The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-05-28
GRAND ARMY DAY.
IT SHOULD BE APPROPRIATELY OBJ
SERVED BY ALL.
THE SCENES or DArs LoSo aoSE
WILL COME BEFORE con-.
RADEs or TODAY.

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the Piedmont Herald as follows:
May the ,30th. Is Decoration Day.
To one class OF our citizens no other
day in the year brings such hallowed
memories. The scenes Of other days
long gone come wildly before them.
The faces and forms Of those long lost
sight Of rise in the dim mist Of tho past
and pass in review life like as in days
Of yore. New faces have come and
gone since then. New occupations
have crowded ont the ways and doings
Of those busy days, but with all this il
is impossible to efface the memory Of
the panoramic scenes Of time that
crowded the canvas Of the shifting
years, aud left their impress as indel-i
IDLE as the human mind itself. Annu-
ally the few surviving participants Of
that struggling solemn march TO some
Getty Of the Dead and wreathe with
garlands the mounds that cover d
former comrade-in-arms, and rehearse
with each other the deeds that won the
victories Of the nation, and made more
perfect the Union Of States. 7
As the years 90 BY the number les
sens in the march, while the flags and
flowers that mark the resting places 81
those whose warfare is over multiply.
Soon some other hand must carry the
flag and strew the flowers. Some 9TH
or voice must give utterance to the
service for the dead, and other listen
ers stand before the orator. While
there yet remains among US survivors
Of that combat let us show our appre-
citation Of their devotion to the flag Of
the free, and honor at the same time
! the memory Of those who fell during
the progress Of the strife, orhave since
laid themselves down to rest from the
tolls Of life. In no better or more ap-
lpropriate way can we show this honor
and appreciation than by d most gen.
erous and cheerful observance Of Dec
oration Day. It is tho nation TIES
tival Of the Dead All should part,c-
iipate in its celebration. No spot in all
this broad land Of ours is exempt from
the blessings that come from united
people.
The outcome Of that trial or arms
makes US nation prosperous beyond
lall conceptions Of those that moved
amid the scenes Of the struggle, or in
debate that precipitated it. We owe
. debt Of gratitude for sturdy faithful
ness. Let Us pay it. Principle. was
at stake. Honor was not sacrificed.
Even those who wore the gray, as well
as those who wore the blue, acted
from aiconviction Of duty. Hence the
struggle was bitter, and contested
with all the spirit Of ferceness that
moves one conscious Of the rectitude
Of his intentions. We can. afford to
cover alike the graves Of both those
who carried the stripes or the Isbars''
honoring ourselves as we homer their
memories. There is no reason why the |
celebration in Piedmont and Western
port on the 30th, inst. should not sur
pass anything Of the kind ever held
heretofore. II we all enter into the |
spirit of the occasion we can make it |
an assured success.
All the flowers that can be spared
should be generously given. Every
soldiers mound in our cemeteries
should be covered with the rose and
the vine. From every dwelling and
store-house in the two towns should
float the stars and stripes that day.
Business should be suspended during
the hours Of the service. Societies
and organizations mot forgetting the
school children) should join the old
soldiers in the procession to the ceme-
terry. Oar citizens, men and women
both, should attend the open exercises
following the strewing of the flowers. 4
The orator Of the day should be greet
ID by the great majority Of our peo-
pie, coming to listen to his remarks,
Ind thus show their interest in his
risit, and reward him for his kindness.
We should have most successful cele- \
,ration this year. Let us get ready
or it at once.