The Washington herald., 1909-05-20
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Petersburg, Va, May Io.-Never
before since the curtain fell upon
the civil war at Appomattox has the
South clasped hands 50 warmly with
the North TO dedicate q monument
to the valor OF the soldiers who
wore the blue, as It did to-day upon
the bloody battlefelds around Pc
tersburg, when the huge granite
shaft to the memory Of Gen. John
F. Hartranft and his Pennsylvania
volunteers was unveiled.
Northern veterans marched with
Southern veterans, Southern
daughters stood side By side with
Northern d daughters, Southern
cheers mingled with Northern
cheers, as the valor OF both the Blue
and the GRAY were 1auded, and the
| President OF the United States stood
! between the governor Of Virginia
land the governor or Pennsylvania
under . small conopy Of the Stars
and Stripes and the Stars and Bars.
| 1t was the first tine since the war
that the South has taken such
prominent part in the unveiling OF
d Federal monument. and It IS sig
nihcant that this should happen a.
Petersburg. the most intense Of all
/ Southern cities, and around which
the bloodiest fighting OF the civil
iwar was done
Thus. to-day in this proud South
err city, IN the presence Of the Pres
ident OF the United States, were en-
acted incidents that viii mark an
epoch in the final cementing OF the
wounds between the two sections OF
this country.
Many dramatic scenes were wit
messed here to-day, and the central
| figure in them was the President OF
the United States, who made the
principal address at the unveiling
exercises.
On the lawn at Center Hill Man
sion. the beautiful home OF Charles
Hall Davis, the President was the
guest Of honor at d luncheon. for
, which covers were laid for 1000,
Immediately following the parade,
and tonight he attended q lawn
: fete at the Hill, where he shook
hands with hundreds Of people.
Rear Admiral Sigsbee made a
speech on "The American Sailors"
and Ambassador Jusserand paid a
tribute to the American soldier.
These speeches followed the princi-
pal speech Of the President, and
each OF the notable persons was.
applauded generously by the throng
OF visitors.
TIE speech Of DR.. E. A. Alder
man, president of the University
Iof Virginia, at the luncheon was
one Of the most brilliant OF the day.
Old Soldiers in Parade.
After Mr.. Taft arrived at Fort Malone.
the scene Of the unveiling Of the Har-
tranft shaft this morning, there marched
slowly across a once bloody battlefield
nearly 500 Federal and Confederate veter-
ans who fled in front OF the stand t7on
which the President stood with Gov. Ed
win S. Stuart. of Pennsylvania. and his
stan; Gov. Swanson. OF Virginia, and ais
staff; the French Ambassador. and the
; other distinguished persons
II was from this stand that the Presi-
dent Of the United States. standing be-
meath the Stars and Stripes and the
stars and Bars across which was written
n large letters United" praised the
bravery OF the Southern soldiers as no
other President has done.
1t was also from this stand that a
Northern officer advocated the erection
Of a joint monument to the vaior and
bravery OF the soldiers OF the North and
the South.
Again only a few feet away Southern
women, one widow. and another a
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