Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-20
SOUTH TO PERPETUATE
PATHFINDER'S MEMORY
Richmond Sculptor to Model
Figure of Great
Ceographcr. q
MAsoNs WILL LAY sroyr
impressive Ceremonies to TIC Held
Thursdny Afternoon with Governor
Il. Ice Trinkie Making Principsi
Address.

Masonic ceremonies will mark tho
laying of the corner stone to the
Matthew Fontainc Maury monument
on Thursday afternoon. The cere-
mony Will start at o'clock. with
Governor T.. Lee Trinkle as the
speaker of the occasion.
The Maury monument viii, be 10
Gated at Monument and Belmont
Avenues. tho work to he done by j.
William Sicvcrs. Richmond sculptur.
whose statues Of General Robert T..
Ice. at Gettysburg. and General z. j.
Jackson. at Richmond. have attract
ed world wide attention from art
c"nnoisscurs. The monument will he
erected under the auspices OF tn.
Matthew Fontainc Maury Associa
| ton
! Laying Of the cornerstone will be
| the first genuine mark OF recognition
| of the gallant deeds OF the COnfcd
crate navy and the brave s.ameu
who manned the intrepid vessels fly
| Ing the stars and BarY.
So much has been done for the
! Confederate soldier that IL Is high
| time To pay som. particular tribu,"
| TO the Confederate sailor * the opin-
| ion Of General ". r.. Freeman. chair
| man OF the reunion program commit
tee and echoed by Genera! 10 Lane
| stern general chairman, and other
! promincn, veterans who followed
Lee Jackson. Pcttigrcw. Pickett. and
| sailed with Scmmes and Buchanan.
Since this viii be tho last hig re-
union 81 the old South's heroes in
/ Richmond b, was thought advisable
10 devote a conspicuous place on tn.
! program To the heroic part played
| in tn" War Between the states by
| the Confederate Nay and To- give
| special recognition to their sacriac"
and devotion General Freeman ar
| ranged for June %, the last day OF
| the reunion and the date OF the great
| parade and review. az the time for
! the cornerstone laying Of the Mnury
| Monument Actual details OF this
| important reunion feature viii be
| carried opt under the joint auspices
| OF the Matthew Fontaiuc Maury As
ISOLATION and the United Daughters
| OF the Con:cdcracy.
| stnrt of Movement.
The initial movement FOR III" cree
| lion Of memorial in Richmond -
! Commodore Maury Was launched bv
! the Maury Association. The assocIn .
| ton undertook to raise funds for
! building and placing this monument
| Hhcu it's WORK was Interrupted ia
! 1917 by the entry OF tho United states
! Into the World War. Since III" clos"
| OF the war the Maury Association
| found the task OF collecting between
! $50 900 and 100000 AN enormous on"
| and almost dcspaired OF success until
| The Daughters OF the Contcdcrdcy
after repeated requests by Mrs. l.. b..
| Motiit president OF the Muury IS
ISOLATION. promised 10 lend a helping
hand by pledging their organization
10 raise n grand total OF not less
| than 100000 TO build the Maury
Monument.
Mrs. Frank Anthony Wake. o,
Norfolk. was appointed by tn.
Daughters TO act as the director III
charge OF the movement TO produce
the money Mrs. Wake surrounded
herself with assistants from ever
United Daughters Of the confedcracS
division. which means that everI
stat. Is now engaged in giving it,
share toward this fund.
OF the money already in hand. ths
state OF Virginia, by Legislature ac
ton. appropriated $4,000. Just :
year ago Virginia school childrer
gave "a total Of $1,000. Charles u
Crane. former minister 10 China. j.
rated among the largest individual
contributors, having pledged himsel!
to give $500.
r william Sievers, Of Forest Hill
Virginia's noted sculptor. has aireadl
been approved and accepted by tn
Maury Association.
This great m,mor!al Will stand or
Monument Avenue. at Belmont, no.
far west Of the imposing bronze fig
ure oC "Stonewall" Jackson The
Maury Association has ALREADY
marked the spot where the monu-
mcut viii hc erected
Siaaons To Preside.
While the veterans viii attend thu
corner stone laying. the actual ccre
monies VIII lac conducted with Ma
sonic rites by Meridian Lodge, No
23i, A. T.. II \. NJ
Within the cornerstone every di'
vision Of the United Daughters %
the Confcdcracy will deposit TIM
Confederate flag and list or It's or
ficers.
MIR. Sievcrs Is said to have modelled
a happy conception OF the immorta
Maury. who will stand in heroic
bronze as the great scientist he was
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