Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-05-12

Commander Henry OF the VT. Depart
ment g. A r. has issued an order on the
observance Of Memorial Day which We
publish below:
Comrades: In obedience to National
Orders and regulations; in compliance
with the beautiful custom now happily
established throughout our whole land (;
in recognition OF the fraternal impulses of
our own hearts; and In consonance with
the patriotic feeling accorded the custom
in the past, Monday, the Both day OF May
will be observed as Memorial Day by every
Post of this Department. On that day,
/ impressed with the sacred character of the
duty which it is ours to perform, as we
gather together in the valleys and on the
| hillsides of our beloved state again to
strew with living flowers the quiet rest
ing places of the dead, and over their
stilled hearts to plant once again the nag
for v hieh they lived and hoped and died,
let US carr with us in our hearts a rec
IGNITION and remembrance beyond our
memory of them, even, OF the cause and
principles their valor upheld. Save for
the little mound marked, "For the IN
known Dead" your rarest blossoms and
sweetest flowers, that "If it be given to
those who have passed beyond the grave
to revisit the places most loved by them
on EARTH" that wherever their bodies may
lie, whether by the dark river, in the
dense swamps, or under the sorrowing,
sad and murmuring pines of the South
land, they shall feel that they shall not
have been forgotten. Let our Memorial
service be everywhere given, not as
a perfunctory duty. but as feeling trib-
ute to the silent dead.
Three decades have passed since they |
and we first donnsd the blue. In the viii /
lagos of the dead the little narrow houses
are multiplying rapidly. Soon to other
hands we must give wholly this reveren-
tial duty now in part performed by US.
Let the spirit OF our observance impress
them with the sacred character Of tine
trust.
Call to your aid the willing hearts and
hands of all loyal citizens, giving them a
share in arrangements for the day, first OF
all to the Woman's Relief Corps, that tru
est and staunchest friend OF our order; to
the Sons of Veterans, whose kindredship
unites them so closely with US; the school
in whose hands rests the future
of our land for veal or woe; the frater-
nal orders, whose des less strong only
than those "welded in the fire of battle,o
bind them in brotherhood, and finally, all
hat great concourse of citizenship that
love their land and rejoice that to-day it
ives in its integrity. On the Sabbath pre-
,eding Memorial Day it is the earnest de-
sire OF the Commander that every Post a.
/ body attend divine service, that thus we
nay testify our gratitude to the Great ,
who guided our footsteps ,
through danger and disaster into the sun /,
hine OF victory and peace, and give to !
he communities about us the assurance !
hat our duty during the days of strife is !
by the best OF citizenship !
n time Of peace.
1t is earnestly requested tnat Post Chap |,
aims will be mindful OF their duty, and as \
Don as possible thereafter forward TO the i
department. Chaplain, Rev. j. c. Bodwell :
4 iLyndonville, VT, full report of Me- .
MORTAL Day services, including the atten- q
ance of Comrades, number OF graves 7
ecorated and also reports OF local news q
'apers.
| would commend to the teachers OF !,
ublic schools the setting apart OF some !,
ortion OF the Friday preceding Memorial :
bay to the recitation of patriotic pieces !,
nd such other exercises as will help to =
uild up in the thought OF their pupils !
I'VE and veneration for liberty and union. r