The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-04
Bio Jubilee May Be
Held at AppO171atto2
Plans Going Forward for ceIe-
brati0n OF Fiftleth Anniyer-
sary of Great Battle.

WASEilNGTOS, Apr George G.
iolnd, Of the Manassas picket pest OF
Jnion veterans; West~ond Hutclt-
BOB, commander OF EEell camp Of
Confederate veterlns; Mrs May Dog
Y anm, precedent of the Bull Run Chap
!: Ter OF Daughters of the Confederacy.
\ and G. Raymond Ratcliffe. president Of
h The Manassas business league. have
launched a movement for joint cele-
I hratton Of the Blue aud Gray on the
battle field Of AppomattoS. Va. OH
April 8, the hftieth anniversary Of tile
End OF the Civil war
Dir. Round, while iii WASHINGTON
1 laid the proposed reunion will be d
dtt1ng climax to the joint reunion at
"a Gettysburs and at Manassas. which
was held On the flfticth anniversary or
4 airst and decisive battles of the war
fbetWeen the states. He suggested the
Manassas joint reunion, which was
followed with the Blue aud Gray gath
4 sa!tug at Gettysburg.
Want An Invitation.
i The appeal, which Mr.. Round made
public To-Day for a joint reunion, not
On che propositions of the Gettysburs
Eeaebr1tton, Is In the nature or 4 cha:l-
slenge to the people Of Appomattox to
issue an invitation for the jubilee
his appeal. in part, follows:
he veterans OF the great war OF
l861alS65 met on the first battle field.
and exactly 80 years from the most
desperate houh OF that desperate con
dict between brothers lined up on
North and South, shook hands in
4 friendship and lte and drank tosetfl-
ser In love feast
The same day the historic tableau
st the reunited states was enacted on
\ the hftieta anniversary or the day
our court house lawn, at the corner Of
Grant and Lee avenues Our prest~
dent and governor, with leading sol
d1erS and statesmen. were dramatic
persons and the As commonw ealths
Of the American union We're represents
ed by their own people and BY as
Manassas maidens, in white raiment.
hand IN hand, singing together Mrs.
MERGERS national hymn, The New
America. 2
Two years later at Gettysburg. the
clue and the Gray, 10000 strong, IN ct
under official sanction Of states and
nation On that occasion for seven
DAYS the banner OF the Manassas Ma
i tlonal Jubilee was ;lnfurfed III the
Virginia camp. And the great Gettgs-
burg jubilee was brought to close
July 4, 1919, By another president as
Little Round Top and Seminary
Rddge exchanged signals of peace and
proclaimed Glory TO Cod IN the high
est, good will to men,
Similar semi-centennial gatherings
have been held at other times and in
other localities throughout our land
Is Fitting Climax.
Now we submit TO Our fellow citi-
zens Of Appomatto1 that this greatest
Jubilee Of the forld.s history, begin
ming on the first battle fields of the
war and eliminating on its greatest
battle field. should lie brought to an
appropriate close in our historic town
when great hearted Grant and the
immortal Lee shook hands and ac-
credited to the arbitrament of battle.
Such recognition would be a per.pet,
ual testimony to the eternal truce of
God between the states OF the Amer
lean union
TIE jubilee on Henry Hill in 1911
~as not celebration of the bitterest
defeat recorded in the chronicles Of
war Nor will jubilee in 1918 On
Glover Hill be a celebration of any
ones triumph or anyone's defeat.
Neither VII it be considered, il ages
to come as celebration of any event
of the dis+ant past. but celebra ton
OF the living present and glorious
future.
fanassas calls to -Apponlattox Let
lls obey the command OF Moses. the
Ewisest statesman in fhe tide Of time
In profound thanksgiving to Almighty
God for his n1ercies. let Us together
proclaim liberty and peace. now and
@evermore. to a world at war
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