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Show - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - -- ---- -------------- -r/1 !",."·'" EDJTOFJ;\L J\l £rllO 1\ J;\ L D;\Y Tuiemorial Day was set aside in favor and honor of the young boys and men who left their homes or their families and died we8ring· the uniform, of' our U. s • .Army . There were only a very few of' their companions , heavily laden with years who survive t hem. With the passing of all these yea.rs ~ it has come to be a day of tribute • to the dead soldiers of all 'li,ars , and in every family of re membrance of their sons who . have passed away in the battle of liber ty for our country . Soon, vrithin a very fevr years or maybe sooner , the soldiers of t he :North and South vrilJ. be gone , and after them the soldier s of the S panish American War vrill soon pass away in a.n indefinite expanse of time , an d then the large group whose members perished in the Arg·onne or i n some othe r battlefield in Fra...'1.ce , will b A replaced by new soldiers , v,ho will t r y to fill t hese b:::- ave men I s place if possible . In ·the lig ht of o ur history, t he few y ears t hat one may live longer than another one is a very small thing . ;-J ut all i n all , we all have a po.rt to play in preventing in this great world some new armed sacrifice that would out off thousan ds and thousands of men be fore their alloted span . This objective , worJ.d peace , is a ver y very compelling ideal . But the7. who · accomplis h that ideal, hoping t hat some day it may be accomplished, will prove not fit for an ho nor left t hem by those who left their bodies on t he battlefield, whether t hey or lost , if t hey for get t hese sacrific~s . World peace is a very br ight and astonis h i ng goal . Men and wo men are v1illi:1g to g ive t he bes t t hey have ., e yen life itse lf ., so t hat t hese gre~t principles may s.urvivo . Memorial Day is no longer a:1 occasion for bitte r crimi nat ions and bitter respo nse s . It is a time when al l Americ ans , assemb ling under one fl ag , r en~_vr t hoi:r . alle g i ance to the best gove r nment t he i ntelligence of mankind has· ye t de vis ed . / i I I |
