Show decoration DAY THINNER and thinner grow the ranks of that once vast army that chati wore the uniform ot of blue bine and once more as the day arrives on which this nation bows in tribute to them twe to see the wide gaps in their ranks more than halt half a century has passed I 1 since they went forth to defend the I 1 I 1 i same starry flag we once unfurl above the heads beads of the living and once again drape about the silent mounds that shield the dead and the years that havo have passed since the day they marched arched in forth with youthful hearts to defend that flag 1 j have served to head all wounds band and scars bears and to unite all sections into I 1 the grandest and most glorious country the world has ever known residents of park city come to decoration day with loving tears tor for not only the men who wore the blue but with loving ace of those who are now our brothers even though they fought tor for s a lost cause their sons have shown themselves of our blood and today an on the fields of france and in every cemetery in this nation the tha sons of 0 both the men who wore the blue and the tha men who wore abe he gray sleep silently sloe side by side after laying down their lives tor for the same cause they fought tor for the nation they loved and they are loved by that nation because they were big enough to forget sectional lines and political differences so we come again to pay homage to our soldier dead to show them they are not forgotten and that their service to mankind shall never perish from the minds of this generation and all generations to come they payer paver the way for a nation to emul emulate I 1 they made it possible tor for us ns to live in and to enjoy peace and plenty and tor for this we return out sincere thanks with a cheer tor for those who still remain and a tear tor for those who have passed on and with a renewal of our pledge to uphold the flag and the constitution they sacrificed tor for a flag that has never touched the ground and a constitution that has never knonk dishonor |