November 11, 1908 (Wednesday)
131st P.V.I. 35th Reunion at
Fredericksburg, Virginia and dedication of the monument
erected by the State of Pennsylvania to commemorate the
charge of General Humphreys' Division on Marye's
Heights, December 13, 1862.
DEDICATORY CEREMONIES
FREDRICKSBURG, VIRGINIA
NOVEMBER 11th, 1908
11 A.M. THE ASSEMBLY
MUSIC TANSILL'S DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA BAND
INVOCATION The Rev. J. Richards Boyle, D.D
Captain and Assistant Q.M.,
U.S. Volunteers
ADDRESS
OF WELCOME Major Robert W. Hunter,
Representing Hon. Claude A.
Swanson, Governor of Virginia
ADDRESS
OF WELCOME Judge John T. Goolrick
In behalf of the
Confederates
ADDRESS AND TRANSFER OF
MONUMENT TO THE
GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH
OF PENNSYLVANIA
George F. Baer, President of
the Commission
UNVEILING
OF MONUMENT Miss Letitia A. Humphreys
Daughter of the late Major
General A.A. Humphreys
MUSIC
Star Spangled Banner
RECEPTION OF MONUMENT BY THE
GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA AND TRANSFER TO THE CARE OF THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Hon. Edwin S. Stuart
ACCEPTANCE ON BEHALF OF
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT
Robert Shaw Oliver,
Assistant Secretary of War
ADDRESS
Colonel Alexander K. McClure
MUSIC Tansill's Band
BENEDICTION The Rev. Patrick H.
Brennan
of the Gesu Church,
Philadelphia (Corporal Co. D. 134th Reg.)
(Note: Vandine Martz probably
attended this dedication; we have two reunion medals.
-rjm)
Left: Ribbon reads "Dedication Memorial Fredricksburg
Va."
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