The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-31

Comrades and Friends: 1t was enacted by
the Athenian Senate and became a law unto
that heroic people that an Grafton for their
gallant dead should be annually pronounced.
Virginia, unlike many of her sister Contede-
rate States. has not yet adopted this law OF
Athens, because forsOoth IT needs no command
during our day and generation TO follow this
beautiful custom.
On Just such an occasion as this. in obedi-
ence to that law but fired with no loftier in
spiration than our own, Pericles paid his low
ing tribute to the memory OF departed war
riors whose virtues had adorned their city
and exhorted his hearers TO emulate the spirit
OF those who contributed to their country the
noblest sacrifice.
'They bestowed" he said, their persons
and their lives upon the public, and, there
fore. as their private recompense they receive
deathless renown and the nOblest of sep
ulchres, not so much that wherein their bones
are entombed as i'll which their glory is pre-
served to be had in everlasting remembrance
on all occasions whether of speech or action.
For TO the illustnous the whole earth is a sep
ulchre.
Initiating then these illustrious models.
accounting that happiness is liberty and that
liberty is valor. be not backward 10 encounter
the perlls of war"
How grateful then, think We, must it be 10
the spirits OF the dead and to all who hold
them dear, that here III their beloved city, in
whose defense they first took up arms. such
and so great company should this day as
semble TO do honor TO their memory.
At the bidding of the Ladies' Hollywood
Memorial Association, imposing with II obi
cations stronger than any written law. and
following the purest instinct of brave souls in
the contemplation Of a hallOwed past we are
here 10 commemorate constant vaior and
lofty virtue, the record of whose achieve
ments can never grow dim.
Among the undying memories of that dear
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spring of 1861.
Then as now, bud and bloom were bursting
into beauty. Hollywood and the seven hills
were putting on their tenderestrO of living
green. while yonder river murmured It's rip
ping music TO join the majestic tide flowing
unvexed 10 the sea.
On such day thirty years ago a summons
more eloquent than the oTatOry of Pericles,
call more inspiring than the trumpets of
Athenian cohorts rang out through the con-
hnes of Virginia. bidding all her sons BE not
backward TO encounter the perils of war"
No sod OF Hollywood had yet been turned 10
mark a soldiers grave. No flower had yet
been plucked 10 garland n soldiers tomb.
In crowdlng ranks, flushed with high hopes,
nlled with one thought. our countrys need
and duty's call,-see them as they rushed 10
the defense Of the city. and our
motherland.
How well that call was answered let these
How suddenly Hollywood was peopled, we
who survive we'll know
The Grim Reaper himself stood aghast as
neid after field grew red unto the harvest.
AGAIN and again he thrust IN his sickle reap
ing the choicest sheaves and bearing them
mere with unrelenting hand he built with
magic speed city for the mighty dead.
Thirty years have passed away The same
tender, loving hands which bound up the Gap
ing wound or soothed the fevered brow are
here with their devoted daughters 10 testify
afresn the love they bore and still do beer for
their brave dead 80
:, win men oonstancy of sentiment is short
lived virtue. If depended upon us devoted
as we were 10 our comrades or 10 each other
now their memories might perish with one
generation.
But thank God, the daughters of Virginia
will keep alive the sacred fire of gratitude IN
our fallen heroes. With the eye Of faith and
heart OF love they have never lost sight of The
real issue OF our war. The fight was for our
home. the home so blessed and sanctfed by
wife. mother. sister and sweetheart. and mel