Confederate Veteran Parade Honors the Gray at Atlanta
A grand Confederate Memorial Day procession in Atlanta featured veterans in worn civilian dress beside gray uniforms. The Fifth regiment led a layered march past Governor’s staff, with Dewey Cadets, Knights of Pythias and police battalions, as crowds cheered and wreaths filled the route to Marietta Street and the cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southland
Marietta Street
Atlanta
Sabiom
Peachtree Street
J. C. Haskel
Alvision
Park Woodward
Apfqnity
Georgia
Governor's Horse Guard
George Hope
Admiral Dewey
W. L. Peel
Knights of Pythias
Dixie Band
Ada McCurdy
Aleen Abbott
Anna Hill
Wuue Brown
Mittie Kilpatrick
Mamie Hooten
Emma Ivy
Nannie Branan
Jessie Goree
Police Department
Tom Ivy
Fire Department Parade Captivates Atlanta with Drums and Wagons
The Atlanta Memorial Day parade featured Chief Joyner and a decorated fire department turnout drawn by two white horses amid cheers. Firemen’s drum corps, led by Drum Major John Peel, impressed spectators with fourteen snare drums and three bass drums. Veterans divisions, Confederate groups, and wreaths followed, ending with Oakland Cemetery rites where the Confederate dead were honored with flowers and a dramatic guns salute.
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Fire Department
Joyner
Fire Laddies
John Peel
Boys’ High School
United Confederate Veterans
W. M. Durham
Wwe
Walker
Robert Osborn
Wheeler
John S. Prather
Epel
Stars and Bars
Rone
J. Scott Todd
Gordon Camp
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Jefferson Davis Camp
Confederate Veterans
Larles' Memorial Association
W. D. Ellis
Robert E. Lee
W. L. Peel
R. E. Lee
Ladies’ Memorial Association
James M. Cooper
Daughters of the Confederacy
the Daughters of the Confederacy
Statehouse
Park Woodward
Kendrick
Smith
United States Army
Fort McPherson
W. L Peel
R. H. Jones
John C. Wayte
A. J. Orme
Marion Jackson
Frank Edis
J. B. S. Holmes
Frank Orme
D. O. Dougherty
Party King
L. Willingham
Frank Coker
W. W. White
W. M. Slaton
W. W. Landrum
Morris Brandon
Forrest Adair
Ernest Kontz
Ry Cc. Alston
Fred Lebrond
Harry Cabantss
R. B. Ridley
J. B. Baird
J. G. Earnest
E. L. Connally
Arch Agary
W. N. Gober
Eli ‘Griffin
J. M. Alexander
W. 3. Kendrick
C. D. Hurt
H. C. Timmons
Columbus Smith
A. .H. Brantley
P. M. Butler
J. G. Wikins
T. V. Hubbard
M. M. Hull
L. Anderson
J. EB. Brown
J. Mays Bail
Dickey
J. A. Miller
T. C. Adkins
G. C. Bail
Peachtree
Marieota
Matletts
Broad
Alabama
Whitehall
Hunter
Oakland Cemetery
Oakland
South
Avlanta
Captain Ellis Delivers An Able Memorial Address
Captain W D Ellis spoke to about 2000 at Oakland on Memorial Day, praising Confederate veterans and Confederate women. He honored Ruth, Rebecca Motte, and other heroines, lauding the sacrifice of Confederate women and the role of memorials, with Westview and Oakland ceremonies and a decorated cemetery office.
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Ellis
W. D. Ellis
Oakland
Atlanta
Ells
W. D
The
Memorial Association
Southland
Eartl
Batty
Herp Mtahugh Lee
Hoge
Jackson
Milledge
Bluz
Ruth
Sir William Wallace
Leonidas
Thermopylae
Marion
Sumter
Rebecca Motte
Ates
Confederaty
Confederacy
Guna
wDl
Knights of Old
Confedersey
Robert E. Lee
Exercises at Westview Honor Confederate Graves
Morning ceremonies were held at the Confederate monument at Westview Cemetery. Committees from the Ladies' Memorial Association and Atlanta Camp No 359 decorated twenty-nine Confederate graves surrounding the central monument erected by Atlanta Camp No 159. The event opened with formal supremes led by the organizers.
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R. Rodgers
Memorial Association
E. M. Roberts
Westview Cemetery
W. W. Landrum
Westview
Ladies’ Memorial Association
Atlanta
Memorial day honors in Athens and Columbus veterans
Memorial day observances across Georgia highlighted crosses of honor for 253 veterans in Athens with a high turnout at the opera house and a procession to Oconee cemetery. In Columbus the day drew crowds for services at the opera house and Linwood cemetery, with Lucian L. Knight of the Atlanta Constitution delivering a celebrated memorial address.
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Athens
Alexander
Erwin
Howel Cobb
Daughters of the Confederacy
Georgia
Rome
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Hot Springs
Richmond
Opera House
John W. Heidt
Lucy Cobb Institute
Albert L. Mitchell
Seaborn Wright
Lucy Cobo
Mildred Rutherford
Tn Oconee Cemetery
Columbus
Linwood Cemetery
Camp Benning
Muscogee
Columbus Guards
Twin City
Henry Grady
Mr. Knight
Knight
Alies
Orag Ana
Dixie
Mars
Dizi
United States
Storos
Calvary
Hood's Sarsaparilla Ad and Confederate Memorial Notes
An old advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier and energy booster, with testimonials from Ohio and Pennsylvania users. The piece shifts to Civil War memorial tributes in Georgia, detailing grave decorations, speeches by Confederate veterans, and ceremonies at Linwood cemetery, Washington, Covington, Savannah, and Emory College.
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Hood
Tney
W.E. Banger
Milford
Ohio
L. C. Harpmay
East Main Street
Waynesboro
Washington, Ga
Washington
Specia
I. E. Shumate
Dalton
Covington
L. Middebrooks
Confederate Memorial Associaton
J. M. Pace
James G. Lester
Smith Clayton
Atlanta
My Mary
Dy WN
Snow
Savannah
Lawton
Laurel Grove
Guards
A. R. Lawton
Annah
B. Adams
Daughters of the Confederacy
Emory College
Oxford
South
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Elty Fathers
Narthertt Pacltie
North Coast
Linney
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Butte
Spokane
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
Seer Roms
Lost Cause
A. D. Candler
Ladies' Memorial Association
Order
Haskell
W. D. Allis
Co. P. Cleveland
Indias
W. R. Fe
Creises
John Milledge
Zee Gate City Guard
James B. Hollis
J. C. Haskell
Ita
Will
Apollinaris Co, Ld
London
Sole Esporte
Decia
Moi
Tlons
Assembly
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