Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-09-24
PEACE JUBILEE OF 1.9l!
Tablets Will Be Erected to Generals
Kearney and Stevens on septem-
4 Der 80.
Editor Alexandria Gazette wish wish

Editor Alexandria Gazette wish
through your columns to. call attention
to two interesting events which will
take place in Northern Virginia dur
ing the coming National Encampment
of the Grand Army Of The Republic in
Washington. have had something to
do in bringing about both and be-
spea. especially the interest of all
veterans of the civil war and their
sons and daughters.
On Thursday, Sept 80, at high noon
there will be dedicated on the court
house lawn in Manassas, at the corner
of Grant and Lee Avenues, tablet of
gray bonZe, an commemoration of
the Manassas National Jubilee of
Peace"
The program will be announced in
the daily press and will be under the
direction OF committee named by the
board of Supervisors of Prince Will
liam county. The exercises of the ju-
bilee will be duplicated to some ex-
tent. The Blue and the Gray and
their descendants are especially in
;vited.
This is not local event, not even
a state event, but one national and
even world wide, for no event, simil-
ar to the one commemorated, ever
occurred in the annals of the human
race before July p, 1911, on the his
toric plains of Manassas.
One Saturday, Oct. 2, near Fender.
in the county Of Fairfax, twin tablets
of granite will be dedicated, marking
the spot on the battlefield of Chantilly
where Major-Gens. Kearney and Stev-
ems of the U. S. Army fell in battle
at shutdown in a terrific sforr: IN
Sept. /. 1862.
+. When Woodrow Wilson was gov
ernor of New Jersey he appointed a
commission to remove the body of
Gen. Kearney from the family vault
7 in Trinity chufchyard to Arlington
and to erect an equestrian statue to
his memory. President Wilson took
part in that dedication. At that time
The writer had the pleasure of convey
ing to the Kearney commission the
generous offer of Capt. J. W. Ballard,
the owner OF the Chantilly battlefield.
to donate for memorial purposes the
spot where Kearney fell. Subsequent
by it was arranged that Gen. Stevens
memory was to be similarly honored
and a deed has been recorded convey
ing the necessary land to six trustees,
three New Jerseymen and three Vir-.
ginians in whose joint care the mem
orials will be left for the future.
| wish here on behalf Of the kcar-
ney commission, to thank Capt. Bal
lard and his family for their many
courtesies in connection with these
memorials; also the clerk of Fairfax
and other citizens.
A large party from the G. A. 2.
Encampment is expected to reach
Fairfax courthouse by trolley about
10 u. m. The public is invited to at
tend the exercises on the Ballard
farm. Mayor ]. W. Ballard will give
welcome on behalf Of the citizens Of
Fairfax and Col. Edmund Berkiey, of
the 9Th Virginia, the ranking Con-
fadarate survivor of Pickett's charge.
viii give welcome on behalf of his
comrades. Col. Berkeley led column
against Gen. Kearney, 80 years ago.
The speaking will begin at II a. m.,
End the unwilling will be at high noon.
The ladies Of Pen2er will serve
luncheon in the interest Of their
church.
I add that I hope liverymen and
others will provide transportation for
visitors IT reasonable rates to the Bull
Run battlefield on Sept. 50. and to
the Chantilly battlefield on Oct. 2.
Geo. C. Rourd,
Manassas. Va, Sept. 20, 1915.
--0-