The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1919-06-06
Appoint Chairman
For Memorial Fund

|
Hon. G. H. McMorrough has been ap-
pointed chairman for Holmes county for
the Mississippi Memorial Fund Campaign
| which will be launched on June 20 and
close on July s, 1919. Mr.. McMorrough
furnishes the following information In
regard to the arms and purposes of the
| Mississippi Memorial Association and its
approaching drive for funds:
WHAT THE MEMORIAL WILL BE
The Mississippi State Memorial to be
erected in honor of the soldiers and sail
ors of the state will be in the form of q
Memorial Hall, building with three dis
| tinctive features to be known rs the
Court of Honor. the War Museum and
| the Reunion Hall
It will be built after the Memorial fund
has been raised by popular subscription
in the city and location decided upon by
the vote of the state committee composed
of the chairmen from the so counties of
the state.
The architectural details will be deter
mined under the advisement of the Ma
onal Memorial Association of which ex-
President VIM. H. Taft is the honorary
hairman.
WHAT THE MEMORIAL WILL CON-
TAIN i
The Court of Honor will contain
lronzc panel of heroic proportions for
Gch county of the state upon which will
y inscribed the name of every man who
ntcred the army or navy from that
ounty and his record.
In the Court of Honor there will also
20 Memorial Tablets in honor Of the Con-
cderatc Veterans, the Spanish-AmericaU
Var Veterans, the Mothers of Mississippi
nd others,
In addition there will be recorded in
ornament form, the personnel Of every
Ississippi war organization such as the
3ed Cross, the Draft Boards, the Coun-
lis of Defense, the Liberty Loan organi-
atoms and all others required to make
complete record of those who added to
he achievements Of our state. Here will
lso be recorded the name of every SUBJ
criber to the Memorial fund.
This Court of Honor will be the purely
commemorative or memorial feature of
ne Memorial Hall
The War Museum will contain a coll
actioN of the war relics of Mississippi
rom every war in which she has taken
part in addition to a display Of the COM
plete equipment Of the American soldiers
r the world war as we'll as those Of our
lilies and the conquered foe. Cannon,
machine guns, aircraft, war and regi-
mental flags, historic war documents,
trophies captured by the soldiers of Mis-
3issippi, portraits Of our war heroes and
in fact everything of historic interest
md value bearing on the war history Of
Mississippi.
The War Museum will be the educa-
'ional and historical feature Of the Mem
orial Hall
The hall of Reunion. This section of
the building will be equipped with every
modern accessory in the way of a great
stage, lighting effects, etc, with seat
ing capacity Of several thousand people. |
This is the practical utility feature Of
the Memorial and will fill long felt !
want in our state for a building sufficient
ly spacious to accommodate our great re-
unions, conventions and all other public
gatherings.
WHAT THE MEMORIAL WILL MEAN
A Memorial of this type and of the
architectural beauty and proportions pro-
posed will constitute a tribute to all Of
our boys by all Of our people that shall
be equal to the worlds greatest memorials
and its erection will be an achievement
of which Mississippi may we'll be proud.
1t will mean memorial worthy of the
name and commensurate with the great
and noble traditions which it is intended
to immortalize.
1t will mean a temple that shall not
only be a commemoration Of, the service
and sacrifice Of our brave boys and our
gratitude to God for their victory but also
an ever-ascending prayer fer the future
peace Of the world for whicn they gave
their all
1t will mean above all that the great
heart of Mississippi has not forgotten
and that in her heart and memory her
sons shall live forever.
Mrs. Sallie Bernard arrived from her
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