Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-03
Monument to Confederate Dead in lakewood Cemetery

hOnuncnt 10 confederate ID
roads and dig the graves. AND often
| the superintendent il sore!y taxed TO
Know how IL " !! al be dJa. III de-
| cert order.
SMty bur!alS ,r:n is the aver
! age ;or Oakwool. which means that
W." every day grave must be
| passes within the broad gates, an.
| that twice within the same period
me BIRDS IN The giant trees hear the
snieinn words Of the commi;tal SER
practically every Christian body One
nay during the influenza epidemic Of
1919. mere were seventeen Generals
two, three and four conducted SIM
ntnneously in various parts Of the
graveyard. while nine ana ten was
INC average tCr many weeks of that
Inronds OF the Epidemic.
only fer months prior 20 that
ta 4 new area or several acres had
Teen opened and, according to Mr..
again normal that part was almost
three fourths filed. Such inroads
a,a the epid"mic make in the homes
per or Special sections in Oakwood
owned by organizations. Among
eRese are Syracuse and Damon lodges
isrge triangular lot; the Junior Or
ger OF United American Mechanics
ne ODD Fellows. the Masous ibr
s AM ,S lone Society OF Virginia
ann the Magdoienc Association
Then, too. there is the potters.
,eIu. the spot where the bodies of
i imose VINO are homeless and friend
Tess, md a decent hcxne. In this
sacred ground are buried those whn, ,n
me law requires to pay fun price
Tor their folly. for all persons meet
rs uea iih the electric chair. unless
N, ne bodies are claimed by relatives
.nroueh previous ARRANGEMENT. are
sent TO Oakwood, us also are thnsc
or persons DYING at the City lone.
posi iu eoih ~ Grated ground final dis
bodies used in behalf OF science M
me medical school. for the law
S, ,t,s maj the remains OF all persons
lying al the pcnitcntiary and at the
lily lone are the propc,.; of IN.
state anatomical Society
~ was IN 1866 that the Oakwood
Memorial Association was formed in
Oh 81. Johns Church, when the chicf
addresses were made by Dr. John T.
iEawards and General Colston. and a
Icttcr from General Robert e Loo
was read, in which the famous chief
'ain EXPRESSED deep regret at his
iihhnlity TO be present. Most of tho
business houses We're closed. and. in
SoorS. there Was This Inscription: I'm
honor of Stoncwall Jacfso and
the Confederate dead" The great
achievement IF this organization ms
been the erection OF the confndcrat,
Monument. which was unveiled tho
same year.
I, stands at the head of tina, large
portion devoted to the soldiers Who
had been brought from ihc h,f,To
he!d OF that first struggle a, Ma
hhSsns when JoS"Dh Nryn Was Nnvo-
81 Richmond AS the bodies arrived
thcy were tendcrlv buried i'm Holly
wood and Oakwood, We are told. ana
mere was no pomp ~ their funerals
no miiitary show; ',,hc only martial
drum. keeping time with tho rnr.r,,
hymn the ME was slowly rlnvinr'.
ne inscription on the tall column
says:
In Memory
STNTEEN THOUSAND
CoNFEDENATE SOLDIERS
From Thirteen States
Erected by the Ladies'
oakwood Memorial
Association. Organized
May 10th. 1866.
on The south side there Is 4 STATE
'nent which asserts that
The Epitnph Of the
Soldier Who Falls
Wiih Ills Country Is
Written in the Hearts
OF Those Who Love The
Right and Honor
Tho Brave.
on the two other Sides ar, IN.
n" mes o! tho Southern states in th,.
ce'enSe OF which the men sacriGccd
adjoining OaRwood there ,s IN.
,,.nE cemetery of the orthodox Jeyys
,n''onR ne 10 the conrrcg.tions n,
h"neSeth Israel and Sir Moses Mon,j.
ii9t" Synacogucs. in tho corner or
%hich IS the mortuary chanel from
"h!ch the dead ar. buried xi,,
an The strict ritual OF Ruesi,
many visitors there as frccunn: 80
ana SOU h"aStcrn Europe mo Loo
~ BEAUTIFULLY Kept and ONLY thc ,rr
hhow INA; IL does not belong In ,re
larger cemetery ~ az
IT Is beautiful spo, THIS Oakwoo1
aho me superintendent is nov mr.,
,hR the C!ty Council to give him
.dfsc receiving vault. IN. lack nt
winch often causes much cnb1rr,s"
iheht when strangers to the civ ,ro
70 De inferred There are no, {,
many visitors there as frequent .bn
iainons hollywood, but those siopniar
~ HtChmond as wei! as we who Iii
u" Town our home, miss a great dn.i
/, We 'a!! to PASS AN hour or two nm.
uef NE guidance Of the kccpn- who
seems 10 love The place. with lis b,rda
and giant trees. No