Some News of the Old War.
1. THE MARCH 25TH CHARLOTTE OBSERVER-- Had an article about the damage Atlanta, Georgia's Oakwood Cemetery suffered when the March 14th tornado went through it. Eighty-six trees were shattered and heavy damage was sustained by the Joseph E. Brown memorial. Brown was the Civil War governor of Georgia.
The cemetery is also the final resting place of several Confederate generals, Margaret Mitchell, author of "Gone With the Wind", and golfer Bobby Brown among other notables.
2. THE MARCH 24TH TYLER MORNING TELEGRAPH (Texas)-- reported that "Spirits of Oakwood Cemetery" was going to be given for the 4th year with proceeds going to repair broken markers. Various people played roles of those buried there.
One person played Col. Thomas Reuben Bonner, CSA, who portrayed the 231 unknown Confederate soldiers buried in a 300 by 300 foot plot in the middle of the cemetery.
It is also the final resting place of 100 early black citizens.
3. BACK TO THE BEACH-- The March 23rd Wilmington Star News reported on a road rally by the Sun Coast Cruisers at the Rock-Ola Cafe. "Some of the brave men who fought in the Civil War battles at Fort Fisher may have lived to drive a Model T" but they wouldn't have imagined the old Corvettes and muscle cars that showed up here.
I wonder how many Civil War vets actually drove cars?
The War Goes On. --Blockade-Runner
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