SALUTE TO THE CHRISTIAN FLAG
I salute the Christian Flag,Banner of the Prince of Peace,
Emblem of Faith, Hope and Love.
HOW FIRM A FOUNDATION
How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word!
What more can He say, than to you He hath said,
To you, who for refuge to Jesus have fled?
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty, and Justicefor all.
THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro’ the perilous fight
O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro’ the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does the Star Spangled Banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free, and the home of the brave?
SALUTE TO THE ALABAMA FLAG
Flag of Alabama,I salute thee,
To thee I pledge my allegiance, my service and my life.
ALABAMA
Alabama, Alabama, we will aye be true to thee
From thy Southern shores where groweth
By the sea, thy orange tree,
To thy northern vale where floweth,
Deep and blue, thy Tennessee,
Alabama, Alabama, we will aye be true to thee.
SALUTE TO THE CONFEDERATE FLAG
I salute the Confederate Flag with affection, reverence,and undying remembrance.
DIXIE’S LAND
I wish I was in the land of cotton, Den I wish I was in Dixie
Old times there are not forgotten,Hooray! Hooray!
Look away, look away, look away, Dixie Land!In Dixie Land I’ll take my stand
In Dixie Land where I was born in,To live and die in Dixie
Early on one frosty mornin’Away, away, away down South
Look away, look away, look away,in Dixie
Dixie Land!Away, away, away down South
in Dixie.
THE LADIES’ MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION
OF
MONTGOMERY
ONE HUNDRED FORTY-SEVENTH
ANNUAL PROGRAM
FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2013
2:00 P.M.
OAKWOOD CEMETERY
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
Monument to the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors of Alabama
Laying of the Cornerstone – April 26, 1886 – Dedication – December 7, 1898
The Ladies’ Memorial Association of Montgomery was organized on April 14, 1866,
and April 26 was designated Confederate Memorial Day
PROGRAM
The Ladies’ Memorial Association of Montgomery
Presiding……………………………………….….….……..….Ms. Leslie Kirk
President, The Ladies’ Memorial Association
Invocation………………………...………….……………..Mr. Mike Williams
SCV Alabama Division Adjutant
Posting of the Colors………….....Cradle of the Confederacy SCV Camp #692
Salute to the Christian Flag…………...…..…………...... Mrs. Faye Gaston
Cradle of the Confederacy UDC Chapter #94
“How Firm a Foundation” .……..……….….……..………..……...... Assembly
Pledge of Allegiance to the United States of America Flag.MrsLoretta Martin
Cradle of the Confederacy UDC Chapter #94
National Anthem……………….………….……..………..…..…..…Assembly
Salute to the Flag of Alabama……….……….…………Mrs. Sue Jaworowski
Cradle of the Confederacy UDC Chapter #94
“Alabama”………………….……….…….…..…..……….….…….Assembly
Salute to the Confederate Flag...... ….…..…...... Mrs. Jean Bradley
Cradle of the Confederacy UDC Chapter #94
“Dixie’s Land”………………….……………...... ……….……….Assembly
Greetings and Recognitions……….…….…….………….…..Ms. Leslie Kirk
Governor Robert Bentley…..………………….……………State of Alabama
Mayor Todd Strange…….……………..……….….……Cityof Montgomery
CommissionerDimitri Polizos…....…..….…….……….Montgomery County
History of The Ladies’ Memorial Association……...Mrs. John H. Napier,III
Honorary Historian, The Ladies’ Memorial Association of Montgomery
In case of rain: River City Church 303 Dexter Avenue
MEMORIALS
Confederate Veterans…………………………………….…..Mr. George Gayle
Veterans of All Wars…………………..……………………..Mr. James Pickett
Appreciation…………………………..……………...…...... Ms. Leslie Kirk
Introduction of Speaker……………..………………..……Mrs. Loretta Martin
Address…………………………….....……….Mrs. Mary Ann Oglesby Neeley
Author and Historian, Montgomery
Note: Immediately following the address, please stand
and follow the Memorial Wreath to the Confederate Monument
Processional, bagpipes………………...…..………….…Mrs.TheresaGordon
PLACING OF MEMORIAL WREATH AT
THE CONFEDERATE MONUMENT
Mrs. Faye Gaston, President
Cradle of the Confederacy, UDC Chapter #94
And
Ms. Leslie Kirk, President
The Ladies’ Memorial Association of Montgomery
Benediction…………………..…...…….………..….…..…Mr. Mike Williams
SCV Alabama Division Adjutant
Rifle Salute…………...……….....Cradle of the Confederacy SVC Camp #692
“Taps”…………..…………………………………...……...Mr. Raymond Keel
Appreciation: Mr. Phillip Taunton, Sexton, Oakwood Cemetery
Flags, Mrs. Linda KingMrs. Sandra Shell
Lectern Banner, First White House of the Confederacy
Song Leader, Mrs. Rena Underwood
Keyboard, Mrs. Sylvia Eastwold
Photographer, Mrs. RoseMary Davis
Program Handouts,Ms. Mary Alice Waits
Website: Ms. Leslie Kirk