Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-23
A COME BACK TO BULL RUN
Proposed Meeting and CeIebrat iOn on
the Famous Old Battle-
..''. field.

July 81 will mark the fiftieth anniversary
of the battle OF Bull Run, and all the vet
Grams, north and south, who fought
the field of Manassas are planning to
visit the scene of the first great battle Of
the civil war. 1t will be one OF the CREATES
gatherings of war veterans ever held.
President Taft will be on hand to make an
address, and 80 also will be Governor Will
liam II. Mann of Virginia. Hundreds of
men of both armies will take part, and
the Stars and Bars of the confederates
will be intertwined with the Stars and
Stripes on all buildings in Manassas.
Henry Farm, where the first advance
was made by the union forces. will be the
central meeting place OF the reunion. The
old farm house. surrounded with it's old
fashioned white fence. is still standing.
and has changed little in the last fifty
erected a monument to those who fell in
| the attack. At 8 o'clock in the morning
| the veterans will gather there for the open
| ing exercises which will include much
speech making and shaking of hands, and
| a picnic.
In the afternoon they will return to Man
assas village, where President Taft and
Governor Mann will speak on the corner
Of Grant and Lee avenues. Then, under
the shade Of the trees the school children
of the village will give an original tableau
representing the reunited nation. They will
also sing the Manassas national anthem.
Lieutenant George c. Round. Manassas
Picket post, Grand Army Of the Republic,
who was one OF the Wesleyan college stu
dents who went to the front after organic
ing their own company, Is resident of
Manassas and has been made chairman
| of the jubilee committee. He has sent
notices broadcast TO all veterans whose
names and addresses were obtainable and
he has already received hundreds OF re-
plies Each veteran was asked to send a
card inscribed with brief patriotic senti-
ment." and these cards are to be preserved
in the Carnegie public library of Manassas
Lieutenant Round went back to Wesleyan
for commencement this week-but he was
not one of the four who received their de-
grees after fifty years OF waiting. He
went back to Wesleyan after the war and
| was graduated in 1866. Here are some OF
the answers and patriotic sentiments thai
have been sent him:
/ hope the Manassas jubilee will be CON
ducive to goodwill and harmony between
the north and south.-John E. Gilman
commander n-chief of the Grand Army O
the Republic.
Let US have peace over the who'll
earth.--Willam E. Huntington. presiden
Boston university. first lieutenant Compan!
II, Forty-nlnth Wisconsin.
1 was in the battles OF July Is and Jul.
! 81 I would be delighted to meet som
northern soldiers who faced my regiment
1t will be my last chance to meet with tn
blue and the gray. / accept our fate 4
good faith and have the same love for tn
; northern soldier who did his duty as
. have for the southern soldier 1 will hav
to be excused from marching in the rank
; IS. w. Almond. captain Seventh Virgins
/ Ptckett's division. Longstreet's corps.
o You seem 10 be gathering the armies c
both sides for the 21st. II is a patriot
shtsFPFise--william NJ. Smith. chanoslIu
: RaRdoiPh- Macon, Forty-ninth Virginia.
! IL viii give me great pleasure to be Z
the peace jubilee at ManRAsas-Charles "
Gallagher president Maryland College fc
i Women, Fourth Massachusetts, volunteer
y hope FeuF nesting Will be q success
!; General HeFatie o, King. secretary societ
. OF the Army OF the Potoinac