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Show MM IS Pi 18 'IgjlQr Flag Day Celebration at Lagoon Calls Forth a Large Crowd. SUNSHINE IN AFTERNOON ACTS AS A BENEDICTION Rev. .1. IS. Carver of Ogden Delivers De-livers the Oration; Programme Pro-gramme of Sports. In spito of the fact that the weather man trlcil to spoil the lay by bringing on a heavy rain storm early Monday morning, the Flag day celebration at Lagoon La-goon was a success. Tho sun managed to Ibid Us way through the heavy clouds about noon, and at 1 o'clock the people felt safe In going to the resort. The 2 o'clock I rain to Lagoon was composed of fourteen cars and all wcro loaded to their capacity- Tlie trains leaving Suit Lake City hourly during tlie afternoon, while not so large, all carried big crowds, and by S o'clock In the evening Uicro were about -500 old soldiers and their friends on the grounds. Immediately upon arrival at Lagoon Colonel George LJ. Snutrcs and Captain Jarvls rounded up the crowd and the field spoils of the day, consisting of races for young and old, nail driving contests for the ladles, In which all took part, and enjoyed themselves to the fullest extonl, were given. Tho veterans who have been tiding canes to aid them for many vcurs forgot they were getting old and could be seen running mound tho beautiful beauti-ful grounds like -so many boys. One or two of the old G. A. R. men look to the v:ilor and enjoyed u swim. Others felt a return of the vigor of youth and tried tho boats, but were fojrci! to give up after u few strokes with tho oars. Results of Races. For tho races Captain JarviK of the .Spanish -American war veterans acted as starter and Colonel Squires as timer. The results were as follows: CJlrhJ' race over 1'J vcars, Beat rice Boylln Hist and Kdlth vbb second; married women's laco, Mis. Ada Jiurns first and Mrs. K. II. Orager second; boys over 12 years, Tliomas Smith HrsL and Paul Tunwr Heeond; boys under 12 years, llurold Mines first and llorl Cahoon neeond; three-legged rave won by Harold lilacs ;iikI Demand AVllkinson; kIiIh' race under 12 years, Kiuma Lawless llrnl and Moitha Uoylln second; nail driving contest for ladles was won by Mrs. Thomas Slater, with Mrs. Aila liunis a rloso second. So eloso wan the linlsh that had not Colonel Squires hud the ladles draw straws he could not have decided who was winner of Iho contest. con-test. Tlie greatest race of tlie aflernoon was the event run by the old veterans. It was iieeesHury for Starter Jarvls ro call tho runners back several times, us several of the old boys wanted to get away too fast. After Hie races tho oration of tho day was delivered by Jlov. J. 10. Carver of Ogden, who spoke In pari, as follows; "We meet here today to do a twofold two-fold honor. Not alono honor lo tho (lag, but alao the old coats of blue! They cull to us lovingly and rocnll tho debt we owe to each. Wo love to read again the grand Htory of our great nation's banner and of Ha progress. Cod forbid that we Continued on Page Jilcven f 1 . 'H Continut'il from Page Oue. should ever forget tho men who through the storm of shot and battle defended It. "Thero are those who tell us that patriotism Is only sentiment, but In doing so they forget that our lives are largely ruled and controlled by our sentiments and thai. In the trend of the world's history his-tory It has been sentiment that has so often been the power against which no logic could prevail. Sentiment has ever loved some objocl about which It might cluster IIh affection. Wc see it In the Scotch love for the thistle, we sec It In ihe Irish love for the shamrock, wo see It In tho way people select banners to be their standards of loyalty and devotion. devo-tion. . The Roman has tho brazen eagle and the Greek tho letter or a bit of armor, ar-mor, but with the old Norman there came a new standard, tho banner. Strange as It may seom, ours is about the oldest of all tho world's banners, for the flug of England dates In the present form from 1S01, tho French trl-color from 1791. the Spanish Hag from 1787 and the ensigns of Italy and Germany from tho commencement commence-ment of thy present regime. Old Glory Is really older than all, for while our llag Is no older than July I, ISIS, when Peter Blndovor and his committee fixed tho present beauty, and from 1704 to 1818 It had fifteen stripes and stars, yet tho underlying un-derlying principle and Its fundamental spirit were over the same. Unfurled "by Washington. "On January 1, 177G, George Washington Washing-ton unfurled Iho stars and jack from beneath be-neath the Old Cambridge olm. Our banner ban-ner Is a most fit one, because red Is tho color of loyalty and worth, as was tho Imperial purple of the noblest men of Rome. Blue is tho color of fidelity. We got It from the old Covenanters of Scotland Scot-land who fought beneath the blue when they went lo the C'arolinas. They took Iff. H It with them and it was the first Amcrl- .!C H can llag of the Southern patriots. .-H "Wc love our flag, the stars and stripes, x V'f'l because of the intense national spirit It ilh1! has fostered. Let all America remember sJuhl it. Wc are a people whose whole trend M MMM and attempts have been vast and beyond IV IH dreams of others. I ask you, Is it not Dt IH time lhat a larger and broader spirit ;l l should prevail arid that this day of all W Ijl days be celebrated and observed? hi lH "In the presence of the grand men in illfil blue and women who were willing to Yfi MMm say go, I say, God bless you. These men iw-' -l whom they loved best of all marched l MMM away lo bravo death. This of all days is MMM the one when the old llag and tho old Im , H coal of bluo should be together. Oh, may N 1 this land never forgot the loyally, tho w iMMM bravery and courage of those who today il; -1 meet to honor the fiag they so bravely il:'l sustained." if H |