The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-31
TRIBUTE Of LOVE
. T0.H[R NOBLE DEAD
Impressive Memorial Services in
OldBlandford in Honorof Those
Who Sleep There.
Timcs-Dlspatch Bureau,
100 North Sycamore Street
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The memorial services held in Bland
ford Cemetcr ytbls afternoon, under
the auspices OF that noble body OF
women, the Ladies' Memorial Associa-
tlon. attracted large gathering OF
people, which would have been much
larger but for the marked inclefnency
Z OF the weather. AS always on these
Interesting occasions, the patriotic ln-
4 dies OF the city, unmoved and unde-
TERED TX adverse circumstances. and
EYER Eyer, faithful TO the memory OF the
present In large numbers. The cerc-
monies OF the day possessed peculiar
interest because the memory OF the
b Petcrsburg soldiers who fell in battle
~ the War of 1S6l-'65 was to be es-
pecially commemorated. Thc program
OF exercises was simple, but very beau
tful.
The ladies' Of the Memorial Associa-
ton met In the Mechanics Hall at s
tue cemetery. The a. p. Hill Camp OF
Confederate Veterans met at their hall.
Commander Homer Atkinson in charge.
ana par AIDED up Sycamore to Wythe
cemetery. The Petersburg Chapter,
Daughters of the Confederacy, and the
~ +. Hill Camp. Sons OF Confederate
Veterans, and the children of the pub
TIC schools bearing punches of ever
greens and flowers, united in the exer-
cfses, and the scene was both beautiful
and impressive.
Interesting Exercises.
Mayor William NJ. Jones presided.
and the exercises We're opened with
I prayer by the Rev. DR.. T. S. Foster.
he feature OF the ceremonies was the
dedication OF the beautiful stone and
iron pasoda stand, erected by the La
dies Memorial Association in memory
of the Petersburg soldiers slain In
battle. and around this incident great
interest centred. The dedicatory adj
q al Iva ~ IINvN 4. rel,
T. Lassiter. the able and eloquent
young Senator from Petersburg, and
his address was worthy OF his fame
rs an orator.
And here it may be stated that the
Confederate memorial exercises In Pc
tersburg have always heretofore been.
and Will always hereafter be. held on
the 9th OF June. day made ever
This year they were omitted on that
day on account of improvements being
made in the soldiers section In Blanc.
ford Cemetery by the Ladies Memorial
Association. and which have just been
completed. The ladies' then selected
to-day. July 3Oth, tho anniversary OF
the battle of the Crater in which Pee
tersburg soldiers took such glorious
these improvements is the beautiful
stand. which WIS formally dedicated
this afternoon.
senator Lnssitcr's Address.
senator ,l<assslef' oH psihs
duced. said:
Ladies of the Petersburg Ladies Me-
mortal Association, Veterans, Ladies
and Gentlemen:
The Ladies' Memorial Association of
Petersburg has the honor OF having
been first in point of time to under
take the sacred task. which has been
theirs for SO mnay years. of preserving
the memory of the soldiers who wore
the gray and who gave their lives dur
ing the momentous conflict of 1s6i-'65.
Now. more than forty years since the
association was organized we come
once more to pay our annual tribute
OF love and veneratIon to the soldier
dead. who sleep so quietly In old
Never has n loving task been more
faithfully accomplished than has the
work of this association. Beginning
when these fields still bore the marks
of recent battle, and when the people