. Atlanta, yesterday, today and tomorrow. LllKll—IlKDMONT 1>KI\IXG CLUBLOWER—HABERSHAM HALL, D. A. R. ,P0BUC LIBRAt^^l INCIDENTS OF LONG AGO 97 tunity to honor Mr. Davis and his visit on thisoccasion was noted for its fervent , when in 1893, the body of Jefferson Davispassed through Atlanta enroute to Richmond,where it was consigned to the earth, the peopleof this City assembled in great numbers to paytribute to the fallen leader. In the early fifties. President Fillmore, whohad succeeded President Taylor upon the deathof the latter, visited Atlanta and the event wascelebrat
. Atlanta, yesterday, today and tomorrow. LllKll—IlKDMONT 1>KI\IXG CLUBLOWER—HABERSHAM HALL, D. A. R. ,P0BUC LIBRAt^^l INCIDENTS OF LONG AGO 97 tunity to honor Mr. Davis and his visit on thisoccasion was noted for its fervent , when in 1893, the body of Jefferson Davispassed through Atlanta enroute to Richmond,where it was consigned to the earth, the peopleof this City assembled in great numbers to paytribute to the fallen leader. In the early fifties. President Fillmore, whohad succeeded President Taylor upon the deathof the latter, visited Atlanta and the event wascelebrated in notable fashion, though a tragedywhich marked the occasion added a sombre feature of the to be a flagraising, and in-aaiikripatioij of-th^ event two talltrees had been felled and a very high pole hadbeen erected by fastening the two trees it was sought-tOv-mise the flag, the ropesbecame entangled,andthe ceremony was halted,much to the embarrassment of the committee andthe assembled citize
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