Willmar tribune., 1909-06-16
HONOR lee MEMORY
GTATUE OF DAsHlNG SOUTHERN
GENERAL Is UNVEILED At
vIcksBuRG, MISS.
]. oN SPEAKS.

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sasss fhs.aL sEsss. Grant Receives
Of Government.
s Iisss. June 11.-A fine
- tie Asta zen. Stephen Dill
4 % Il lied o-day in the Ma
sSislsial iea q :salsp7 and presented to
stiss3a e y iiisEea - Stat Esy the United Con-
FED those commander
.lss NJ q : se 8tsisssaa Jf his death. The
q = So took ailce in the after
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So q Z 90 slass5ssans and Louisian-
S$ssssS,s asis ssa5 rs persons from other
states. tf1asi rlossh and south. Gov.
Noe; t ss. s3f .s pos Gov. Sanders of
q and Iasssy of the confede-
sfs gsseFans whose reunion has just
ssflafsst g 81 SO. his, were aAong those
Fs asft
ii ssysas saH BELIEVERS Grafton.
ss5,,'ss atterson of Louisville
VA ss Of ceremonies, and
Sol, seors,,R a <, the eloquent Chi
aageaf del1Ves sd the grafton. Gen.
sseIisaaas Eans, commander-in-
lei 81 ms eS.pfaderate organization.
lsss'sa5sfesi S,ifs S,,is sl.aaue, and it was ac-
.asptasssi u ssssi;slE 6 the government by
G fs,s., ssfsfs}ssgssk Dent Grant. The
program was s1lllvened by the firing
OF salutes by military companies and
the singing of patriotic songs by hun.
dreds of school children.
f. The statue is of life size and repre-
sents Gen. Lee in a moment of tri-
umph after one of his victories in
skirmish about Vicksburg. 1t was de.
signed by the well-known sculptor,
Henry Hudson Kitson of Quincy,
Mass, who assisted at the unveiling.
Tribute to Old Soldiers.
Upon taking the chair as presiding
officer Mr.. Watterson said:
Those of us who survive the
dread ordeal are old men now. and
each annual roll-call brings yet fewer
OF US together. Presently there will
remain among the living not one who
fought on either side. Happy those
who have been spared to look upon
land never again to be wet by fra
ternal blood and a people reunited
forever in heart and hand. The mys-
tic chord of memory, stretching from
every battlefield and patriotic grave
to every living heart and hearthstone,'
touched long ago by the angels of
our better nature swell at last the
universal chorus OF the union: the
memory of deeds of kindness and of
valor done; of common blood and
race; for, impossible as the line of
flre seemed, we were one people then.
and we are one people now, the war of
sections mutual and a blessed heri-
tage.
Honor to Lee.
This is why we are assembled in a
national cemetery to rear memorial
to q. confederate general. He was of
the best the south has to offer upon
the altars of American manhood, all
that the north could wish an Amer
lean to be. l have ridden to battle
with him, and knelt by his side in
prayer, and can truly say that what
his great kinsman was to Virginia he
was to Mississippi:
So prompt and capable and yet
so calm. He nothing lack'd in SOL
diership, except good fortune
1x,i1 M for
his manly and surprising virtues; his
skill and prowess in the field, his serv-
ice to the arts of peace; his SIM
pie, kindly, sturdy manfulness in the
presence of life's duties, his Christian
resignation in the presence of death:
Lee in every drop of his blood, in
! every inch. of his stature, in every
thought and fiber of his splendid in
tellect and delightful personality"
Gen. Evans Speaks.
"Our thoughts and feelings to-day
concentrate fifty on the patriotic life
| of Lieut.. Gen. Lee, as we shall always
associate him with the great events
in which he acted his distinguished
part" said Gen. Evans. Il will make
his well.known life the theme, his
character an example and his career
the suggestion of the citizens patri-
otic duty. What noble man he was!
Not merely titular nobleman with
out the noble graces, but monu-
mental nobility, proven by his deeds,
belonged to him without other escutch-
con. This monument declares his
fame and our country will accept it
as part of its own glory"
Reviews Career Of Lee.
Maj. Gen. Frederick Dent Grant of
the department of the lakes, repre-
senting Secretary of War Dickinson,
who was unable to be present, re-
! ceived in behalf of the national gov
ernment the statue of Gen. Stephen
| D. Lee from the United Confederate
| Veterans. Gen. Grant referred to his
acquaintance with Gen. Lee, which,
he said, continued through many
years and afforded him the greatest
happiness and qualification. He re-
viewed the career of Gen. Lee, who
died, leaving an untarnished record,
and memory deservedly honored
with admiration and respect, because
of his noble life and character, of
which his surviving son and friends
will be ever proud, and which all who
follow him may emulate
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