Show Query Posed About No Flags Program On Memorial Day The following letter fetter dated June 3 1962 has been received ed from Mrs Jess R R. Jensen 1621 Princeton Ave Salt Lake City 15 Editor Ephraim Enterprise Dear Sir As a former resident of Ephraim I returned on Memorial MemorIal Memorial Mem Mem- orial Day to visit the graves of my parents Jacob and Caroline Caroline Car Car- oline Dorius Peterson my sis sisters sisters sisters sis sis- and brothers who are buried there I noted with dismay the absence of the American flag from the pole also saw no flags upon the streets and andon andon andon on very few homes I wondered what had hap hap- to our patriotism and who was at fault for this gross neglect I was told told- that there is rot Toot now an active American Legion post in Ephraim but surely city officials have a duty duly of this sort There was no ceremony prayer or music either which is rare for Ephraim The flag for cemetery flag flagpole flagpole flagpole pole was taken from the casket casket casket cas cas- ket of my brother Kimball Peterson who was killed in France in World War I I. I It was presented in his honor to the American Legion in Ephraim Its purpose was to eliminate the purchase a and n d placing of small flags on the graves of the men who died in all wars as had been done in past years ears and to be flown on oh Memorial Day and related occasions to do them honor Our national emblem gives us many privileges but also cx exacts duties Please print this in your next issue of the Enterprise hoping it will awaken in the fine people of Ephraim their desire to rectify this over over- sight May those men who died that we may have life and and freedom and who are burled buried in the Park Cemetery not have died in vain |