Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-21

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LEXINGTON, VA, July 2l.-Thirty years ago
today on the battlefield of Bull Run Gen.
Thomas jackson received the sobriouet
.Stor.xo,l >, the nore br rh,ob ba il trorr
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'Ho "oiiu oNer' anu WHICH inc southerh PeoPie
have since that time applied to him as term
Of sndearment. Today the honor and respect
in which he is beld Was testified IN h. n Grand
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the unvelling OF monument to his memory
south have been pouripp into Lexington for
severol dava and the streets Of the ouiet old
SEVERN "As "uo INC sue vi .ne quie' Va"
'oWh nave Deeh eio"ueu WIN ''s..o'.
., 81 por On -; - h;lt"s "''i'e Al A0n'i
The bubble buil,iings business blocks ard
private residences are handsomely decorated.
Red, white and blue is everywhere TO be seen.
and the good old stars and stripes float in the
breeze from, hundreds of flag poles. On many
structures national. state and confederate
battle tags are artistically blended.
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NOT less 'nan oo'0oo cohieoera'es are IN
town. They have come from every state that
cast its lot with the secessiouists Probably
not ,ess than 10 600 of the bows who wore the
blue are also here and i'm the thronps in tho
street the biue r.iment and brass bgttons of
the Grand ARMY of the Republic are to be seer,
on every hand The day was ushered in bv
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Virpinin's military institute and the West Point
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Atn O'Clock the preliminary exercises ware
held on the campus of washington and lee
Cniyersity. where grand stand had been
orac.od frnri;r,, tbo NV builJine Cd go.
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;,,o .r. r,nn;,bea,s. 60, 20 r. eaccn,r'ns.
ton of 40 Zoo people. Gen Wade Hampton
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80. a-cnrs ~ snrv:v;rr oaicsr. - tbs 90
s,ata 60, and 80 80 o,ia1 orau,;,
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THE rxp,c,svs
WIN 10" "oroS VI greeting zen. hampton
introduced tue Rev. A. Z. Hopkins. ID. d., OF
Charleston. w. Va, who was CHAPLAIN of
sto,ewau Jackson's staff who invoked tho
bioaS;rc 81 the sIm;ob.v on the conntrv "a
e.necia7lv Commended TO Divine proyiSence
az. waISara Of the southern stat. Amid rons-
- .basrs wb;cb cnnt;nued for savs~aI -
msrts Cen Jubal A Early wa irtroduced "a
,La oraior oS the dav and the cri1ZIad 80
go, -, "a Cen U.n,nton Aid in his So
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sr1r,';,or IN ne snpire conntrv on snntbau,,
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oh.r...ar .nS ,y;,;,srr scbjeysments ~ .ba ~
eu.i en- 1.' Va ''ie ie-
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Inc poem .! LIE Aiarsare' d. PRESTON, the
wei-Aaown souIhefh pSe'ess' was me next
feature Oh tne Pros5an' ou. II was announced
f%om the CHAIR tnat sne mao been unable, as
result OF III heaith 10 fuinii her promise to pre-
pare some appropriate verses. As a substitute,
Col. T. NJ. Semmes read the confederate war
poems ''Stonewau Jackson way and Over
the River. The pronouncing OF the benedic-
ton brought this portion OF the exercises to
pconclusion, and the participants in the gather
ing at once began to form in hne for the grand
parade. OF this ex-Gov. James A Walker, the
only surviving commander Of Storewall bri-
gade, was chief marshal