Show BECOMING FEWER EACH YEAR YEAH ANOTHER memorial day has passed into history the patriotic men and women ot of the states which furnished furnished the great army of blue from 1861 to 1865 have again bowed their heads in homage to the heroes of a rapidly vanishing generation and in ac of the tremendous sacrifices made that the republic might live each year there are fewer of the grizzled veterans in the line of march but the spirit la Is as strong as ever and memorial day will be observed so long as there are patriotic hearts in america the younger veterans are beginning to step into the ranks to bolster up the wavering line of blue the soldiers of the war with spain and the ays boys of the great world struggle are coming forward to see that memorial day shall continue to bea holiday of american patriotism the grand army of the republic has rendered a priceless service to the nation first in saving the nation and then by its example instilling into the hearts of the younger generation an abiding love in the country and a faith in its institutions and its ideals it Is not only proper but essential that the work be continued |