Show nations greatest 1 holiday forty one years ago this spring grant and sherman at the head of the two great armies of the union were pre paring for their master campaigns the one against richmond the other through georgia to the sea which were to crush all resistance and bring war to an end on memorial day bome of the survivors of the men that formed those two armies will be among the veterans who march in parade in honor of the country s sol dier dead but their numbers will be few and their feeble steps will point all too surely to the early coming of the time when the veterans of the civil war will march no more memorial day will be retained forever by this nation as one of its great holl days it is the fourth in historical or der in the series of our great celebia alons christmas lay Is the of our religion and civilization ing day hai g back to our forefathers who brought tedi hiyi l biot 0 a nw world independence day celebrates he birth of our nation memorial dav celebrates the preservation of the na tion and as well the sacrifice of its pre servers the other national holidays must be content with lesser rank those of the younger generation will never know a year go by in their lives without its memorial day but long be fore their mature years have come they will have lost forever the opportunity to watch ranks of veterans file past at the center of the celebration boys and girls have their place along the line of hats off boys out with bouy handkerchiefs girls the veterans deserve your cheers |