Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-05-16
MEMORIAL DAY.

. Department Commander, Hugh
enry of Vermont has issued the fol-
bWing order in reference to the OBJ
efvance of Memorial Day which will
|btnmend itself to all:
Chester, IT., April p, 1892.
/ Comrades: In obedience to Nation
I'M Orders and regulations; in compli-
|nce with the beautiful custom now
Rppily established itlEoughout our
#hole land: : the fro
&rnal imp
|hd in con So ~
4eling a, .s4ded the Gus 6m9 in The
|hst, Mo - the 3Oth day of May,
Ell be as Memorial Day by
.Nery Pos n i is Department. On
Hat day, impressed with the sacred
haracter of this duty which it is ours
NJ perform, as we gather together. in
|1e valleys and on the hillsides of our
|eloved state again to streW with liv-
ng flowers the quiet resting places of
be dead, and over their stilled hearts
D plant once again the flag for which
hey lived and hoped and died, let US
larry with us in remembrance beyond
! ur memory of them, even, of the
ERuse and principles their valor up
&eld. Save for the little mound mark
III, "For the Unknown Dead" your
|arest blossoms and sweetest flowers,
hat eff it be given to those who have
<hssed beyond the grave to revisit
me places most loved by them on
|Rrth," that wherever their bodies
nay lie, whether by the dark river, in
he dense sWamps, or under the SOr-
owing, sad and murmuring pines of
he Southland, they shall feel that
hey shall not have been forgotten.
Let our Memorial service be every
Fhere given, not as a perfunctory
|hty, but as feeling tribute to the
|lent dead.
Il Three decades have passed since we
frst donned the blue. In the villages
"a the dead the little houses multiply
|hg rapidly. Soon to other hands we
bust give wholly this reverential duty
low in part performed by us. Let the
[pirit of our observance impress them
nth the sacred character Of the trust.
A Call to your aid the willing hearts
ind hands of all loyal citizens, giving
hem share in arrangements for the
) ay, first of all to the Woman's Relief
Corps, that truest and staunchest
Friend of our order; to the Sons of
Veterans, whose kindredship unites
them so closely with us; the school
children in whose hands rests the fu-
] <nre of our land for veal or woe; the
|raternal orders, whose ties less strong
bnly than those ''weIded in the fire of
battle," bind them in brotherhood,
Ind finally, all that great concourse
bf citizenship that love their land and
tejoice that to-day it lives in it's in
Fegrity. On the Sabbath preceding
Memorial Day it is the earnest desire
bf the Commander that every Post as
\ body attend divine service, that thus
\ NFe may testify our gratitude to the
Freat Commander who guided our
footsteps through danger and disaster
ntO the sunshine of victory and peace
hnd give to the communities about us
he assurance that our duty during
the days of strife is supplemented by
the best of citizenship in time OF
peace.
| would commend to the teachers OF
public schools the setting apart OF
some portion of the Friday preceding
Memorial Day to the recitation OF
patriotic pieces and such other exer-
tises as will help to build up in the
Thought of their pupils love and ven
eration for liberty and union By
Command of HUGH HENRY,
Department Commander.