The record-union., 1897-05-29
FREMONT PRIMARY.
J. S. Jones Talks About "Oid Glory"
and True Patriots.


at Fremont Primary School, Twenty
Comrades c. w. Herr, c. F. Warren,
II. w Sheehan and J. w. Jackson), was
as follows:
Now children, said Mr.. Jones, 1 be-
lieve you all have a pretty good under
standing of the meaning of Memorial
Day, having been addressed by men,
bers of the G.. A. r. on that subject
before. l will only say that Memorial
Day is a day set apart in honor and
memory of those soldiers that were
killed in and what is known as the War
of the Rebellion.
AS you advance in your studies and
get into higher grades you can learn all
about the war for yourselves.
Patriotism is what l shall speak to
you more about.
Patriotism is rather a long word for
some of you, but a word very easy to
understand. To love your country, to
look on your country's flag as the
flag of flags is to be patriotic, and at
this time every one of you boys and
girls alike are patriotic, for you all
love our country and love to see the
American flag, with it's beautiful col
oTss of red, white and blue, flying from
the tops of every high fiag-pole on the
Fourth of July and other holidays.
AS 1 said just now, you are all young
patriots, and now l am going to tell
you why you must always be patriotic.
AS you grow older, read and under
stand history, you viii find that there
are many countries in the world be-
sides ours; that the world is divided
into what we call the four quarters of
the globe, and these quarters are di-
vided into countries. and these coun-
tries are governed by Kings, Queens
and Emperors, and that the people liv
ing in these countries are jealous Of
each other and the people of each coun-
try love their own better than they do
any other.
The girls, as well as the boys, love
their country, and can be just as pa
triotic as the boys, only they show it in
a different way.
Now, boys and girls, you have more
and better reasons for loving your
country than the people of those coun-
tries governed by Kings and Queens.
They have nothing to say as to who
shall govern them, while you, when
grown to men and women, will have all
to say. You boys and girls have re-
ceived a great deal from your country
and there will be a great deal expected
from you when you take the places Of
the men and women of TO-DAY.
You have had handed down to you
a free, united and prosperous country.
Free schools, where the children of the
poorest parents are as welcome as the
most wealthy. You have the right to
worship in any church you may choose
to. You Will have the right to say
who shall make and who shall execute
your laws.
In many countries these privileges
are denied the people, the people hav-
ing nothing or very little to say in
these matters. That is why I say you
have more and better reasons for low
ing your country and flag than other
people have, and l feel sure that you
do love your country and flag and al
ways will.
BY and by, as you all grow older. you
will know that George Washington is
called the father of his country be-
cause he loved it well enough to leave
home and friends and endure hardships
and privations, and risked his life in
y
that it might be free, and that those
who come after him mikht have free
and happy country to live in and you
and me and the people Of this great
United States are enjoying the bless
ings of Washington's patriotism and
bravery, and although it is over a
hundred years since he did what he did
his name is first in the memory oi
every good man and woman in the land
and once a year on the anniversary o.
his birthday. the 22d of February, his
name is honored from one end of the
land to the other Such, boys and girls
is the honor given TO all who love and
revere their country.
You boys viii perhaps never have q
chance to do what Washington did, but
when you grow TO be men you can say;
This is my country, and the Star
Spangled Banner is my fiagi And wher
my country and flag need me they car
have me-" and / feel that there is not q
boy here but who will say IL
Now. boys and girls, you know what
patriotism is and what it means to be
patriotic, and now l shall introduce
another word which l feel sure you
have not heard much about, and few
of you know the meaning of. Traitor.
is the word | mean, and a horrible
black-Iooking word it is--harsh to the
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