The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-03
MONUMENT TO
LEADER OF THE
LOST CAUSE
Unveiled Amid Scene of South
ern Beauty and Rebel
Chivalry.
GREAT PARADE OF
CONFEDERATE VETS
Descendants of Leaders in
vanquished Army Lent In
terest to the Event.
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Richmond, Va, June 3.-Never again
in the old capital of the Confederacy
will the rebel yell ring out with such
patriotic intensity as when, this af-
ternoon, the veil was lifted from the
magnificent statue erected to perpet-
uate the memory of jefferson Davis.
Mrs. J. A. Hayes, the only surviving
daughter of the leader of the lost
cause, assisted by her sons, drew
aside the fluttering flag that concealed
the stone emblem of the southerland's
idential salute was fired. the bands
of Confederate veterans gathered to
wild, eXhultant cheer with which they
had celebrated their victories in the
days when they We're engaged in
death struggle with the boys in blue.
In that yell there was note of pa
thos, for when the veterans again
gather in Richmond, decade hence,
the struggling survivors in the battle
with age and time will be too weak to
cheer.
Gen. Stephen D. Lee, grand COM
mander of the United Confederate
Veterans, presided on the speakers
stand erected at the monument, and
gathered about him were many of the
most eminent men and women Of the
south. Prior to the unveiling speeches
were made by Governor Swanson,
Mayor Mccarthy. of Richmond, and
Gen. Clement A. Evans. the latter de-
livering the principal address of the
day-a glowing tribute to Jefferson
Davis on the occasion of the ninety
ninth anniversary of his birth. Brief
addresses were also made by Mrs.
Norman Randolph. chairman of the
central committee of THE Jefferson
Davis Monument associations; Mrs.
George S. Holmes, president of the
association; Mrs. Lizzie Henderson,
president-general of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, and
Congressman John Sharp Williams,
OF Mississippi.
Following the unveiling ceremonies,
garlands of flowers were placed on the
monument by Mrs. Webb and Miss
Hayes. granddaughters of President
Davis, and by the officers of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, the
Confederate States Memorial associa-
ton, the United Sons of Confederate
Veterans. the Jefferson Davis Mon
ument association and other southern
patriotic societies. Floral tributes
from the veterans and the general
public followed and the monument
was almost buried in the avalanche
of flowers.
The exercises at the monument
were preceded by parade that will
go down the most memorable in the
history of the Confederate organiza-
ton. Through streets decorated with
thousands of flags and emblems. with
dozens of bands playing patriotic airs,
the thousands of veterans marched,
led by carriages containing many of
the most eminent women of the south,
among them Mrs. J. A. Hayes, daugh-
ter of President Davis; Miss Mary C.
Lee, daughter of Gen. Robert E. Lee;
Mrs. "Stonewall" Jackson, and Mrs.
George E. Pickett
The Jefferson Davis statue, togeth-
er with the memorial arch, cost over
100000 and is the most imposing
ever erected in honor of any Confed-
crate leader. For many years the
Daughters Of the Oonfederacy and
the women of the south generally,
have been collecting funds for
this purpose and the statue is a
monument to their patriotism. The
bronze statue is of heroic size and
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