column until tho mon.
um"nt MAS reached. Upon ASris.
Ing ~ the monument the veterans
faced the grand stand With the military
behind them, the cavalry bringing up
the rear. The artillery ~ss yos,cd
north Of the pedestal.
Tho organization on foot were masscd
Immediately In front Of the grand stand
- they arrived. The mounted veterans
passed by their rear and formed ON the
Left near the monument. facing down
fraakiin. and the mounted fArmcs~'
Alliance formed In their r~Ar. The A.
ullcry took position In line ives, al the
infantry. facing west. The volunteer
cavalry formed facing the grand stand
right near the artillery.
Tho whole limo os march wAa dcnscly
crowded and - tho old chicfiains Of tho
~Confcdcracy we're recognized hats would
come on and the old yell would corus
from q thousand 'hroata.
Tn" Lee m, q ,mcnt 10 In tho West
end, the mos, fashionable s.ctioW of
Richmond. Tho monument IL planted
~ b intersections 81 two vide ave.
nue on the summit Of ascending erAdes.
II IL inclosed In . circle of 200 feet 10
diameter. with . street lis feet ia width
on each side. 50 that tho distance
hl'NN NV ofNs tENH ttas INV ~
building line IL 80 feet
The pedestal ~ the monument con.
slsts Of two parts. which may bc termed
tho base and tho pedestal proper. The
base II formed by . r~ctangls. with the
s~urfac" inclined upward Ia . parsp~t,
around which ak foundations are To-
Gated. upon which statues Of ics's Gen.
erals may hereafter 10 placed. In the
interior 81 b e. another incline
surface leads up Ia IN" IrdsstAl pros-r.
Hero the transition from the strsisht
lines Of the rcctsnsle Ia the grsceful
curves Of . cylindrical form have
been very skillfuiiy h~ssmoaissd BY
tho artist The ehsnes 10 not no
ticed. and uyon the front and
r~sr arc secs % oval spoc~.
upon which bss rsliris sr- pls~d. sur-
rounded BY . trsnsry II granite Of The
laurel. the ivy Esd the oak. Above 10
lion. heed. o. u resdy fos hattie. On
b sides sr~ four columns Y. sVpssrtaG "
support the great weight bus bstv~ea
which . broasr tablet spprass With the
name VI l~s silded trsesth . lssrsi
wreath. The rdestAi sad bsss srs Of
white granite and the coiumss DARK
blue. The height Of The pedestal 10
forty fee, and . few iMchss. ssd that Of
b statue slightly more thsn twenty
feet making the ,ota! height about sis.
lyon" feet sbov~ the ground.
General Robert 4 Lee died cr.oh~r
~. 1870. ON'ot~r as following Sesersl
Jubal A. Early issued . cell. sAAr~ss.d
Ia The surviving oAhosfs sAd soldiers 81
tho Army o. Northern virginiA, TO meet
In Richmond November = 10 take action
'o per~rstuase HE memory The msss.
ing vAs presided over by the late
Jefferson IhsviA ~ho. ~ith other dls-
Nnsuishcd soosherners. made sddr~.s~s
and ihs Leo Nonsmes, Association sss
orgsnirsd With General Early ~ p-~sl.
dent A lsdi~s' sasillAsy ss~sfsuna
~ss formed snd the too tsoneedsA ga
collect 'ands fo~ sr~rans . monunsn,
Money sos~d In fre~ly foe . time. DO,
finally interval In the o.as s~sn~d
"a Gag. and IL sss not ~
vived Inui Gesersl TsskseA
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