Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-06-20
VETERANS Of 81
MEET At RICHMOND.

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RIcIMoNB. va, june f9.44tBy
the Associated Press.)-Re-living in
memory the hopes and fears Of '61
and rs, Richmond today opened
wide her gates and with love and
admiration welcomed the surviving
band of gray-coated men, who, by
their valor, made immortal the
armies of Lee and Jackson.
Hundreds who rallied about the
brilliant Stuart, who charged with
the gallant Forrest, some who trail
cd with the dashing Mosby; others
who were the Gray Navy's seamen-
men who drew sabres, shouldered
rlusltet, and cannoned under the
leadership of famous southern chief
tains, are assembled here FIR the
thirty second annual reunion of the
United Confederate Veterans.
From the green hills of Maryland
and the purple valleys of Virginia,
from the yellow sands of Texas
plains, from the gulf waters and
even from the shores of the far
Pacific they have come together
again to worship at the shrine Of an
unforgotten cause-in the city that
once was their beloved capital and
the heart of an ever-to-be-remember
ed confederacy.
The silent woods and fields in and
about the historic city, which once
were loud with strife, today are alive
with the voices of this fast-thinning
band. Slow treading, bent with age
and touched to gray by the hand of
time, some so feeble they cannot
walk, others with eyes so dim they
barely can see, their diminishing
ranks now numbering not more than
4 1000, are reuniting and living again
IN comradesbip and ties halloWed by
sacred recollections. That gallant
army of 100000 men that followed
the Stars and Bars sixty years ago
has lessened and lessened in num-
bers with the passing years until
their ranks have become as elusive
as a far sea-line dinly pencilled on
the sky of the present.
$4,000 Visitors
With the old soldiers, their fam
lilies and friends, it is estimated that
Richmond today is host to approXi-
mately $4,000 visitors. The reunion
will not officially open until tomor.
row morning. In the meantime the
Il
in Richmond homes where every at
tentiOn and loving care is being ex-
tended. Younger visitors are being
lodged in hotels and public buildings
In the latter, hundreds of army cots,
loaned by the war department, have
been provided.
Late today the program of reunion
week will open with the annual con-
vention of the Confederate Southern |
Memorial association, followed to-
night by the c:0Lning Of the yearly |
sessions OF the Sons of Confederate |
Veterans At the meeting of the |
IONS the sponsors, maids Of honor, |
and chaperons will be presented by |
Senator Pat Harrison, of Mississippi. |
Addresses Of welcome on behalf of |
Virginia and the city of Richmond |
will be delivered by Governor Trim |
kle and Mayor Ainslie, respectively. |
The memorial associations meeting |
will be taken up with committee re-
ports and routine matters. y
With the city in a gay, but reve&
ent mood, every building is splasheA
with bunting and fiags-eloquent in
color and sentiment. On Monument |
avenue, veterans and visitors are
about the great statutes of |
Davis, Lee, Jackson, Stuart and |
Hill, Jackson's figure, sombre and |
majestic as a cathedral; Lees, patri- |
clan and noble, and stainless as a
saints.