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Show WEIL MAY NATION HONOR THE LIVING AND DEAD HEROES Motives of patriotism. Motives of ral Americanism. Motives -.if dl-vino dl-vino Justice and truth actuated the soldier bay's of this great CMl war. Greater motives for the 'conduct of life no man hath ever known. Because Be-cause of things it Is well that wo cp!c. Iran bra to Memorial day. Weil I'.f.t it; strew flow-'iB on grave of our heroic, departed dead Wh that wo it-st blossoms of sprlngtl'.na upon river's wave and ocean's turbulent tide. Well that whllo honoring the departed we also cherish the living, letting them know that wo appreciate tho work they did and the united country they have given us as our horltago. Silently and slowly, slowly and silently, si-lently, the years are passing. Soon all of tho boys in bluo will bo resting rest-ing on Fame's eternal camping 'ground. Twenty years from now, so inpldly are the old soldiers, going that there will be only a few, a very few, of them left. While they still linger with us, let uB not bo ashamed asham-ed to tell them that we appreciate tl'Clr devotion to country ana to Us Ideals. Let us counsel with them, knowing that from them wo may lsarn valuable Icseoiis lessons that If learned will do us nil good nnd mnko us of worth to oncoming gen-emtlons. TO Us 1110 bierliui M;il a "- volously fertllo and wonderful country. coun-try. A country that can nupply tho nations of tho world with nil manner of products, a country that Is wonderful won-derful in domain, progress and personality. per-sonality. It Is our country. Ours In which to Uvo. Ours to. make clean and spotless. Ours to die for If U needs bo. From tho fathers wo received It. To our children w shall give It. As It came to us from the fathers better bet-ter because of their heroisms God gront that because of our determination determina-tion It Bhall bo even better as wo pass It on to our children, It will bo a better country If, learning anew tho meaning of tho Hag and this Me-rQO"rl Me-rQO"rl Day, wo Uvo nobly and moro truly" each amf every day" sco'.tlng to emulate tho spirit of those, who Bive of their all that thert might be a land of Freedom perpetual and Liberty Lib-erty foreverrnoro. Wo honor tho men who made Mo-morlal Mo-morlal Day posslblo when wo walk In thorr footstops and- through a worthful Ufo evermore, Join In telling tell-ing tho story of Old Glory. |