Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-23
UNITED STATES FLAG.

United States nag. Masonic card and
copyrighted badge Grice Commaudery
knights Templar. of Norfolk. Va. used
as exchange badge at the twenty sew
enth triennial Conclavc knights Tenn
plar of the L. :. y. Also 4 picture OF
r. T.. Sir Larne Thomas. Grand Mas
ter Encampment Knights Templar of
L. 5. a, by George Is. Jenkins, Record
er.
The Public Ledger and Dispatch
February 2lst. 1899. by Fred Green
wood.
Account of Mahone's Brigade at the
battle of Sharpsburg. by Private West
wood y. Todd. private Company Il,
Twelfth Virginia Infantry. {. :. ~, by
Commander George NJ. Todd.
VIRGINIAN-PILOT.
Norfolk Nirginian- Pilot. February %
1899. by T.. Greenwood.
Landmark. February %. 1899, by +.
Greenwood.
Past Commanders badge Pickett
Buchanan Camp, c. ", by F. {. Theo
S. Garnett.
Books of design by Copper Marble
Works.
Silk Confederate flag. by Mrs. Gen
eral T.. NJ. Henry.
Photo of the Confederate monument
designed by j, n. Copper. architect.
Badge l.. NJ. a. of Petersburg. June
9th, 1890. by Major Charles Pickett, ~
~. u. tlChclt LIN Y. - ~ I
CONFEDERATE DEAD.
\ list of the names of the Confede-
rate dead buried in Norfolk whose
graves are cared for by PickcttBu
chanan Camp, Confederate Veterans.
wrapped in a Confederate battle flag
used in decorating graves; prepared by
L. G. J. w. Thomas. Jr., Chairman
Cemetery Committee.
\ piece of Spanish money, 'one Pc
III, e .s.lf
Maria Teresa. by L. NJ. Isaac MorItz.
Fac simile OF Confederate seal by {.
+. Greenwood.
Badge of Lee monument unwilling
statue of r.. T.. Lee, Richmond. Va.
May 29ih. 1890.
DIR. FUCKERS POEM.
4 poem entitled Let Us Build the
Monument" by the Rev. Beverly d.
Tucker, u. D.. Chaplain Pickett-Bu-
chanan Camp. Confederate Veterans.
Grand Chaplain Grand Camp of Nir
gnia.
Articles deposited by Major A.
Myers: Copper cents. 1851 and 1865; $50
Confederate note. vignette of jefferson
Davis thereon; $50 Confederate note,
vignette of Alexander stephens there
on: so State OF North Carolina note.
vigncttc of Xebulon Il. Vance thereon;
$40 Confederate note. with poem printed
on back: Masonic card. vigncttc there
on; thirty ninth annual statement of
the Equitable Life Assurance Society
of the United States. containing names
Of officers and directors
MIR. COPPER PRESENTED.
During the ceremonies Mr.. j. ID.
Copper, who designed the monument.
was presented tn the Worshipful Mas
ter by Il committee composed of Past
Master NJ. c. Keeling, l.. ID. Starke. ST.,
and John Walters.
THE WORK ACCEPTED.
Past Masters b. A. Marsden. j. Il.
Wright. w. Il. Core. w. y. Edwards
and the marshal, We're appointed n
| committee to notify Commander Geo
NJ. Todd. of Pickett Buchanan Camp
Confederate Veterans, that the stone
of the monument about 10 be erected
10 commemorate the virtues of the
soldiers and sailors OF the Confederate
States. had been laid, and requested
him to descend and examine the work.
and If approved to receive it from the
hands of the Masons.
Commander Todd made an appro-
pirate speech, accepting the stone. At
the conclusion Of the ceremonies the
Confederate Veterans escorid the Ma
sons back to their temple
THE MONUMENT.
The monument will be beautiful
granite shaft. made from the hes: Yer
mont stone. The height will be 66 feet.
without the bronze figure. 1t was de-
signed by Mr.. j. II. Coupcr whose
plans were accepted in competition
with number of distinguished artists.
II will be twenty-five feet at the base
ON the die will be engraved in the
stone the Confederate flag: on the OPP
posite side of the monrment Il bronze
seal of the Confederate states Will be
set INTO the stone. The proportions of
the monument are said To Ice excellent.
and the carving Of high order
: This granite column will cost SlS coo
and the money Is already in hand 10
pay for il.
When the necessary money is raised
1t is proposed to place on cap-stone OF
the monument bronze figure about
10 feet tall. which will make the TO-
tai height 16 feet. The designers con-
tcmplated placing four bronze figures
on the corners OF the base. but this
idea had to be abandoned for want OF
funds.
THE SUBSCRIBERS.
The list of the subscribers, which was
published in the Virginian-Pilot. shows
that only Il limited number of people
contributed to the Monument Fund
and that the enterprise has been in
progress thirty years II is Thought
however, that when the shaft i; erect
ed that the loyal veterans and their
friends Will find a way of raising the
money required 10 buy the bronze
figures. The monument will. however.
be one OF The hands0mest in the state.
THE WISE. Young CONTEST.
CAPT. JOHN s. WISE LOOKING