Show M or i a to guv douey ea ing I 1 A 4 4 N 1 I rt 11 ni X I 1 PH by ELMO SCOTT WATSON AY 30 Is the day when america honors her warrior dead on that day we decorate their graves with flowers as RS our tribute of love and respect for those who gave the r lives for their country but th a annual observance Is not the only evidence of america a gratitude to her heroic sons and daughters since the world war there have been erected in every part of the country memorials of various kinds which recall not on just one day dar of the year but on every day the service of J those who perished during the great conflict of 1914 1918 some one has remarked recently that the realistic tefter of our day has affected war memorials in such a way 6 s to conn concert ert the memorial to the dead into a benefaction for the living and in its modern tendency the war memorial movement has become a source of constructive effort by which the spirit of dedica tion Is mobilized to produce works of dumani tarlan educational and rational value among these works of humanitarian edu rational cat lonal ional and inspirational value may be listed dome of the state memorials which have already been erected or which are now in the process of construction or are planned but as yet not brought into being outstanding among these projects erected by the citizens of the state as a whole Is the new state capitol at lincoln neb the words which are engraved upon its cornerstone tell its purpose the capitol of nebraska dedicated to the memory of those who fell rell in the service of their country the building Is in the form of an exact square of which each face Is feet long lon ng the terraces the greater part of le the exterior Is rather low broken at the center of each elde side by a somewhat ji gher mass each of which Is the termination of a cross shaped structure from the center of which rises a great tower 60 80 feet square and feet high from the ground to the top of the figure on the dome another state memorial on a mil magnificent scale ie in the indiana IN orld war memorial project in indianapolis which however will be dedicated to the sole purpose of commemoration the main building stands in a plazi which Is J spread down like a long strip of carpet through gh the city and whose pattern Is to be worked out in lawns flower beds and clusters of shrub bery although nebraska and indiana thus far have the memorials of ng magnificence oth er states have projects of various kinds either under way ray or already completed to honor the memory of their sons alabama has provided for a commission an theorized zed to adopt plans for a memorial the state to appropriate 50 conditioned upon the raising of by private bunions arkansas has given up its old state capitol and grounds and designated them as the arkansas state war memorial to be used by the ameri can legion of the state although cal fornia has no state memorial san francisco has a memorial project under way the main features around an ambitious memorial court are to be an opera house a museum of fine arts and the memorial building in idaho the memorial has taken the form of a large armory and gymnasium in the varsity of idaho in th s building there Is a bronze tablet on which Is inscribed the names of all idaho men who lost their lives in service illinois has a similar memorial in the form of the great stadium at the universo ty of illinois dedicated to the memory of the illino who died in france and in the illinois metropolis achl cago plans are under way for a magnificent monument i kentucky with the aid of popular subscript sub scrip tion has erected a memorial build ng on the grounds of the universo ty of kentucky at lex ington and the city of louisville has also erect ed a memorial building the state of maryland and the city of baiel more have combined to provide a structure that Is unique in many respects a magn f fluent memorial hall the main floor of which Is devoted to honoring the soldier dead it contains in scribed on the walls the names of the battles in wh ch maryland troops were engaged and the names of maryland s war dead the massachusetts memorial illustrated above Is in the form of a huge lighthouse in keeping with those structures which act as bea cons along its stern and rock bound coast in missouri the memorials take several forms borne some are monuments some are arches some V wa A IC A y f M 5 I 1 the indiana memorial world war shrine which Is being erected in indianapolis it Is feet high and has a base of by feet 2 the war heroes memorial in kansas city mo 3 the missouri state memorial at cheppy chappy france the first of its kind on a world war battlefield batt lefeld the statue of victory overlooks the ruins of the town where so many soldiers of the thirty fifth and eighty ninth divisions main ly missouri mn m n were killed in chang ng ma chine gun nests on these heights 4 the new nebraska Neo Nea state cap tol which Is dedicated to the memory of the nebraska men who lost their lives in the world war 5 model of the mas massachusetts achu war memorial which vill will be erected on the t of mt greylock the h chest po nt in th state 3 feet above sea level the memorial will be 93 feet high and the ball of I 1 at the top will be 10 feet in d ameter are parks the memorial law there pr provides oides that the state appropriate a sum equal to that raised by any county up to 1000 for the pur pose of providing county memorials two missouri cities have made interesting intel esting adaptations of the memorial idea st louis has a memorial plaza around which will be grouped the memorial buil I 1 ng a municipal 0 aud and corium and the civil courthouse the isaisas city memorial me moral is one of the most characteristically american of all of the new monuments its dominant note is a tall tower lifting from a great s sheep beep of terrace along the north s de of which runs a stone wall richly carved with historic figures the tower set between two coed oed buildings has the appear ance of a fluted column four rounded p ers which form it soar aloft in Ln unbroken broken line and on the t bear an altar of sacrifice in nevada the memorial movement has led to the erection of the heroes memorial bu id ing which houses the state highway department the state engineers department and head for various es ex service men s organ lations new jersey has provided for a france memo rial commission of five members to be appo anted by the governor this commission is required to consult with the united states cattle battle ments commission as to the feasibility of erect ing a memorial in france new mexico Is still engaged in an effort to construct a memorial hall and other bu edings in the name of its war dead at the loo sess on of the legislature an appropriation was as made for the purpose of foun founding ling by way of a R war ar memorial a state library of general scope aa as distinguished from the present state law library in new york steps have been taken to create a temporary state commission to select a proper site for the erection of a memorial and prepare preliminary plans and estimates of cost north carolina has provided for a memorial build ng commission and ohio has appropriated for erection of two memorials to corn com me the achievements of the tl TI airty sev anth d vision which was composed largely of ohio national guard troops 0 it of this ampro privation pria tion a memorial bridge was erected over the river at eyne balg urn um in the rebuilt village of montfaucon Mont faucon france a hosi hosl tal has been built there Is also in contemplation a memorial to be erected in hatton II atton chattel france for the ohio brigade of artillery within the state itself the memorial movement has tab tak en the form 0 a statue in tl ti e state capital an eight andone and one half foot figure of a typical amer lean soldier cast in bronze in oklahoma the demor il if spirit Is reflected in several hosp MIS ind a half in 11 II on dollar state historical build ng A large sta hum lium and athletic field are also in contemplation A pub lie spirited citizen recently gave 10 for a mural decoration in the capitol this con bains the names of all the oklahomans who made the supreme sacrifice the prinell al men rial in oregon is a court of honor built on the campus at the university of oregon in honor of the men who left their clashes classes for the battlefields the tennessee inar W ar mamaril demor al in nashville has been incorporated in tl U e group of capitol buildings and stands on what is now called vie vic tory square its portico eci of double doric col dumns opens into an uncovered court orom born wh ch eh bronze doors leid into an aud and corium on one s de and state offices on the other As in illinois a memorial stid st id urn um at the university of texas recalls the sacrifice of the youth of the lone stir state virginia has provided ded for the creation of a war memorial commiss on which hieb is to consider the erection of a memorial of a monumental or non utilitarian type the commission has rec mended om a carillon to be erected on the grounds of the state capitol at richmond washington has authorized the construction of a memorial on the state capitol grounds and appropriated for that purpose and at the university of Washington there is a memo rial way a boulevard I 1 ned with a double ave nue of trees at the entrance of which are pylons accentuating the official entrance to the campus wisconsin as part of its demor al program has constructed a state hosi hosn tal for veterans at a cost of 1 50 also a state institution for the treatment treat men t of shell shocked cases it has lik likewise eNise provided a rehabilitation fund for needy veterans and an educational fund for those whose chose studies had been interrupted by war 0 by western newspaper union if tte n L M ait asli bif jf |