The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-31
Voice of Che People
Tho Confederate Museum.

! Tho Confederate Museum.
To tho Editor OF Tho Times Dispatch:
! Sir-Docs II not seem like carrying Goals
to Newcastle" to tell virgininns. especially
Richmond people. anything about tho Con.
fedcrate Museum In this city? Since few
/ Richmond people Visit Il as often as they
should. TO Keep In touch with II. they do not
teamae mat continued contributions OF relics.
scripts add greatly to the Southern history
~ no carefully PRESERVES That 1t IL IL sinsu.
STRANGER within the gates Is fully demon.
stra'eu ny the large attendance OF convcn.
ZION people who come here
During the National Educational Confer.
cnco recently in Iichmond. the names Of
show their interest In the Confederate Mu.
scum. some finding it SO pleasing and in.
to see more OF IT, Most of these guests came
from rnin the North and West and one from
gent that visit TO the museum would alone
pay him for tho trip to Richmond. With
extraction. how much more DO those OF ouI
beloved South value Its history? Can these
less interesting? should not the children,
with their fresh. impressionable minds. DO
here! Tho military coat. tho sabre tho
portrait portrait. All are silent. impressive wit
able record ana marvellous courage OF the
officer alike.
From the history. they study Tho his
| for which our fathers fought ana died has
YET to Yield the pen. Recently we have read
historian OF MASSACHUSETTS. publicly pro-
claimed the legal RICH: OF The South to
with visits from yourself and children t.
geo what strangers see, and be instruc,cd
The original provisional Constitution of the
Confederate government Is among It's pre-.
cciious documents Relics OF the rank and
fie @; the truly brave Confederate soldier
are mere round. The wax impression OF
the Great seal OF tho Confeder;,cy, struck
itself, the only ono made by authority OF
thc Confederate government. is fastened 10
states steamer Shenandoah. that carried the
rag INTO every sea and never surrendered
| to the United States. but went six month:
aitersth war ended to. liverpool. 20 he
,arned oyer t" to, the English au,hor:;ies,. i.
great SON. Conlmodore Maury. the path.
Under of The se9." axe viewed with deep
hle value are hero displayed: l.k-vis- much
tamiy-his clothes worn when ne was cap.
There are two beautiful memorial win.
youths who held honor above ali else. giving
up ne iisei rather than yield to dishon.
trayed within these walls tho youth OF the
south cannot find.
The plates from which Confederate state.
iicayune extra OF April IS 1862 giving M.
deinand OF Commodore FarraEut Tor tho
reply OF refusal the large case OF Confed-
crate flags returned 20 the South Jy act,
eye view OF Fort snn,ers In,eT,"r "i r.. -
inc second great bombardment. the Chap.
charleston tho "Sheppa-d Picturcs'i Civ
ING In detail the lie OF the Confederat. SOL
around Richmond, and the ronds used by
the TWO opposing armies hcie seen
Space simply forbIds moro details though
ishcs. hooks. manuscripts. private and pub
sometimes crowd these FOR space.
as ihs white nouse 81 the con: eGdSs,oTy
and the hom- OF Presidcn; Davis from 1852
to is'3. FOR holding the memorials Of tho
past within this city, give RIch,nond =
world wide distinction.
on March the story 0: "Dahlgren's raid"
anu the defense OF Richmond by tbs hoy
hr,sade' va published in The Confederate
We Tear their Interest was kecner In mo
athlete column or the society column, e.se
celebrations. when the thinning ranks OF
veterans in graz marched by without thu
hrarty cheer that YOUNG voices give so
Justify?
W. VI r Ihsy would nay visits now and then to
"ppsec!ation OF ali that these veterans rep
/ resent would cause their hearts TO swell
TO give the NEED OF praise that recognition
OF ihe sacrifice. the suffering tho va!or OF
o! sirHe would cali forth with cheers that
WOULD hnd an echo In the Confederate sec.
''"' IH lic'lENOoN, WncTe so OF their
own flesh and blood lie In honored graves.
To the Confederate Museum, then. good
, people. let US so sometimes for instruction
and appreciation o: all its treasures. so
nat In repeated visits We may often find
valuable additions to this ever .tereatiu.
COLLECTION. which strangers and grow
enthusiasic over. BY your visits. hold up
the hands OF the society struggling 10 Great.
an endowment !und. that this museum may
continue In p-rpetuity; Could the city have
4 nobIer cause To ald-onc that even royy
adds largely TO It's attractions and will
prove more ana yet more Interesting as
| tine passes? Visit your museum true citi.
Gems Of, Virginia and OF Richmond. ana be
proud that you can claim Il your own
VIRGlNIAN.