The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-13
IT'S MEMORIAL. DAY
FITTING HOk0RS 70 DEPARTED HEROES.
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To-day IS one Of tender detda.
Io-day a grateful posterity honors its
CHERISHED dead. who have gono before.
Iheir graves green with the spring.
.!iiie fcrdurc, shall be made rs bright
ana beautiful rs the deeds Of the heroes
theN cover, with the myriad colors OF
natures beautiful blossoms. woven Into
Eafiands ana wrcaths by loving hands.
lo-dny at that followed square in Elm
WOOD. where sleep the heroes OF the
ElhS. where sleep the heroes or the
Lheir children, their widows and the fair
daughters OF the Southland gather Ia
do honor to tho dead
THE PARADE.
INC loliowing order. regulating the
movement OF the parade, was issued
from the headquarters OF Pickett Bu-
ch2han Camp, Confederate Veterans,
yesterday: n.
Norfollt, Va. May IT, 1897
Special Order No. I:
me first division, under the command
OF First Lieutenant Commander George
NJ. Todd. will consist Of the Fourth viz
$inia Infantry. Norfolk Light Artillery
Blues and st. Mary's Academy Cadest.
me second division, with Second
Lieutenant Commander Fred Green
wood In command, viii consist Of Pick
cit buchanan Camp, G. ". Third Lieu
tenant Commander w. Il. Browne COM
manding; Stonewall Camp, G. ". or
Portsmouth, ana Nicmeyer- Shaw Camp,
=. ", OF Berkeley; Pickett Buchanan
lamp sons of Veterans and Niemeyer-
ShaW camp Sons OF Veterans, and all
visiting x-Confederntes who may be in
this vicinity. II 4l,-.&
The third division. the Norfolk Fire
department, Chief Engineer Martin j.
Ryan in charge.
The parade will form on Commerctal
Plnce the first division on east side,
right resting on Main street; the second
division In the centre, right resting on
Main street, and the third division on
CITY Hall avenue, right resting on Gran
by street.
The procession will move promptly Ut
$3.50 o'clock p. IN. and the chiefs or divi-%
Sions are expected to have their COM
mandS ready at that hour.
LINE OF MARCH.
The following Will be the line or
march: Main street to CRANKY, to Free
mason. TO Duke. At this point the first
continue the line of march on Freema-
son TO Botetourt and to York, the re-
mainder Of the parade hnlting and rest
Ing on Duke street. Upon the first divi-
sion reaching Duke street on the return
the other two divisions will take UP the
line Of march in rear Of the first divl-
sion. and proceed to Roush, to Charlotte,
to Bank, to Academy lot, where the
exercises will be opened with prayer by
the camps chaplain, Rev. DR.. b. D.
1
Comrade Thomas X. Borland, to be fol-
lowed by Comrade Rev. DIR. w. S. Lacy
III an original poem, and who will also
pronounce the benedction.
The parade Will then move ur Bank
street to Butte, to Cumberland. to the
cemetery. for conclusion OF ceremonies.
On the return the line Of march will be:
Cumberland to Freemason, to Church,
TO Main. to Commercial Place, where
the line Will be dismissed.
every member OF Pickett-Buchanan
Camp, uniformed or ununformed, to be
present in ranks to pay this fitting testi-
monial to our departed comrades.
Il. a. MARSDEN, Commander
II. B. JACKSON, Adtutant.
The request Is made Of all persons
having flowers to donate for Memorial
Day that they leave them in the vacant
store on the ground floor Of the Column
hia building.