| Show decoration PAY DAY when the civil war was over the day of may was set aside as a legal holiday to bo be celebrated by decorating with flowers the graves of 0 those who lost their lives in the war who made their supreme sacrifice for tho the cause of making the union of all the states of our glorious country safe and inseparable for all times to come more than half a century has gone since decoration day was celebrated for the first time but still we devote the day to remember and to honor the heroes who fought and died tor for an unified country and in the course of 0 years the pious custom of 0 decorating the graves was generalized and the day clay in our times is devoted to the memory of our beloved dead in general and again decoration day is coming and tho the day of oc may being sunday memorial day will be observed on 3 monday the it will be observed all over tho the country and if there was any danger that the many years gone might let us forget and might make us less prone to set aside a day for remembering this danger is passed the world war and the influenza epidemic afflicted us so badly so many of our beloved ones were laid to a final rest dur ing the last two years so many new wounds make our hearts bleed that more people than ever will mournfully remember and decoration day will be 0 of a higher significance than ever may lay the observance of the day console those who mourn t |
