Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-11-11 | Page 5 | Dr. James I. Vance

Dr. James I. Vance Qn the .Mall, between the capltol: and the w hite House, on ft site granted grant-ed by congress, the people of America Ameri-ca are lo erect the National Victory memorial butldlnc, 10 commemorate the services and sacrifices of the ATnerlcani vthit helped to win the World War. The plans for this noble buHdlng h. -ue 1.MMI s.le tid hy the National! Pine txts v from large num-, her submitted bj the foremost American Amer-ican archlfcectsi iln. Memorial win contain one of the largest auditoriums in the world, ha .inx a Seating capncity of 7 5Ui besides be-sides n number of smaller halls. Bv-j ery stale and tiiitoi will ha- i- own eh.- rnbex and the letfdinB patriot Ran. tatlonS Will be provided With Headquarters in the building The building is not only to bo erected, erect-ed, but endowed, thai its adequate maintenance shall b guaranteed for all llnu- to come, the funds being rais- .,i i. state appropriations, suoscrip.-tions suoscrip.-tions from organizations having an honor roll, and Individual gifts. The Vi' lory Memorial building should make an Irresistible appeal to tin- people Of America. Surely we i. innoi do toj much to honor the merino and herald the heroism of the American soldiers in the World War, The storj ": what thes did Is a chaptsi "i undying fame, and will enrich en-rich the annals of this nation as long ar. ihe flag files. They cut' ri d the conflh t at its su-preme su-preme crisis and tin y i nured with such daring, they fought with such skill and courage, t h- died with such abandon, that from the day th StArs u:d Slrlins appeared among the colors col-ors ol the allies, the doom Of Teuton aggression w.,; sealed. i am i. o1. unmindful of th magnificent magnif-icent valor the Preneh had shown; nor of the was during thus.- long, hard years, the British bore the brunt of the battle! vineries has only cheers' for lis brave allies, h is honor enough th.v the soldiers we sent overseas fought so well as to prove themselves not unworthy of a Place in that gloi-lous gloi-lous line But It Is oni-s to keen ilive tin stor of Anglican arms. II Is our hl;;h privilege i" himi down to generations i hat ars to come the otorj of the glory of the men of this generation . who served ami sacrificed who fpughl and died ,to kej p freedom alive in the ea; th. This Is what the VJotOrj Memorial Mem-orial on the At a 1 1 at Washington will do. Even if v. e eould. it will not let us forge'. And Ihe sight of It will Ore the tieai i with the flame of true Americanism.