Woman's enterprise., 1921-12-16

ceSh Flag the Stars and Bars, the
Flag that led the Men in Gray thrt
the most difficult warfare and against
the greatest ever told of in history
This was the first National Flag
and until after Manassas, when i;
was decided to use Beauregard'
Flag in Battle it was The Only Flag
of the Confederate State of America
1t is the Flag the United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy have honorec
above ALL OTHERS, it will never be
furIed as long as there is a "Daugh
ter to wear her "U. D. c." badge
ard so keep alive the "STARS AMI
BARS"
Today it leads the Southern Mem
orial Association and "The Daugh
ters" in all their Great Battles fol
the right, raising monuments to oul
dead comrades at Shiloh, Arlington
Gettysburg and all over the country
where lie those who gave their lives
for Our Cause, and by meeting witt
Us upon such occasions as this, they
bring to US, "the days of pleasantnes:
and peace
Women of the South, You South
ern Queens of the World, did yor
know that the corner stone of youl
great organizations, as we'll as your
badge was a gift of the Old North
State? 1t is true.
The corner stone was laid when the
Women Of Warren County Gall the
men at "the front') began their mon
ument to mark the grave of Anne
Carter Lee, daughter of Our Beloved
Chieftain, who died at Jones, Spring
1862.
James Barron Hope was the orato
of the day. The Monument was O
Warren County Granite, carved b,
a Warren County man, detailed 70
this work, and the finishing' touch
placing the capstone in position wa
done by the Warren County man be
fore you.
The South had more to do with tn
making of the Stars and Stripes tha
did the North. We, of Dixie, love
Old Glory. Did not thousands of u
march under her folds in the Wa
with Mexico, ready to sacrifice ALI
for her Honor and Her Glory?
That was why wanted to use he
colors in the Flag for the South.
took the idea of adding a star TO
each State that joined the Confeder
acy from that other Southern mar
Washington.
We, people of Dixie, are richer fo
having two flags, one brings to US tn
blessed dreams and memories Of Oh
youth, the Stars and Bars, the othe
stands for OUR COUNTRY, to liv
for, if need be to die for, The Sta1
and Stripes.
! In the sixties, some American
wore blue, some wore Gray, AL
OUR BOYS WEAR KHAKI, "Mir
ute Men," Ready!-at their country
call.
i The Stars and Bars is Dixie's Fla
alone. It is precious legacy, Com
rades, torn and shattered by shot an
she'll, darkened by the blood Of ou
best and bravest. They gave thej
lives that it may be "The Stainles
Banner" In memory of the littl
flag l sent to Montgomery, Februar
1861, in memory Of All that it mean
to me, l give this flag, Mr.. Con
mander, to YOU, will you take it
your hands for my old Comrades
May l hope that it will be used g
future Reunions? Old Comrade
?, wherever you see this Flag, won
you give a thought to the old, ol
, man, gray Of head as we'll as of un
: form, who gave it, the best of HI
heart and brain, TO YOU?
, When that man whom North Carr
lima, from Currituck to Cherokee
loves, honors and revers, that ma
T among millions, OUR JULIE CARR
? introduced me at Our Reunion {
' Norfolk as the man through whol
the Old North State gave the Sta,
|, and Bars to the Confederacy, tol
the story as I have told it to-day.
may never tell it again, and thoug
II did not die by shot or shell, I hav
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