| Show J t UNITED ON MEMORIAL DAY r- r I There are not but a few left now of the Blue and the Gray but what stragglers do remain have long since forgotten the supposed enmity they once felt against each other and now stand united in a common one cause nation one government The fratricidal factor between north and south is forgot men who once levelled rifles each at the other now stand one common flag time having healed the wound G. G A. A R. R Veterans are giving and rightfully too place to the American Legion Gray haired old toddlers are much too few in the stress now before all Younger blood is at the helm On May fay all no matter who unite in the one grandest most impressive most solemn occasion occasion- that of paying tribute tribute trib- trib ute to the dead whether of army or in the walks of peace Honest writers say that a man is not great until after he has passed through a great sorrow and the same holds good for nations and this great trial struggle sorrow of brother against brother was for the good of this young and growing nation This year in Delta following a custom o of several years the American Legion will Mem Memorial rial Day Day- with fitting exer- exer Graves of all will be decorated Civil War Veterans Indian Indian In- In dian War Val Veterans Spanish American War V Veterans every and all including of course those who made the supreme supreme- r sacrifice sac sac- sacrifice for the cause of democracy in the World War And with the American Legion will be of course those who lay the wreath at the graveside of f their own dead It is the the most solemn the most sa sacred red day in the e y year year Emotions of the t ere t sentiments cling to that da day more than to any other 1 Ij L |
