Rocky Mount, April 9—Memorial trees to Rocky Mount and Nash county service men who gave their lives in the world war have been planted around the Confederate monument at the entrance of Riverside Park and will be dedicated with appropriate exercises on Memorial day, May 10, according to plans which are being worked out by Bethel Herbes chapter, U.D.C., which has charge of the project.
Ten trees have already been set out, and additional ones will be planted if the Daughters find out that the number of gold star men in the city and county require it. For this reason, as well as for the reason that the organization wishes to get the full names of the service men who made the supreme sacrifice so the markers may be secured for the trees, the relatives of these war heroes are requested to get in communication with Mrs. H.E. Brewer, acting chairman of the monument committee, and supply her with the desired information.
From the front page of The Mount Airy News, April 14, 1921
The Confederate Monument was relatively new, having been dedicated May 14, 1917.
On the front base of the column: C.S.A.
Then, on the front:
To the Confederate Soldiers of Nash County Who in 1861 in Obedience to the Summons of Their State Freely Offered Their Lives Their Fortunes, And Their Sacred Honor On Behalf of The Cause of Constitutional Liberty and Self Government And Through Four Years of War So Bore Themselves In Victory and Defeat As to Win the Plaudits of the World And Set An Example of Exalted and Unseen Patriotism Which Will Ever Been an Unfailing Inspiration to All Future Generations of American Citizens
On the front steps: Built by Roberts Marble Co., Ball Ground, Ga.
Rear: This Monument Erected by a Surviving Comrade
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