Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-30
MEMORIAL DAY.
viii Be Observed To-Day in All
Parts Of the Country.
Tho Exercises I'm Norfolk aud Ports-
IVA nth - Flowers VIII Cover tho
Grnvcs of tho Hiuc and tho Gray.
Iincoin's Speech to BE Read.

To-day will be observed over the
length and breadth of the United States
as National Memorial Day. and no
where will it have greater significance
than here In Norfolk, where those in
charge of the exercises will strcw with
flowers not only the graves OF the wear
ers OF the Blue, but also those OF the
brave men who wore the Gray.
In the late war with Spain, the young
men of the South ana the young men OF
the North. sons of soldiers on opposing
sides in the civi, war. fought side by
side, and great leaders OF the armies
of the Confcdcracy led these brave
young soldiers to victory. Thus 1t is
most fitting that the graves OF all who
fought for what they believed to be
right should be covered with the floral
tributes of love and honor.
THE NORFOLK EXERCISES.
The members OF Worden Post, No. %.
G. y. r., OF Norfolk. will meet at q.
A. II. Hail. in the Ballentne building,
1T $3.50 il. IN. Here they will be Joined
by the members OF FarraGut Post, No.
{. and Harmon Newell Post. No So. of
Portsmouth.
The members will then take cars to
Elmwood Cemetery. They will form
ranks mt the entrance ana march TO the
SCOTT monument, where the usual me-
mortal exercises will be held, except
that there will be no Grafton. At the
close OF the exercises Commander w.
II. Britton, OF Worden Post, will read
L.ncoln's speech at Gettysburg.
The veterans and others will then dis
perse through the cemeteries. placing
flowers on the graves of all soldiers
known to lie there, both those who wore
the Blue ana those who wore the Gray.
as we'll as soldiers OF the Mexican war.
and the few Norfolk victims of our late
war with Spain. Returning. they will
leave the cemeteries about noon. The
Naval Post band Will render the music
for the occasion. The general public is
invited to participate in honoring the
memory of the dead.
EXERCISES AT PORTSMOUTH,
In the afternoon Farragut Post and
mon-Newell Post will conduct me-
mortal exercises at Marine Hospital
Cemetery, for which event an excellent
program has been prepared. Wordcn
Post, No. 20, numbering about seventy
five members. Will participate with
them.
COLORED MEMORIAL SERVICES.
Federal Memorial Day will also be OBJ
iNSn tp-NsiN ny tuc COlOECu u. a. IL.
pests OF Norfolk. The morning will be
devoted to decoration OF soldiers graves
and this duty has been delegated To the
posts as follows: Callioux Post, 40. ..
Calvary Cemetery; Dnhgren Post, No.
4. Mount .Olivct Cemetery; Shaw Post
No. 3. st. MaTy's Cemetery.
In the afternoon appropriate oxer-
cises will be held at West Point Gene
terry. Rev. Richard II. Bowling. coll
orcd, pastor OF Butte Street Baptist
Church. is the orator OF the day. The
members OF the various colored posts
Will assemble ut 1:30 o'clock at Butte
Street Baptist Church and march to the
cemetery. The memorial observance is
In charge Of President James Il. Fullen
and Secretary l.. j. Lynch. of the Me-
mortal Association. composed OF the
three posts mentioned.
On Sunday the members OF the posts
assembled at St. Luke's \. NJ. NJ T.
Church. on Scott street. ana listened to
an eloquent memorial sermon. delivered
by Rev. John T.. Brickhouse (colored)