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,, PROCLAMATION
M g/�° DECLARING THE MONTH OF APRIL, 2000 �, ��
'�; CONFEDERATE HISTORY MONTH
/ ' WHEREAS, April is the month in which the Confederate States of America �����
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f\( began and ended their four-year struggle for a sovereign and ,..
`` independent nation; and +'��
g�Abwr . WHEREAS, our state constitution sets aside April 26 as a day to observe
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�'= and honor the memory of those who lost their lives in the War Between
Vic, = the States; and
1 WHEREAS, in proportion to its population, Florida contributed more *105
„` soldiers and sailors than any other state; and
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\: - WHEREAS, Palm Beach County was settled by these returning veterans Og
.,, becoming some of the first officers of the early cities; and / �
={. WHEREAS, all Floridians should be knowledgeable of the history of the ,�
\(e War Between the States, battles fought here, including those at Olustee _'y)�
7, and at Natural Bridge; and -�
0g4v,' WHEREAS, we study the War Between the States for the same reason we i/
4 study all wars, with a view to understanding the historical events
fir'. which compelled them, so we may continue to learn together and seek toy
avoid future conflicts;
0'— = NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE
p�/ `'' OF TEQUESTA, assembled in regular session this 13th day of April, 2000,
.1,1 -. that the month of April is hereby proclaimed CONFEDERATE HISTORY MONTH ;V1,
14 4 in the Village of Tequesta. `:
{�` - IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have herewith set my hand and caused the Seal of '1
' the Village of Tequesta to be affixed this 13th day of April, 2000. ; `:•` •
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- The Origin of Confederate Memorial Day
(Also Florida Confederate Holidays)
village of Te iuestaMAR 0
The Origin of Memorial Day 7 2000
• ) fice.
It is a matter of history that Mrs. Charles J. Williams, of Columbus, Georgia, institute utiful custom
of
decorating soldiers' graves with flowers,a custom which has been adopted throughout the United States. Mrs.
Williams was the daughter of Major John Howard, of Milledgeville, Ga. and was
a superior woman. She married Major C.J. Willaims on his return from the Mexican War. As colonel of the First
Georgia Regulars, of the Army in Virginia, he contracted disease, from which he died in 1862, and was buried in
Columbus, Ga.
Mrs. Williams and her little girl visited his grave every day, and often comforted themselves by wreathing it with
flowers. While the mother sat abstractly thinking of the loved and lost one,the little one would pluck the weeds
from the unmarked soldiers' graves near her father's and cover them with flowers,calling them her soldiers'graves.
After a short while the dear little girl was summoned by the angels to join her father. The sorely bereaved mother
then took charge of these unknown graves for the child's sake,and as she cared for them thought of the thousands
of patriot graves throughout the South, far away from home and
kindred, and in this way the plan was suggested to her of setting apart one day in each year, that love might pay
tribute to valor throughout the Southern States. In March 1868, she addressed a communication to the Columbus
Times, an extract of which I give:
" We beg the assistance of the press and the ladies throughout the South to aid us in the effort to set apart a
certain day to be observed from the Potomac to the Rio Grande, and to be handed down through times as a
religious custom of the South,to wreathe the graves of our martyred dead with flowers, and we propose the 26th
day of April as the day."
She then wrote to the Soldiers' Aid Societies in every Southern State, and they readily responded and reorganized
under the name of Memorial Associations. She lived long enough to see her plan adopted all over the South, and in
1868 throughout the United States. Mrs. Williams died April 15, 1874, and was buried with military honors. On
each returning Memorial Day the Columbus military march around her grave, and each deposits a floral offering.
The Legislature of Georgia, in 1866, set apart the 26th day of April as a legal holiday in obedience to her request&
Would be that every Southern State observed the same day.
Supplement: The Florida legislatures passed in 1868 a resolution as part of the new State of Florida Constitution
to honor Confederate Memorial Day. A state holiday has been established to set aside April 26, as Confederate
Memorial Day.
From the May 1893,issue of the "Confederate Veteran,"
In the Florida Constitution Confederate Memorial Day is spelled out in:
Fla. State Statues under Statue 683.01 Legal Holidays
1. Legal Holidays which are also Public Holidays are as follows:
D. Birthday of Robert E. Lee January 19
J. Confederate Memorial Day April 26
L. Birthday of Jefferson Davis,June 3
Researched by:
SCV compatriot Wesley H. Frank
West Melbourne, Florida
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Trig GOVERNOR or nix Sm" ' ± OF Fa.%: It'.%
'`A' TON C: t1TLC .
CONFEDERATE HISTORY MONTH
WHEREAS, April is the month in which the Confederate States of America began
and ended their four-year struggle for a sovereign and independent nadon}and
WHEREAS, our state constitution se aside April 26 as a day to observe and
honor the memory of those who kip!tli dr l`rfes In the grit War; and
WHEREAS, in proportion to its population. Florida contributed more soldiers and
sailors to the Confederate services than any other state; and
WHEREAS,all Floridians should be knowledgeable of the history of the Civil War
battles fought here, including those at Olustee and at Natural Bridge; and '
WHEREAS, we study the war between the blue and the gray for the sante reason
Vitt study all wars, with a view to understanding the historical events which compelled
them,so we may continue to learn to live together and seek to avoid future conflicts;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Lawton Chiles, Governor of the state:of. Florida, do
hereby designate April 1998. as FLORIDA CONFEDERATE HISTORY : MON7 and
urge all residents to engage in historical study of the events of 1861°to . to
solemnly
contemplate that time.
IN'WITNESS WHEREOF, I
,� (; `s y have hereunto set my hand and
%'� ;' '" o caused the Great Seal of the
t i " `' , = state of Florida to be affixed
4: r'"��,�+} Y.°° r''' ; at fafahassee, the Capital, this
r* 1'•`y,..�t "Tao l2th day of February in the year
^, .,;�,,�.,#�,. of our Lord nineteen hundred
"' i. and ninety-eight.
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GOVERNOR
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