The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
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 HER0..HDNORED
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ol thShs ovJcSt, hoSts VI sftASin HcEe HI their. places on the hillside. facing the great mono1ith. when Rollins Randolph, president of the Memorial association. stood up wih barred head; to inttoduce Dr. David Marx, who delivered the brief and impressive invoeatien., = '
 Mrs. Plane, 0i years" old, <, widow of d Confederate colonel killed in action, was carried up. on the r9struni by Mr. Borgl,fln, the sculptor, who had ,,h,id cut the, gigantic work and. whose toil had brought forth from the granite the head of Lee in less than six weeks. and with barred head he stood beside her as the stately ladys attired in a coA- tune of the sixties. waved her com. mand to the mountain, to, give forth the; head of Lee. 't. >,s.s
 On the seemingly tiny platform, | thousand yards away on an airstlruw'n line. incredibly tiny figures If men moved here and there, beneath the twp vast American flags hung like q cur taia. Answering the signal, boulder alter boulder of granite slipped from it's resting place under the flags and ilashed down the sheer drop of the preeipice. one. two. three, four, five seconds by the Watch from the flags to the base, and then two seconds more before the dull thunder of their impact r, lled acrGss the valley to the null titude on the hillside.
 Thousands of people came from neal. and afAr, in horse-drawn buggies and wagons and automobiles There we're women with babies in their arms and with baskets holding the family lunch. Their tanned tuuhtenances ,,besnoke fiom where they came, Blending, with this setting was an occasional grey uni forneE veteran. f-.% i--- if
 Seven Governors Present
 In the midst of this multitude that came to do honor to one ofs imperish- able fame, was an i,nprevised wooden stand. Here came the representatives of seven of the Confederate states and others from states of mixed leaning in those days nearly three-score years ago. Then came Gutzon Borglan. the scnlp- tor. with an, age shrunken figure tfted in his arms, She. was Airs, Plane af Atlanta. She was. placed ttehderly in 2 chair and a little child brought her d bouquet of roses and placed them in her lap This was the tribute of the children of the ,Childreh of the Con. feleracy. Governor Tfinkle of ,Virsinia, who was accdmpanied by chief of staff. Col. Hiram TAI.., Smith shook; hands with each of. the veterans on, the stand before he sat down. There followed in the distinguished procession Governor Morrison of ,Nurth tCapoiina, and his aide, Adjt. Gen. J. Van Aletts: Gov ernor Mcleod of South Carolina. and Governor Neff of Texas.3 Governor Walker of Georgia, with his full. mili- tary staff came at. the end. The hides wore the full dress uniforms of their r-nnk. Present and in uniform, too, was Maj. Gen. David C. ShankssSof the United States army, and Rear Admiral Williams, representing the navy. Gov ernor Brandon of Alabama. who was ,netented from attending .at the mo- ment, was represented by Liept. Gov. Charles s. ,McDowell, and Governor Hardee of Florida teiegraphed that he was detained by illness. Missouri sent as her representative, David k. Francis, former anibassador toS Russia. in the absence of Governor Hyde ss' t%
 Praises Lea <.
 Ir. Plato Durham of Empryg tiniyer. sity delivered the oration and when, he tierlar red, that the man who calls Lee. a traitor is doubly damned. ,Dtthere came from the far corner of the stand from a bent veteran. .'amen.', -"'-
 Upwards of two hours it required for all the tremendous swarm, of cars to,get turned about and headed back ito the city, and a certain solemnity was upon the spirit of the homeward, ca fn van; f6r a prophetic hint had come upon them upon m, the the mountain. of of what Df. paF. n ham had said,s q 4. ht' K
 No generation of yo5iths slali eSsr'' nass this way, and De tue same again. In their he.irfs will baina the ,ligkt 6f the inspiratidit of this 'inAffable symbol. No ignoble sentiments itiiaS live in the presence fo' tie heaeon ,oE idealisni which we light ito<ny!rx ',a'f s.Fl < !, G.