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Celebration in Staunton.—We learn from the Spectator that the celebration of the 10th of May,*in Staunton, was a brilliant and impressive success. The procession was over a mile long, and it is estimated that 2,500 persons participated.— Flowers were strewn over the graves of 2,000 sol- dierd, some of them Federal, but no distinction was made. Appropriate addresses were delivered by Col. J. II. Skinner, Col. Bolivar Christian, Capt. Powell Ilarrison, Capt. James Bumgardner, Howe Y. Peyton, Esq. Col. Chas. T. 0’Ferrall acted as Chief Marshall, assisted by Capt. J. Hotoh-* kiss, and Lt. John L. Opie,
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Harrisonburg Rockingham Register and Advertiser
Harrisonburg, Virginia, US
Fri, May 18, 1866
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