The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-30
SATURDAY. MAY 80, 1908.
HOLLYWOOD DAY.

The tender memories OF n day that Is
gone of an army that has fired It's last
Hhot and furled its banners; of marching
music that has died away In tho distance,
but whose echoes yet linger upon our
ears--all are recalled on Hollywood Me-
mortal Day. ..
What Pere lie Chaise IS to France, what
Westminster Abbey is to England, what
Arlington is to the United States, Holly
wood is to Virginia and the South.
Beneath the shade Of its stately oaks
and bending willows, and under It's vel
rety green swards. with the falls Of the
James to murmur their requiem, there
sleep host OF soldier and civilian dead,
md among them many illustrlous men.
If there could be3a trump recalling these
heroes to life and marshallng them In
their several ranks and stations, there
would be seen one of the grandest ar
niles of which history tells. 1t would be
under the eye OF President Davis him
self, and about him would DO assembled
some OF his mightiest generals and nearly
twice ten thousand officers and men of
the line. But 1t would not BIO host In
FURNISHED helmets and glittering uniforms,
but one Of serious minded young men,
with faces bronzed by exposure, wearing
shabby uniforms. stained with the mud
md dust of tho trenches. Yet one would
see In their eyes the lovelight of South
ern patriousmn devotion that put aside
all thought of suffering and danger, and
asked no reward but remembrance.
But, alas! they sleep tho sleep that
knows no waking. The piercing drum
pnd shrill flfe no more can rouse them.
yheir ears are dulled to tho bugle's
Grill Their awakening will be by no
MORTAL trump. TIL then they rest by
battalons and ibrgades in the soldiers
section. and by ones. or twos or threes
in private lots-some having been killed
outright In the fierce rush and roar of
battle; some sent to hospitals, slowly to
Gle of wounds or camp fevers; some, sur
yivng the surrender. to fight fight
against poverty and changed conditions.
Now all alike rest in Hollywood--nll alike
deserving objects of woman's care.
And this is Memorial Day! Not merely
day appointed for the decoration Of the
graves Of the Confederate soldiers buried
In Hollywood but for recalling their SER
Vices and sacrifices and dedcnting our
hearts anew to their memory.
Let us remember too, with what fde-
jty the ladies of the Hollywood Associa-
ton have chung to their work. When
first begun 1t was barely tolerated by the
Federal authorities. These days we see
the exchange of the most fraternal cour-
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we see the United States Government
making pr9yison for the care OF certain
Confederate ,graves; VIC hear Charles
francis Adams. of New England. arguing
that Lee was no traitor when he resigned
4 his commission in the old army and an
swered Vrginas call, and VIC find our
State Legislature voting money to place
the statues of Washington and Lee In
the Capitol mt Washington. Not nil of
the narrow-minded blgots of tho land have
disappeared but their ranks are thinning
out and the signs OF the times ure au-
spicious. Then let us enter upon the ex-
ercises OF Memorial Day with renewed
devotion. doing credit to ourselves In
clarifying the cause for which we fought
and In. honoring the memories of those
dauntless spirits who fell where duty
placed them.
The best part or the celebration will
be lost II we fail TO catch an inspiration
from the example which the heroes of
the Confederacy have set. 1t Is we'll for
US TO honor our noble dead: 1t Is better
to initiate their courage. their heroism
and sacrifice, their devotion to duty. their
love of home and State and freemens
rights. In honoring them let us be sure
that we live worthlly of them; that our
conduct Is such as to merit their smiling
approval. II It be that their glorihed spir-
Its regard us as We so TO and fro In the
discharge of our duties. And let us SC
live as that generations to come vii
honor our memory aud lay the garland'
OF love and admiration upon the mounds
that cover our dust
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