| Show MEMORIAL DAY saturday will be Ale memorial morial day a holiday decreed long ago by the congress of the united states for the purpose of impressing upon tile the people the sacred duty of remembering the valorous deeds of the blues and grays luring during the civil war since that time the star spangled banner was carried in front of our soldiers in other wars and always it was kept waving ing unstained over this glorious land of the free and the home of the brave the noble deeds which were performed by our boys in the world war increased the duty of maintaining the memmy in all its beauty and hallowed sentiment and richfield and surrounding communities will not be found lacking in paying tribute to those who were ready to sacrifice and did sacrifice their life blood for the country it is a happy coincidence that just at I 1 memorial Ale morial day time ac activities tivi of the american legion were revived in our county this organization was formed among other purposes for tile the one to keep sacred and inviolable the mamorv of our heroes the boys who took the reins in hand to lead the survivors towards that goal are to be congratulated and it is hoped that they will succeed in maintaining i ta that memory and the coun arys patriotic spirit |
