Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-30
FRIDAY, JUNE 80. 1922.
CONFEDERATE REUNION
GREAT SUCCESS

Richmond, Va, June 24,-WithI
nineteen military bands and 6OOOt'
veterans in line the Thirty-secondl
Confederate Reunion which wasI
held in Richmond last week
amidst demonstration of affec-
ton and enthusiasm which swept
the city like a storm. Thursday
the day of the parade, was mag
nifcent. The air. was bracing.
There were 100, ZOO visitors in the
city. Headed BY Governor Trim
kle, the pageant moved from
Capitol Square, westward, short
ly after 10 o'clock. At Fifth ST. |
the line turned from erase intoI
Franklin, thence, up Monument
Avenue to Boulevard, where it'll
doubled back, the front passing
down the avenue on one side,
while the rear continued to ad-|
vance up the other. More than
one thousand private automobiles
were placed by citizens at the
disposal Of the veterans. The day
was one of beauty, enthusiasm
and pathos.
AS band after band broke into
Dixie, the thousands who lined
the sidewalks burst into a frenzy
of cheering. The city was wrap
ped in the colors of the Confed-
eracy. Battle flags of the South
tattered, faded, glorious, futter-
ed here and there along the
mighty procession, which glit-I
tered brilliantly in the sunlight.
Standing in an automobile, with
sponsors from the Lone Star State
Mrs. Trinkle, wife Of the Gov,
graced with her presence the
division from Texas, in which
State she was born. Handsomely
cd women, in open cars. |
rode in line, sponsors and visitors
from each of the States which |
were banded in the Confederacy.
Reaching for miles, the endless
pageant moved onward, cheer
after cheer going up from theI
thousands as music passed and
the banners of the Unforgettable
Cause were borne by. And then
came the veterans.
When the first cars bearing
the soldiers of Lee made their
appearance, hush fell over the
multitude. General Julian S. Carr,
commander-in.chief of the aged
legions, accompanied by his staff
headed the divisions. Following
him stretched caravan of autos
freighted with all that is lett
besides imperishable glory, of
the fighting men ofhthe Confed-
eracy.
All that was left Of the Trans
Mississippi Department of the
Armies of the Confederacy was
there; all that was left of the
Armies of the Tennessee Depart.
ment; of the army of Northern
Virginia, and of the Confederate
Navy. AS the soldiers from Ala
bama, Texas, Kentucky, Georgia,
South Carolina, Florida, Missis
sippi, Tennessee, Maryland, Lou
isiana and North Carolina, with
their bands and their banners
passed by, cheers and tears were {
so intermingled that the heart s
was suffocated with its happiness {
and with its pain.
Quite number of veterans, too (
proud to admit the necessity off
being borne in autos, formed into t
body and marched on foot with {
muskets. They rec eived a foval
welcome all along the line. 70.
as these grizzled heroes moved
forward. Richmond seemed ioIt
live again through the hopes and
fears OF sixty years age. Lee. inis
bronze, from his high pedesta /
on the avenue, gazed down upon
them; Jackson, mounted on his |
war charger, reviewed them; tile
great-hearted Stuart greeted |
them; Davis. their president, inI
everlasting bronze, held out his
arms to them. 1t was as if a
pa &c of history was passing. The
ity paused momentarily. in a
very agony of lsve. There the,
were. the ragged battalion OIL
glory; unconquered. even of time, L
IS they passed, cheers were Il
lifted and heads were bowed. For lE
there is no virtue On earth which LIZ
:om nands such universal and un IL
stipted respect as they constarcyi
n courage which lives yictorinusi