Show THE BLUE AND THE GRAY ended there Sixty-four Sixty which years had bad ago threatened the struggle a gle of our nation A existence very of oU our two sections struggle in which arrayed s had country against each other and fought for against four years with bitter hatred At that time it seemed to many impossible Impossible impossible sible that the wound would ever heal that enmities could be forgotten To- To Today Today To Today the reunion been complete has day so of the two factions that it seems even more impossible that such a tra tragic ic affair could have occurred occulTed There remain but a few of the Blue and of the Gray who fou fought ht so valiantly and stubbornly for what each believed to be the right With the passage of years they have for for- forgiven forgiven for forgiven given and forgotten n Since the time of that futile conflict their ants ants have fought fou ht side by side and with equal valor for the glor glory of the Stars and Stripes It could not be said those of the North arc are more patriotic than those of the South These remaining few are arc fast succumbing to the of time While there are arc yet et some of those two great hosts for whom taps have not been sounded it is planned that there be held hed in the city of Washing Washing- Washington Washington to ton in the year 1929 1939 a grand Kland re-I re re- re reunion re reunion union To this end Congressman Edgar r Howard II oward of Nebraska has introduced a bill provide to-provide to provide for an appropriation to bear the expense of such a reunion and the appointment of a commission to carry out the plans The commis commis- commission commission commission sion as ns provided in the bill would consIst of the General of the United i States Army the commander of the American Spanish American War Var Veterans the I commander comm r of the American Legion the commander of Veterans of For For- For I Foreign Foreign eign Wars Wms and such other person as the President of the United States may appoint Such a reunion symbolizing the complete unity of our nation follow fonow- following following mg ing the historic assemblies of the j B Blue u and the Gray at Gettysburg VIC burg and Stony Mountain l and I t the the return of captured battle flags I would be an nn event of oC national signi- signi ficare signi c and serve as an inspirational i t lesson to our people for gen gen- gen generations en- en to come |