Show PREPARING FOR MEMORIA Xi DAY nor shall your glory la be forgot while fame her record keeps or honor points the hallowed spot where there valor proudly sleeps I 1 already the spirit of memorial I 1 day takes tangible form in preparations for honor and reverence to the nations soldier dead surviving veterans of 61 approach the occasion with deeper devotion as a s their summons to join the innumerable caravan grows nearer mounting years and graying locks bring an added significance of the day to those who served in 98 the men of 1917 propose to make it more than ever a tribute of flowers chief among their offerings to he be the poppy symbolical of the ravaged fields of france and flanders every man who has borne arms or endured sacrifice for his country on land or sea stirs at the remembrance of fallen or departed comrades and joins gratefully in the requiem the flowering of national sentiment is expressed by the blossoms laid upon heroes graves when lien a country of people voluntarily stops the greater portion of its normal activities puts aside strife and strivings the a ani ni masities mosi ties and differences between individuals divi dividu duals ils in order to devote a day of respect to the men who died and the men who were willing to ile die in its service the conviction becomes strong that the feet 0 of civilization are firmly planted that the light or of a i higher destiny beckons and is heing being followed the inauguration of I 1 memorial day sprang from a motive of 0 the purest unselfishness and its recurrences signalize the growth of that attribute in american character the 1923 occasion will be more important and more widely observed than any of its predecessors the reaper is preparing for the memorial day issue on may 30 some special features in verse st stories orles special articles by a wealth of drawings and pictures features that cannot fall fail to please the veterans of all our wars the relatives and friends of the departed and every other member of that great and increasing body of the public interested in doing honor to the nations most sacred dead I 1 |