Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-11-11 | Page 4 | Armistice Day

I ARMISTICE DAY TODAY TODAY ODAY bands Lands play play veterans march and the 1 streets are bedecked with flags It all recalls recalls recalls re re- re- re calls the eventful and dramatic hour when the thc thelast last shot was fired on on n November 11 1918 to signalize the tIle end d of tho the World war It is s a n aday aday nI I day of cel celebration as ns it should be bc but more I than that it is a fit thing that we take an nn I inventory in of our civilization as we pay the I honor lionor due to those who bore the tile brunt of the i conflict in iii the theater of action Reme Remembering that a n whole people sacrificed sacrificed fi ed and suffered in order that American I ideals might be upheld and defended nevertheless nevertheless never never- I tl eless Armistice day belongs to the men ien who i vp wore e army rm navy and marine corps carps uniforms uniforms' during the the- war the war and to the brave and valorous women wom n who ho served with jUt them gallantly and devotedly d There is s no no need to multiply words e expressive of the gratitude of the nation for their p patriotism and aM courage These can cnn never be forgotten But we WC shall b bo be grossly remiss if we fail in these days of stress to strive to preserve and ami foster the traditions and in tuti defense of which Americas America's youth offered their all on faraway battlefields elds In unending reiteration we we are arc told that the allied victory allied victory was i in vain that the war ended but was wag not won that it only sowed the seeds of fu further conflict to come T at is js not the American spirit of the past a n spirit which would not admit the possibility possibility pos pos- of defeat We Ye arc are told that we are still at war var at war against n a monster r as grim grimas grimI that ever stalked on a a. battleground I t as as an any It a mere metaphor to to- devitalize us t to un- un purpose and cOUl courage get Ve arc are not at war unless iti it is against ourselves What we are doing is b building for ourselves and for future generations If we wed d dp not build as well wen as our forerunners built for us those who come coma after ter us well may may- wonder what impelled us to accept defeat to throw away the priceless inheritance left in our hands by those whose lives and struggles m made de the nation over which they proudly t hoisted the tho flag ve we salute this day are arc to make that salute meaningful we must consecrate all Il that we are aro and all that that- we have to pass on to posterity not the remnant of our own o heritage but that that- henS herit heri- heri S t tago go added upon If on this Armistice day we catch the significance of our national destiny destiny destiny des des- tiny hot t only to perpetuate humane and aul de democratic dem lern- n government for generations to follow ait after r us but to carry its ideals ideals' int into into- every every quarter of the world and if jf f we dete determine to press pres on without faltering we shall then n nat attest attest attest at at- test that we are grat grateful fril to the nations nation's defenders defenders defenders de de- de- de fenders and establish that those who made the supreme sacrifice for their country countr on the batt battlefields fields of f Francs France did not die in vain