The rededication of the grave markers of Confederate soldiers who died in the Battle of Fayetteville was a respectful and moving ceremony, attended by several people from southern West Virginia at Vandalia Cemetery in Fayetteville on June 15.
Earldine Robinson, president of Southern Cross Chapter 2001 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC), welcomed attendees, and introduced Nancy McKown, councilwoman, who represented the Town of Fayetteville. McKown’s remarks included the history of the Vandalia Cemetery and detailed the removal of the markers from their previous, inaccessible, location above the Fayetteville Town Center shopping area to their current place of honor in the cemetery. Town council paid for the relocation and commissioned an appropriate marker. Town employees were responsible for making the site centrally located and attractive in Vandalia Cemetery.
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