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A great ribbon from the Bibb County Camp, United Confederate Veterans welcoming President McKinley to Macon, Georgia. The ribbon is gray and approximately 9 inches by 2 1/2 inches. A likeness of McKinley is on the ribbon. Written on the ribbon is "Welcome! Bibb County Camp, No. 484, Confederate Veterans, Macon, GA., Dec. 19, 1898. - "Every soldier's grave made during the unfortunate civil war is a tribute to American valor; and while when those graves were made we differed wildly about the future of government, those differences were long ago settled by the arbitrament of arms, and the time has come, in the evolution of sentiment and feeling, in the providence of God, when in the spirit of fraternity we should share with you in the care of Confederate soldiers.""
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