"But Memorial Day is not limited services for the dead of our Civil War alone. The names of the men who fell in our war with Spain have been written in the scrolls and can never be changed. More recent, (00, and far outnumbering all that "have gone before, are those who helped {o bring vielory and freedom in the Jas great war. These fresh graves. as we might call them, demand that Memorial Day be continued with unabated devotion, "This is well. Memorial Day should bbe Kept as a high and noble festival and observed in. a thoughtful spirit, Lis a day sacred to the memory and honour of the departed defenders of our flag, 2 day on which we are to show that we are truly grateful for their deed of loyalty and sacrifice. Tt Ig a day sacred to the memory of unnumbered hosts of heroic men. who through rough toil and suffering and victory, have made our country great fud ftée, And Jet us not forget that the many precious lessons of the day wilt be. lost if we foil to keep in thoughtful" recollection our brave defenders themselves, who lic resting "from their arms in {heir silent tents of green' Let us remember them, Lotus as far as possible, crown their names and recount their deeds, tell of their valour and crown their graves with their country's flag, and flowers symbolic of our love.
"Yes, we must honour our dead, "Marshal Foch, some years ago wrote the following message to the World War Veterans: of fire, Over the grave of the unknown soldiers it blazes, Or at least did until recently, but even now, those who pass do so with uncovered head and unhurried step.
"At the threshold of Westminster Abbey, where lie the illustrious dead of the' British Empire, Is the grave of the unknown solder of Britain.
"And at' Arlington, we have Interred the unrecognized and unrecognizable remains of the unknown soldier of our own country.
"So on Memorial Day we lay our wreaths on the graves of common men who gave their lives for the common good. In this generation, it not the personal glory of kings and emperors, won by. the unheralded sacrifice of the common herd, that memorialized, but it is the courage snd. the sacrifice of the common foldier that secures our homage "Yes, we must honour our dead, have said that before. But how? "Tall monuments, artistically carved with rarest skill? cannot honour our soldiers as much as loyal patriotic impulses planted in the hearts of our people by the record of their deeds; Impulses, which, if properly nourished, wilt engender loyalty, patriotism and love of the flag.
"That flag of the heroes who left us Borne "through their battlefields ir'teng™ and ummed in yer us all who Inherit their 'The point is this, we best honour the memory of our' fallen heroes by becoming loyal and patriotic citizens, Let us jealously guard and watch over the noble ideas which are the foundation and the soul of our democratic institutions and remember that the very best memorial we exn erect to our soldier dead is our firm opposition to and resentment of anything and everything which would undermine the noble ideals for which our fore-fathers fought and died.
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