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Show 11 7 - - Beautiful Tribute to the Flag I By Captain Joseph E. Evans Ijhi. foiiowinc. was Hold by I apta i (,o5eph E Evans in p-eFentinc a Una I io Ojf'l?" City on behalf of the Ara-' Ara-' crican Legion, Herman Baker Post o..j, nn ArmiBtice Day: ' "jn June, 1776, a coramitiee of Gen-V. Gen-V. rrJ -.ishinuon. Col. George Ro- and Kobfr' Morris c?)led upon BetS) Rot in Kiperl needle woman and lire , - and aaked nor to makp a flae from I rough draw ip?. n1 fhus was ordained ordain-ed aad established old Glory, n la one! ' of the oldest national flr.es of the world. It is more ihan mere burning and colors; ii is a whole national history. his-tory. It Is the constitution U is the free people that stand in the Rowrn nient on the constitution. The sun never ets on it. for it Hies from otir embassies, legations, consulates the world over. As the sun rises at Porto Rieo it sets at the Philippines It Is 'he banner of dawn; it menus llbertv. It has come to be .respected by all na- tions as representative of a free peo-tit peo-tit Only nrants and the Huns I &i t hated It. Never has it known defeat i and thourh it has led armies and navies nav-ies to victory, yet Its message Is one (; civilization and peace, and today more thati ever Is It carrying a mes BagG ol hope to the world. I "lis white Is the symbol of purity. Clue is the lint of heaven s Justice And red! it is the hue of battle, symbolism sym-bolism of blood, and brighter has that red been made by our blood shed in the recenl war Proudly and victoriously victor-iously has ii been carried b'. the michi aTmy and navy that the nun has err honc upon the arm" and navy of the Stars and stripes forever. We Cherish the highest admiration for that I army, tor Its patience. Its heroism its endurance under almost unimaginable hardships Its unparalleled achie' iuent We sincerely hope that, In the providence of God It may nrer be necessary to assemble another lik" it. It fought and won some of thi- most momentous battles of 'he war. At Chateau Thierry in Flanders field, in the Bfene-Argonne, at jeiieau Wood, wherever oir Boldiers fought, there the Red, White and Blue was triumphant trium-phant And v hen one year ago today our commander-ln chief stood nt Sedan, Se-dan, the German army routed, Iriven back at every important point of contact, con-tact, its lines of eommunlcation cut. its retreat to home territory impossible, impos-sible, the German hirh command then stood confronted with the alternative of utter destruction of its armed forces for-ces in the field or uncondii ional surrender sur-render Thus terminated, in StUpcnd- I cus and gloriou victory, the world war. Dearer to us now a thousandfold Is our flag than before, while glldi with ;hc sunshine of our prosperity and playing with the zephyrs of peace Our heroic and patriotic dead, who Bleep In Flanders field and in th' ?al leys and on the hillsides of France, sanctified and consecrated by heir sacrifice, have mad.' our fiac Immortally Immortal-ly sacred. Let thought of them Increase In-crease our devotion to it May it ever symbolize liberty p.r.d justice and riL'ht eousness! "We tender these colors to Ogden City." |
