Thursday, April 5, 2012

'Colored Confederate' has his day in Monroe

Re-post


Mattie Clyburn Rice of High Point will take part in an unusual ceremony today, but then, she’s an unusual woman.

She’s the 87-year-old daughter of Weary Clyburn, a “colored Confederate,” a slave who served in the Civil War.

“His is a hero’s service,” said Earl L. Ijames, a curator at the N.C. Museum of History. “Him serving is really an incredible story.”

Rice feels the same.

That’s why she’s agreed to allow the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the town of Monroe to honor her father’s memory this afternoon.

More @& News & Record

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Here is Earl speaking at the Whitehall Memorial Park Dedication Service.

My birthday excursion........


Back of the monument with my grandfather's words at the bottom.

4 comments:

  1. Uh, Monroe, N.C.? Could not gather that from the article.

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  2. I don't understand your comment. Monroe is mentioned in the article and it is in Union County. The article is from the N&R in Greensboro and Earl Ijames is a curator in Raleigh.
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    That’s why she’s agreed to allow the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the town of Monroe to honor her father’s memory this afternoon.

    As a child growing up on a Union County farm, Rice listened to her father’s stories about the war.

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