An article in a Norfolk newspaper about the event identified the individuals in attendance on 13 June 1926 as the following Civil War Veterans: Chauncy Cronk, 81; Herman Gerecke, 82; D. A. Vaughn, 86; J. S. Grant, 82; C. P. Byerly, 87; James Rouse, a mere infant at 77; L. R. Musselman, 83; and D. C. Lucas, host, and senior member of the group in the wheelchair in the front row on the left.