On This Day In Alabama History: Poet Presented Regimental Flag To Marion Rifles

Alabama News Center | December 13, 2017 @ 5:00 am

By Graydon Rust Alabama 200

December 13, 1860

Poet Julia Zitella Cocke presented a regimental flag to the Marion Rifles during a ceremony held in her hometown of Marion. Educated by her mother in music and Latin, Cocke wrote her first poem at the age of 7 and graduated with honors at 16 from the Judson Female Institute. After a lengthy career teaching music in different cities across the country, including at the Judson Female Institute, Cocke moved to Boston and focused on publishing essays, short stories and poems in the city’s various magazines and newspapers. While in Boston, Cocke produced three volumes of poetry and more than 300 poems on topics including nature, history, society, religion and grief.

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