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entity. Yet Virginia was the land of his lirth—the home of his associations— md he chose to be shot to death rather ;han desert the colours of his own people. The other instance cited of deep levotion to the Southern cause was Dharles Broadway Rouss. More than my one man, or syndicate of men, helas manifested charities which cluster*ibout a heart. He has dispensed thousands of dollars in gifts to the South md in memorials to the Confederatelead, and nearly a quarter of a millions now his pledge toward the erection of i Confederate Battle Abbey. With incovered head I salute this blind Confederate soldier-philanthropist, for his poor eyes have long been closed to the jolour of his old gray uniform and the ;atters of his old battle-fiag.But I forbear. Except for conformity to rnstom, indeed, silence with bowed head md prayerful hearts would more accord vith the occasion than my inadequate itterances. I shall leave you to the more peasant task of scattering your flowers, md then again this cemetery will be ihrouded in solitude with the ladies of
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Harrisonburg Rockingham Register
Harrisonburg, Virginia, US
Fri, Jun 04, 1897
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