Show MEMORIAL OR OE decoration DAY by E F K SMITH memorial day as may was first designated and as decoration day is still termed in eastern states was waa first set aside tor for vie the commemorating the services of 0 the soldiers and sailors who sacrificed their lives during the civil war for cor the cuse cause of the north later the day was observed alike alak for the blue and the grey speeches pro sessions cessions ces cess lons in uniform and a recounting of brave deeds of those heroes by comrada who had ought fought by their side bide and of whom very few are left to tell the tales as eye witnesses of 0 the horrors and hero isms iams ot of the war ot of brother against brother were more prominent 40 and 50 years ago none of the civil war martyrs rest in our cemeteries although a few of its veterans are burled buried here but the day is as is truly observed now as ot of old it is 13 a public memorial lay day w whan ben the last resting places of all that was mortal of our dear departed ones are visited set in order beautified and decorated it Is herle acre that mat we most keenly feel that only the casket we laid in the grave that the present is yet quivering with the spirit that once animated their loved forms form s when we realize that their footprints in the sands of time strewn along oui pathway will ever ever be b visible land marks for us As we lay our tributes of love upon these sacred mounds we try to pierce the shadowy mists between them and us how we ime water trim and coax our house plants into bio bloom am how many hands are busy fash lonin flowers to be taken to different places on may 30 |