Hunt Co., TX - Newspapers - Historic Flag Presented Sunday, 1929
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Historic Flag Presented Sunday
    Joseph E. Johnston Camp UCV met in the Legion Hall at the
courthouse Sunday, May 19, 1929, and the old Confederate Flag
made by Mrs. Lucy Gee Harrison for the soldiers going out in 1861
was presented to the Camp, Walworth Harrison making the
presentation speech.
    A picture of Mrs. Harrison was also presented.
    Rev. H. B. Pender presented a portrait of Jefferson Davis, the
President of the Southern Confederacy, and an appropriate program
of music and readings was carried out for this occasion.
    The flag was presented with the original flag staff, the flag
having been framed by Mrs. C. S. Hutchins.
    Mrs. Louise Lumpkin sang selections that carried the memory of
old soldiers back to 1861 and among the honored guests was P.T. 
McBride of Lone Oak, the only surviving member of the first company
going out from Hunt County in 1861.
    Billie Burke Taylor gave a delightful reading and the old
soldiers enjoyed a rich program and were given the glad hand of the
younger generation who filled the hall for the splendid services of
this occasion.
(Thursday, May 23, 1929, The Greenville Messenger)