New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-06-03
Cheers for the Living;
Tears for the Dead.
Memorial Day is Appropriately Observed
in New Ulm.
Hundreds Participate in the Parade; Hun
dreds Listen to Thoughtful Speeches.
Graves Decorated in Remembrance of No
BILE Deeds Performed.

ITO fight for yourself is natural-to
fight for others is grand-to fight for
for your country is noble--to fight for
the human race-for the liberty of hand
and brain is nobler STILL"
Wars there have been many but there
is and can be but one Memorial Day.
Thousands and thousands of men have
fallen in battle-for ambitions sake;
for greed of empire; for individual lib
erty; for the sake of reEgion-but they
are either forgotten or remembered only
for the tenacity with which they strug-
gled. But the mighty host of patriotic
dead, whose deeds were commemorated
on Saturday all over the land, fought in
a righteous cause-they fought for the
elevation of civilization-they died that
others might be free-and as long as the
Republic stands the record of their self
sacrifice and devotion will he gentle
memory.
By order of law and by virtue of ex-
ample, May 30th of each year has been
set aside to pay tribute to this gallant
host and by the decoration of soldiers
graves give voice to the appreciation of
d grateful people.
New Ulm always does nobly on such
day as this and her efforts this year were
no exception. At ten o'clock in the
morning splendid procession passed
through the principal streets and made
its way to the cemetery. At the head of
the procession was Andrew J. Eckstein
as marshal and following him were the
Concordia Band. Company a." the
children of the public and parochial
schools, several hundred in line, the nav
or and council, speakers, singing socie-
ties and Invalid veterans in carriages.
The second division was headed by An
drew Amann as assistant marshal and
was composed of The Great Western
Band, St. Joseph's Society, the Defend
ers of New Ulm, Sons of Veterans. men,
bers of Hecker Post, G. A. R., Burg's
Battery and citizens in carriages.
At the cemetery, salutes were fired by
Company A and Burg's Battery and Sc
lections sung by the Mixed Choir ard
the children of the schools. Addresses
were then made by Fred Pfaender in
German and A. j. Alvin in English.
Mr.. ALVIN spoke in part as follows:
1t is by the designation of this day for
sober thought and meditation, for CRATE
full remembrance and reflection, that a
nation, great and grand like ours, would
reverently acknowledge her moral obli-
CATION to all her veteran sons who
fought for the maintenance of the union
for great human principle and to put
down rebellion.
We exempt this day to pay tribute to
our fallen heroes and defenders, not be-
cause it will do them any good, but tor
the same reason that the mourning par
ent.friend or lover ever inclines his steps
to the tomb of the departed and there,
unnoticed, plants the weeping willow
and the cedar-because of an inner un-
explainable and yet ever impelling pow
er prompting them at all times to re-
newed deeds of remembrance and love.
So an entire nation, in these tributes,
but carries out the precepts of public
conscience, which actuates it year after
year to unload its Acknowledgement OF
regret, honor and love. ~ q
It is a custom which will gain in uni
versal favor with the advance of clvili-
zation. for sympathy and love are among
the noblest attributes of the human soul,
and it is safe to predict that these attri-
butes with advancing years will become
more and more pronounced.
The sorrow for our dead loved ones
we cannot heal. Though every other
wound we may strive to heal, this is a
wound which we feel it our duty to keep
open. Neither can nation forget her
heroes and patriots. From the somber
crest of the tomb spring none but fond
recollections. There it is that we call
up whole life of gentle virtues that
we can see those good and noble traits
in such pure and bright colors as we ne
yer saw them before.
There we will weave our chaplets
from the beauties Of nature and bedeck
the graves Of those who fought and died
for their country.