Show aal a lute te f for ole soldier 0 die r dead 4 1 1 1 wa va P a i if tap U al W s s day Is an occasion aa of various aspects and it tf L may be approached from many different psychological L angles A day of war it brings to mind the horror of fields of carnage the imagination conjures up brave armies locked in struggle battling for sacred national ideals willingly offering all that men may give that those ideals ideal may survive and pi osper the broken earth the tortured sky the of shells the rattle of musketry in repeated volleys the cries of the wounded and dying all these terrible sights algots and sounds are represented in the tragic picture fearsome to ponder but over them canceling them runs the thought of the heroism they imply the grandeur of the sacrifice they entail A day of peace it likewise prompts renewed thanksgiving for the security wreath of flowers for the dead soldiers soldier in france harmony and freedom which the dead have earned tor for the living the hearth heart conscious of the debt throbs with ac of the benefaction which they have bestowed the he blessing which they aey have conferred and the mind blind no less aware of the obligation soberly faces the problem of preventing further armed strife of banishing fratricidal conflict from the world A day of patriotism it challenges the attention for its demand upon each citizen its implied prescription that each individual career shall be of use and value to the national welfare perhaps it la Is in this regard that it has most compelling signi significance fleance it sum chions the rank and file of the land to labor and the to in obedience to the tio noblest blest of ideals A day of mourning it calls for sorrow for the lost but a day of joy it promotes exultation in the knowledge that when need was for immolation there were men courageous enough und gallant enough to respond Abo above all a day of consecration a day of prayer a day to pledge renewed allegiance it gives opportunity for the expression of brotherhood and love for living and dead alike |