In presenting the results of their labors, the ladies of the Association regret that their means have enforced the accomplishment of what was possible, rather than what the sacred dignity of their task demands.
It is proper to state, briefly, what has been done and what is in progress. For the identification of sections and graves, granite blocks of deeply cut letters have been erected at the corners and along the sides of each section, and every grave has been marked by a locust or heart cedar stake, of good size, bearing a tinned-copper number plate. The sections have been leveled, and are well set in grass. Carriage ways and footpaths have been graded, graveled and well rolled; while granite gutters laid along their sides protect them from washing. A large number of ornamental trees, shrubs and flowers have been planted. The 31st of May, or as near that day as possible, has been dedicated, since the organization of the Association, to the distribution of floral offerings upon the graves of the Confederate dead within the bounds of Hollywood cemetery.
The Memorial Granite Pile � pyramidal in form, forty-five feet square at base and ninety feet high, containing blocks of appropriate inscriptions � is in the process or erection. This structure, clad with vines and roses, will mark for ages the last resting place of those whose unfaltering devotion it commemorates � an enduring tribute to heroic virtue, cemented by the ties of sympathy and love.
