Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-12
JACKSON'S STATUE
UNVEILED AND HIGH
TRIBUTE PAID HERO
Speakers Tell of Character
istics Of Southern Warrior
at Celebration.
CADETS AND TROOPERS
ATE FEATURE OF PARADE
Colonel Robert E. Lee Delivers
Principal Grafton of Services
at Monument.
DESCENDANT DRAWS COVERING
Anna jackson Preston, Young Great
granddaughter, Takes Part
In Ceremonies.
CADETS AND TROOPERS
ACE FEATURE OF PARADE
DESCENDANT DRAWS COVERING
Anna jackson Preston, Young Great
granddaughter, Takes Part
In Ceremonies.

In the presence OF q notable assem-
Oily OF Virginians. which preceded the
military parade to the monument. the
nrst equestrian statue OF General
Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) Jackson
erected In the Old Dominion in honor
OF the great Confederate chieftian. was
hsst refused to move the covering. It
Of The ve Se6 6as ina
Inc wind had tangled the ropes and
m N mas ,b necessary .,s,ny for workman 10
nGr9 the unwilling could be accom-
Lees Grnndson Speaks.
and n. &c d OF ssa s5sshsssf
d ueed Goiao oepR Rehsrf Intro
Colonel Lee ia a grandson OF General
We "We place today on /. high PEDESTAL
5ae cEE,nias a aswisss kn'iEht, stoneXaii
been ntted to eommand d. a WGata na Se
quas , had : soe. 0Pp e sRs
Perrse e. hshtinE machine. Jackson and
only tse War Pss st..,
SUPERIOR 'n''f
Veterans Applaud Speaker.
more Confederate Veterans u seated G in
e. s zen nn;n in from. of the reviewing
es ssqe sna there from and b sese
Who saw service under Jackson in his
~ %Is~, eaimpaisn through the VALLEY
right, The sun shone down on I'll the e
old soldiers With fierce heat. but not
a one left until the benediction had
~
ter Randolph. who served as boy
courier for General Jackson.
Tells OF Life and Deeds.
deeds Of Jackson. Of the justice Of the
cause of the South In the War Between
the States. and concluded his address
the right arm Of the eommander.in-
that the spirit of co-operation between
them was the finest possible.
There nnne, w9nid have been no susrende,
and been spared from death at the
hands Of his own men at chancellors-
Jackson: The time Of despair "s and
neaps nf night fbs soh haze been
From the time General Bee spoke
Of 81, Jackson X on as s,. Standing like a stone
never to drop hin from its pages
Know
only wished to know where he could
md It, With his army OF 5000 men
Federal soldiers in the eS valley iI ss@O
paign." said Colonel Lee in euiosy.
|-f Parade Precedes Unwilling.
A parale In which about 1000 men
formal exercises incident to the une
yelling coI In the line 9f march Was the
Nichols. National Guard Companies M;
from Lynshburg; charlottesville; Roam:
High, School cadets and several local
militia ~. units ts...a The parade formed Il
a anf s1ssff an strss ssd
which is placed at the intersection OF
snt the Sns ord df,c.r. Eyes right ri was
sial party in the reviewing stand and 0. At
the head OF the column was the v. II. I.
CORDS $50 strong: conspicuous by their
OF tho commissioned officers. General
Nichols on horseback rode at the head
the s saasss f1 Foo the YVES, Point
the John Marshall High School cadets
\ with their band and then the companies
cities Of the State
Governor and STAN Attends.
Members Of the Jackson Monument
Corporation. the speakers of the occa-
| sion, and Governor Westmoreland
Davis and his stafr rode in automo-
biIes at the head OF the parade The
marching column stopped at Robin
| son Street while the occupants OF the
machines were brought to the review
ing stand and assigned to seats Then
the march was resumed along the
south side OF Monument Avenue and
after passing around the statue from
the south the military companies were
disbanded:
livered the opening prayer OF the
iinyeiling ceremonies. He was intro
duced by Captain James Power
smith as the hoy courier Of jack
son." who was so young when he first
| rendered this service that he was later
aent TO the Virginia Military Insti-
tufe at Lexington. He fought with
the cadets at the battle of New Mar
lie and was severely wounded there.
while the men stood with barred heads.
the audience Of several thousand re-
peated in unison with Mr.. Randolph
the Lords Prayer.
heads HistorieaI Sketch.
Captain Smith read a historical
sketch Of the erection OF other monu-
ments In Virginia to "Stonewalr'
Jackson. after tho grafton of Colonel
Lee. He declared that the Stonewall
brigade first met at Spottsylvania
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