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HONOR MEMORY OF SLEEPING HEROESConfederate Memorial Day Again Reverently Observed.»ADDRESS BY MAJOR AKERS.♦ ► • •Cross of Honor Conferred on Twenty Veterans—Medal for Stonewall Jackson Essay to Ward Swank.ner Ashby Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy, of the bronze Cross of Honor on twenty Confederate veterans. The presentation address was made by Col. Martz; in the absence of Rev. D. S. Henkel, to whom had been assigned that duty. The decoration was conferred by Miss Alice Cowan, president of the Chapter, assisted by Mrs. Jno.‘ B. Peale, as the veterans presented themselves one by one upon the stage.Those who received these marks of distinction were Col. 0. Hi Lee Martz, James L. Avis, Paul C.Bowman, L. S. Byrd, Jno. W. Bryan, Geo. O'. Con rad,. lt;Wesley A. Cave, A. N. Conrad, Geo* - W. Gaither, G. M. Bffinger, J. S. Harnsberger, A. M. Newman, L. C. Myers, Jos. S. Messerley, Luther H. Ott, Abraham Pickering, Henry W. Roller, 8. McD. Shifflett and
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Harrisonburg Daily News
Harrisonburg, Virginia, US
Mon, Jun 05, 1905
Page 9
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