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Photos and videos from day 2 of Lee-Jackson weekend

Here are some photos and videos from day 2 of Lee-Jackson Day weekend!

From the Virginia Flaggers:

Ceremony at Stonewall Jackson’s grave site

New memorial brick pavers being installed at Lee-Jackson Park

From the Stonewall Brigade:

Ceremony at Stonewall Jackson’s grave site and beginning of parade

Video of Lee-Jackson Day parade

Speech by Dr. Jeffrey Addicott re: Duty and Divine Providence: The Lee and Jackson Legacy

From the Tarheel Flaggers:

Photos from Stonewall Jackson’s grave and parade

From the Virginia Division UDC:

Virginia Strong at Lee-Jackson Day in Lexington

From Dixie Forever:

Video of Lee-Jackson Day parade

From Judy Smith Photography:

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Photos and videos from the first day of Lee-Jackson weekend

The celebration of Lee-Jackson Day has begun, and here are a few cool posts showing today’s events:

Stonewall Jackson ready for candlelight memorial service (via Virginia Flaggers)

Video of candlelight memorial service at Stonewall Jackson’s grave (via Virginia Flaggers)

Videos from the Lee-Jackson Day symposium: the relationship between generals Jackson and Stuart, Jackson’s Valley campaign, and the Doctrine of Divine Providence (via the Stonewall Brigade)

Ladies of the Mary Anna Jackson chapter at the Lee-Jackson Day symposium (via the Stonewall Brigade)

Various photos and videos from Judy Smith Photography:

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Flagging at Washington & Lee University

Flagging graves of brave soldiers (via A.P. Hill Legacy Foundation)

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New photo from Jeb Stuart annual encampment

View it here, via the Virginia Flaggers.

Beautiful video of Stonewall Jackson with snow falling

View it here, via Monuments Across Dixie.

Christmas photos from the Stonewall Brigade

I’m pretty late on this, but it’s still cool to see. Back in December, the Stonewall Brigade SCV (the organization that is in charge of Lee-Jackson Park) participated in two Christmas parades. One took palace in Fairfield, Virginia (which you can see here), and the other took place in Goshen, Virginia (which you can see here).

Great quote by Albert Taylor Bledsoe

“[I]f the right of secession be denied … and the denial enforced by the sword of coercion; the nature of the polity is changed, and freedom is at an end. It is no longer a government by consent, but a government of force. Conquest is substituted for compact, and the dream of liberty is over.”

– Albert Taylor Bledsoe

(source: Facebook post from the Virginia Flaggers)

Lee statue – another photo update

Check it out here 🙂

Beautiful photo of Robert E. Lee at Lee-Jackson Park

View it here, via the Stonewall Brigade SCV.

New Year’s Day work at Lee-Jackson Park

Members of the Stonewall Brigade SCV spent New Year’s Day working at Lee-Jackson Park in preparation for Lee-Jackson Day weekend. See the photos here.

Beautiful quote from Gen. Stephen Dill Lee

“To those who keep alive in loyal hearts the memory of the Confederate dead I would say these men chose the noblest part. This is the best life offers any man: to strive for the highest, the greatest, the bravest that he knows. Is it not better to achieve these things, even at the cost of life itself, than to purchase length of days by mean and sordid living, by cowardice or craft, by surrender of the fine ideals of manhood in base compliance to dishonor? In the heart of every man the everlasting has made answer. If the cause failed, the men were not lost. Looking beyond the little span of human life into the white light of eternity, what better could we have wished for the Confederate soldier than to have played his part as he did? He has left heroic memories that chasten and purify the hearts of all who shall come after him. He has lifted life above the low level of the commonplace into the realm of precious and immutable things, which abide above all change, beyond the reach of years.”

Source: Facebook post from the Virginia Flaggers