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Memorial Day Weekend Service to be Held at Repaired Morris Family Crypt
Tribute to Cold Spring Civil War General planned for May 26
The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War - Admiral John L. Worden Camp 150 and the Philipstown Masonic Historical Society, will hold a brief Memorial Day observance service at 10am on Saturday, May 26, at the newly repaired Morris Crypt, located off of Cedar Street, Cold Spring. The ceremony will include patriotic speeches, music and poetry and will pay special tribute to Civil War General William H. Morris, who is buried in the family crypt.
The Morris family is one of the most celebrated of Cold Spring. George Pope Morris, father of William, owned the estate "Undercliff" at the base of Bull Hill, along Morris Avenue. He was a popular poet, author and editor, and was made famous by his poem Woodsman, Spare That Tree, and his periodical The Home Journal. His wife, Mary Worthing Hopkins Morris, was a direct descendant of the Honorable Stephen Hopkins, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and governor of Rhode Island.
Their son, William Hopkins Morris, a graduate of West Point, Class of 1851, volunteered his services at the outbreak of the Civil War and was given a captaincy. He served with courage and ability and became Colonel to the Sixth Heavy Artillery Regiment formed from Putnam, Westchester and Rockland County men. Severely wounded in the spring of 1864, he left the service with the brevet rank of Major General of the Volunteers for "Gallant and meritorious service." He returned to "Undercliff' and his beloved Cold Spring after the war, was made a member of Philipstown Lodge #236 F. & A.M., and quietly resided until his death in 1900.
Camp Commander Matthew Hereford and Councilwoman Betty Budney successfully spearheaded a fundraising campaign in 2006 with the support of local residents and civic organizations to raise the $3500 needed to repair and stabilize the Crypt.
The Admiral Worden Camp and the officers of the Philipstown Masonic Historical Society, cordially invite all to attend the ceremony and urge each person to remember and honor the many buried veterans of our area who have served with honor to protect the Nation.
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