Confederate Memorial Day Parade March & Ceremony,
Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama
Northeast corner of Ann and Virginia Streets
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5th Annual Confederate Memorial March
Here are photos from the Ceremony at Magnolia
Cemetery, Confederate Rest Section, 16 April 2000.
A beautiful day and a nice crowd gathered
to honour these men who gave their all to serve their country.
Over 1000 Confederate Graves in Confederate Rest
Semmes Camp 11 Adjutant, Perry Outlaw speaks
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Children of the Confederacy place wreaths
on 1874 monument
Cemetery images courtesy Semmes
Camp member Steve Kennedy
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There
are over 150 Confederate graves outside Confederate Rest that were also
marked to honour.
Camp members Stephen Ellison,
John E. Ellis and Mike Ray place extended flags on those outside Confederate
Rest
Photos courtesy member David
Trimmier
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Centennial Dedication:Sunday, 25 June 2000, 5PM
The 100 year rededication of Admiral Semmes'
statue on Government St. at the present Bankhead tunnel.
This postcard from 1913 and shows how the Semmes
monument was originally at Duncan Place (there was no tunnel then!)
The rededication ceremonies were well attended
with a 17 gun cannon salute including mortars and the guns of Fort Conde.
It was a grand celebration in the old style of
Confederate parades. A plaque was unveiled on the rear of the monument.
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