Show fhe Lesson of Valley Forge president nt Hoovers Hoover's address to the Ration Nation on Memorial Day brings out outI Tn ini I strong light the lesson of Valley Forge Forge No one reading or hearing address will ever er forget foret Valley t that hat Forge gorge Forge and amI hallows some of noblest qualities of the human race the he It It was the Gethsemane of Washing washing- Washington ton and his ra ragged ed patriots At that the fortunes of the Revolution Re P place lace at their lowest ebb Man and nature nature na na- h were ere ture hue ture seemed to conspire against the forlorn band which dr dreamed amed of creatIng creating creating creat creat- ing Ing an nn Independent and free nation Nothing was left in their armory but buti i faith and fortitude By the power of the the spirit they f faced ced and conquered nearly nearly every ill that could assail the body boch body and discourage e ethe the soul No outer aid or Inspiration was given ien to them In the form of or martial pomp foreign help or comfortable sec security rity They shivered starved star and suffered one ne shock of disappointment nt and adversity adversity ad ad- after another until they were reduced to the extremity of baring barin their own hearts as shields against the the of death k Nowhere in the annals of humanity la is Is there a more glorious exa example of the triumph of the will over o adver adver- sity The hearts that were bared at Valley alley Forge were fixed by faith and steeled by All odes and hymns hymns hy hy- glorifying the unconquerable will ot of man facing fearful odds odds' and buffeted bur bur- buffeted feted by fate and circumstance are applicable to the heroes of Y Valley ey 1 Forge Every American who cherishes the story of his fathers is indebted d to President President Hoover for emphasizing the lesson of Valley Vaney Forge No American can can ponder the lesson without plucking plucking pluck pluck- ing up courage and refreshing refreshing- his faith In America and its institutions This Ration Nation is ba pas based ed upon external foundations and its structures structure are cemented with patriotic blood rhe The foundation can rot riot be moved while God reigns nor can the structures be destroyed so so 0 lon long as Americans inherit the qualifies quail quail- fies ties es of the men of Valley Forge Let i ithe the the storms come l let t the heathen rage let let foreign Intrigue do its worse worse Val Valley Val Val- ley Forge spells the doom of every ery assault assault as as- sault upon the lif life of the United k States i When the skies darken darken and and storms storms blow Mow when adversity and disappointment disappointment disappoint- disappoint ment strike at the heart it is then that Ameri Americans ans draw most comfort and andins ins inspiration from tile the field of Valley Forge large |