The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1922-07-07
DIR. YOUNG WRITES INTEREST
INGLY OF TRIP TO REUNION
Graphic Account of Richmond Reunion Impressed One
OF Grenada Countys Leading Citizens And Veteran of
The Civil War. The Singing Jesus Lover of NV Soup'
Saved Mans Life Recolections That Came Back
While at Richmond

sibly some of your readers might b
interested in a short account of m
trip, especially since these Reunion
are, or should be, of interest to tn
South.
} When ] got off the train at Rich
: mond l felt that l was treading O.
, hallowed ground, as is indeed all o
: the territory in and around Rich
mond. | went from the train acros
the street to register and be assig1.et
to quarters. The house was crowde,
to overfiowing, and after waiting al
hour or more for my turn, gentle
man came through the crowd an'
! tapped me on the shoulder, and asket
me if ] had been assigned. M.
answer was, "No, i was only wait
ing my turn" i thought it littl,
singular that he, an entire stranger
should single me out in that grea
throng He said to me, well, yol
pull out of this line, and go with m'
and make my home your home while
you are here" We went out anC
got into his car and went to hi:
home. He lived in a residential part
of the city in nice home, and
never was more royalty entertained
than by Mr. J. H. Grant, and his
family.
| i got in too late to attend the first
meeting of the Convention, and hence
missed Pat Harrison's address. Ev.
eryone who heard it said that it was
fine.
Mr.. Grant had big touring car
and took US to any place we wished
to go. We went to the most beautiful
cemetery in the world-Hollywoo
visited the grave of Jefferson Davis,
and them to st. Paul's Church where
he worshipped, his pew being mark
ed; then to the White House, Jeff
Davis old home,-now the Confeder-
ate Museum. Each Southern State
has a separate room filed with war
relics of that State. Mississippians
car wsil be proud of her room.
tau no luet. tllat We had so numerous
and creditab.e display. We went to
the Battle Abbey in which Grenada
put two hundred dollars; there we
find on one wall as large as life, and
on horseback, Lee and his principal
generals; on another wall j. E. B.
Stuart leading a cavalry charge. The
walls all around covered with all
principal officers of the Confederate
Army. We went then to the old st.
Johns church built in 1740, and is
today just as it was when first built
We go in and sit down in the pew oc-
cupied by Patrick Henry in 1875.
Standing in his pew he made that
celebrated "Give me Liberty or Give
me Death" speech. Whilst sitting in
the pew the old sexton in very dra-
matte way recited part Of that
speech. A silver plate on the door
of this pew says: This was Patrick
Henry's pew in which he stood in
1875 and delivered his never-to-be-
forgotten speech" There are a num-
Der of graves in the church yard and
giving the dates Of death as far back
as 1741. We went out to the battle
ields of Seven Pines; there just in
eral cemetery, stand the seven pine
rees all in a row about fifty feet
apart In little house near by are
hundreds of relics gathered from the
,attle field, old muskets, canteens,
hells, MIME balls, etc. ! brought
ONE of the mimic balls and walking :
ane cut from the battle field home
With me. / asked the Superintendent
ow many were buried in the ceme- :
cry He said ten thousand. / said, {
Gee, is that all? was in hopes you I
yere going to say one hundred thous-
nd" "See here" he said, 1--WE don't
rant any such talk as that around +
ere," his eyes flashing. He was sup :
osedly an ex-Federal Soldier. l said +
Look here, old brother, don't you y
ct too fresh with me, for second 9
attic of Seven Pines is not an i'm v
/ was only joking in what !;
said to you. He replied, "All right, i
rother, shake" That ended our lit i
e tilt, but the devil was prodding
nd persuading me to say some more e
lean things, but l desisted. Mind
ou, there were six or eight old Con- Y
IDS standing close around, and hence n
wasn't scared bit. You know fre- j,
1ently when a fellow feels like he n
as the advantage, he begins to act II
bully and fool, and that was ex- +,
,tly what / did. The truth of the "
after is that had been in retro v
'ective mood all day, had been I'M f,
sautiful Hollywood cemetery, and u
ID visited the grave of Mr.. Jefferson 81
avis. There is a life size statue in h,
onze of Mr.. Davis, standing on a II
arble base, at his grave. AS a,
ood and gazed at that statue Of that nj
eat Christian statesman, it came to a,
" mind the great humiliation and W
dignity he had heaped upon him aft o,
the War. Cast into prison and th
aced in irons until they eat into his Fl
ader flesh. When remembered "a
ousands of hired Hessians and or
from all over the world at
come to enlist in the northern RI
NY to get the four hundred dollars m,
nus which the Federal Government y.
S giving for new recruits; when or
nembered how that they came to re-
{ Southland to rob and to plunderI do
4 murder; when remembered aow al,
" came to our homes and burnt Al