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Show The Message of the Unknown Soldier N.me'ess I I her. where patriot hand.-bore hand.-bore me from the field, of battle to my homeland, home-land, and floer. today are being gently and reverently laH bp patriot hand, upon the sod .bove me W thin the shadows of peace that now unfold me there are many nameless on.s and they walk " proudly and with as g.or.ous memories as the shades of those whose names .re emblazoned with their deeds in monumental stone Fo. there is neither caste nor station .mcng the dead who died for duty, in the cause of humanity, at the call of one's country coun-try We are of the equal brotherhood of the greatest love fo, "greater love hath -o man than this, that . man lay down his life for his friends." Nameless I lie here, and so 1 know that 't not the impulses of ordinary human love, o. of family ties. o. of friendship's bonds, that prompt the hearts of those who come today with flowers to remind us that the unknown dead have no. been forgotten The love that speaks in these remembrances, we who died lo, it know, is one that far transcends the AAH&'AA&i&sA-' . , -. i A Every year thousands Journey to Arlington National cemetery Armistice day to say a silent prayer at the tomb of America's Unknown Soldier. natural affections that find their fullest truition within the homes of our country. It is a love that speaks in clear, unselfish, sacrificial recognition rec-ognition of that greater love which, breaking at) ties, has gone forth from time immemorial to pay "the last full measure of devotion" in protection of humanity's homes and in defense of humanity's homelands. It is a love that is rooted in the oil of one's native land, voiced in its patriotism, symbolized in its flag. It s typf.ed, tco, in the graves where the nameless soldiers sleep, unmourned by hi in or kin, yet remembered in that transcendent love of country coun-try which they shared and for which they treely paid the tribute of their lives. So, from the peace that passeth the understanding un-derstanding of a world of strife, let our voices be heard. Let peace on earth be still the aim of councillors and statesmen, but may you never ce?.se to cherish, with zealous watchfulness, watch-fulness, the spirit that will st?.nd ready, when called upon, to preserve your liberties, to make a haven for the oppressed, to keep secure the nation that protects your homes. |