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Enterprise, Mississippi
- Enterprise remembers Confederates
from staff reports
A crowd of people gathered Sunday at
Enterprise Confederate Cemetery in Clarke County to attend a Confederate
Memorial Day program put on by the Enterprise Woman's Club and the
Constantine Rea Historical Society.
The program was held in a pretty
cemetery, with participants scattering themselves among the shady spots to
avoid the heat. It featured a detailed speech on Civil War History,
especially what took place in East Central Mississipi, by Lauderdale
County Department of Archives Director and Civil War Historian S.W.
Calhoun.
"The Confederate didn't look like much," said Calhoun, "but he could do
one thing well, and that was fight."
Calhoun went on to explain some of the purpose of having a Confederate
Memorial Day, saying of the Confederate soldiers, "As their
descendants...it is our responsibility to keep their memory alive."
The program also featured men dressed in Confederate uniforms who
performed a rifle salute, and women dressed in large hoop skirts. Small
Confederate flags were placed next to each of the white gravestones of the
fallen Confederate soldiers.
Additionally, Kasey Stockman played taps on the bugle; Ken Turner sang
Amazing Grace and Dixie to the banjo accompaniment of Pat Howse. Mary
Margaret Mallard, the Rev. Don Harrison, and John A. Brown performed
"Lord, I'm Coming
Source:
The Meridian Star |