Iron County Record | 1905-06-09 | Page 7 | Memorial Day

Memorial Day, She saw the bayonets flashing In the sun, Tho llass that proudly waved; she heard the bugles calling, Bho saw the tattered banners falling About tho broken staffs, as ono by one The remnant of the mighty army passed: And at tho last Flowers for the graves of those whose fight was done. She heard the tramping of ten thousand feet i As tho long lino swept round tho crowded square: She heard the Incessant hum That tilled the warm with blossom-scented nlr ii i i The shrilling fife, tho roll and throb of drum, , "" " The happy laugh, the cheery Oh, glorious and meet To honor thus the dead r r Who chose tho better part, ,. And for tholr country bledl" -The dendl Great c odj Bho, stood thero In tho street. Living, yet dead In Boul.land mind, and heart "While far away , , His gravo -was decked with flowers by strangers hands Jo-duy. nicliard 'Watson Gilder.