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Confederate Monument Unveiled Sept. 5, 1925

Program at Unveiling. . . Official Program Unveiling of Monument at Albemarle, Saturday, September 5

Program of exercises at the unveiling of the Confederate monument on Saturday morning, September 5, at 10:30 in the court house.

Master of Ceremonies—Dr. T.A. Hathcock

“America”—Band

Invocation—Rev. C.M. Pickens

Introduction of Speaker—Dr. T.A. Hathcock

Address—Hon. R.L. Brown

Song, “Tenting Tonight”—Women’s quartette

Talk—Mr. Willia Snotherly

Music—Band

March to Monument—Order of Procession:

Band

U.D.C. Children’s Chapter

Veterans

Daughters of the Confederacy

Citizens

Exercises at Monument

Song, “Bonnie Blue Flag”—Children’s Chapter

Presentation of Monument—Miss Mary Mabry

Acceptance—Hon. Q.E.C. Coble, chairman county commissioners

Unveiling—Mrs. Sid Austin

Dixie—Band

Dinner at the Presbyterian church for the veterans, their wives, and the widows of veterans, children’s chapter, and Daughters of the Confederacy

After-dinner Speech—Mr. A.C. Honeycutt

From the front page of The Albemarle Press, Thursday, Sept. 3, 1925 “A Stanly County Weekly of Character”

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lc

cn/sn91068199/1925-09-03/ed-1/seq-1/

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