The General T. J. Churchill Chapter #1373, United Daughters of the Confederacy will host a Dedication and Memorial Service to mark the NEW TOMBSTONES for eighteen Confederate and one Union soldier at Mount Holly Cemetery, 1200 So. Broadway, Little Rock, Arkansas. Entrance to the cemetery will be through the gate on 13th Street.
The Dedication Service will be Sunday, June 24th, 2012 at 2:00 P.M.
In the past few weeks, the previously unmarked graves of eighteen Confederate soldiers and one Union soldier were identified at Mount Holly Cemetery, the City of Little Rock’s oldest cemetery. Through the efforts of Mount Holly and the Churchill Chapter UDC, tombstones were secured through Veterans Affairs Memorial Services. The Arkansas Division Sons of Confederate Veterans will assist in the ceremony.
Sixteen year old CSA Private George Godwin Borland died 24 June 1862 and has rested beneath the soil of Mount Holly Cemetery for 150 years, but his grave location was never marked. The young boy now has a new tombstone. The dedication service for all of the soldiers will take place from the gravesite of Private Borland on the 150th anniversary of the young soldier’s death.
Each soldier will be recognized with their rank, Company and Unit in which they served.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy was born of many women’s benevolent associations that were tending the graves of not only the Confederate dead, but the Union dead as well. Their hope was that Northern women were doing the same service to Southern soldiers buried there.
This event falls within the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial which commemorates the 150th Anniversary of the conflict. This event has been endorsed by the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission:
www.arkansascivilwar150.com
For additional information: Kay Tatum, (501) 529-3802
