89th Annual Celebration of the dedication of the

Peace Monument 

Saturday, 14  October 2000

Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Georgia

The author, Bess Vaughn Clark, at the 89 Annual Celebration of the dedication of the Peace Monument.  At the request of the Commandant of The Old Guard of the Gate City Guard, COL John S. (Jack) Gibson, Mrs. Clark presented information about Twiggs County Confederates, including Dr. Elias Jones Denson's  remarks about the Peace Monument.

Shown with Mrs. Clark, is her son, Francis G. Clark, Jr., representing the Atlanta Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, who laid the SAR wreath commemorating the event. 

The Posting of the Colors by The Old Guard of the Gate City Guard.

For more information about the Peace Monument and its "connections" to Twiggs County, see Chapter XVI, Peace Monument - After "The War" pages 475 - 481, Twiggs County Georgia Records: A Reconstructed History.

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