Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-04
GRANT Tomb Dedication.


Tuesday, the seventy-fifth anniversary
of Gen. Ulysses S. Grants birth, his new
tomb and monument in Riverside Park,
New York, were dedicated with cere-
monies that equaled in splendor the
INTERPRETATIONS which had been formed
of them.
1t is estimated that 10000 persons took
part in the land parade. The number of
spectators along the line of march is esti-
mated at 10000
The naval parade was on scale sell
dom before attempted in this country.
President Mckinley. in an address at
the tomb, bestowed great praise upon
Grant for his homely virtues, as well as
for those which attracted greater public
attention.
Elaborate decorations adorned the
stands and buildings along the route of
the land parade. A favorite decoration
was a white flag. bearing picture of
Grant and his famous words, Let Us
Have Peace"
The Virginia troops made a fine i'm
preston as they marched along. When
their band played Dixie" great shout
went up from the crowded sidewalks and
was echoed and re-echoed from the win.
dows. while the huttering of the flags
and hankerchiefs was redoubled. The
sound seemed to travel faster than the
soldiers of the Old Dominion marched,
for it went blocks and blocks ahead of
them, rising and falling.
This ovation to all the Southern organ
izations was one of the noticeable features
of the demonstration. They were cheered
as they marched and cheered when they
halted. The greeting was as spontaneous
as it was enthusiastic, and it continued
| without a break the entire distance on
Madison avenue to Fifty-ffth street
On Riverside Drive, where the crowd
was the densest, the welcome increased
in intensity in proportion to the number
of spectators. and the smiling faces an6
jaunty steps of the men from Dixie
showed how thoroughly they appreciated
the compliment
On the tug Edna King were forty o.
fifty members of Coffey Post, Confeder
ate Veterans. Around the pilot house o
4 the tug they had stretched banner witt
| the inscription: The South Honor
Grant" From dozen fagstaffs on tn
Edna King flew the STARS and Bars" o
the Confederacy, snd the robust lungs o
the old soldiers of Lee and Mosby, aidet
by the siren whistle of the tug, CAV
President Mckinley greeting which
was distinctly audible above the screech
ing of 500 whistles and the boom of hal
a hundred guns.
Mr. Charles Broadway Rouss had tn
Stonewall Brigade Band brought oil
from Staunton, Va, day earlier thai
it had intended, for the purpose of sere
nading President Mckinley at TIL
Windsor Monday night. The Band wa
entertained by Mr.. Rouss at dinner a
the New York Hotel on Monday, wher
an address of welcome was made by Mr.
Rouss and responded to by Mr.. Chas. E
Haines on behalf of the Band.
Sons of Confederate Veterans put :
floral wreath on the sarcophagus at 10. 81
o'clock in the morning. The wreath wa
reverently laid on the sarcophagus BY
Gen. John B. Gordon, while his con1rade
stood by with uncovered heads.
| Following the Stonewall Band in tn
procession and at the head of the Sons o
Confederate Veterans were two hacks, il
one of which rode Gen. John B. Cor
don, Mr.. Charles Broadway Rouss anc
Col. A. G. Dickinson; in the other Capt
Milton Rouss, Mrs. Vim. w. Rouss anc
Miss Nettie Manning--the last named
three of this county.