The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-31
'H0N0RING THE DEAD
rlln GRAVES OF FALLEN HEROES
APPROPRIATELY DECORATED.
N speech and Sacred song Their
nfemories Arc Rcvered and Can
mon BoomS n Tribute.

scattering flowers on the graves OF the
fallen brave at Glenwood cemetery. and
long before that time crowds OF people
turned their footsteps towards the client
city OF the dead" there TO ofier tributes
OF affectionate remembrance to the pa
triotic sacrifices enshrined within its &c
lowed precincts. Among the streams Of
visitors-which included r,sr. women and
children OF all agex--thers we're few who
forgot to bring some asrai or oshsF mem
ento in harmony with the occasion. and 10
all respects the memory u the departed
soldiers and sailors who battIed for the
Union in the days that tiled meas Souls.
was solemnly and grandIy houo-ei
Immediately inside the entrance a ten
porary monument to the Unknown dead
arrested the attention Of all who crosscl
the threshold OF the graveyard. and around
this modest testimonial to those who have
''gone before" there gathered the fricn4s
and sympathizers OF old Glory in the
late war as wsll as the sympatnizers ana
friends OF the Stars and stripes IT. the
present conflict.
The ceremonies opened with a march
past The monument by the IN ambers CT
George b. Mcclellan post, G. a. r., and
the Womans Relief Corps. preceded by
the starry banner which symbolizes 50
much We love.
Commander r. a. Grant then addressed
the audience IN explanation OF the annual
decorations TO which the day was every
where dedicated, after which the Rev. w.
y. Wiseman delivered fcryent address
appropriate TO the occasion
Columbia, the Gem OF the Ocean" was
r0N I'D -, attn a..
buckingham leading In the music and the
entire gathering singing the song In
chorus.
Judge l.. S. Fawcott followed in ten
minute address, concluding with the fol
lowing reference to the fallen heroes of
FREQ America:
Great in their lives. magnificent In their
opportunity, true to their responsibility,
heroic in their example and glorious In
their death. their works do follow them.
This is hallowed ground. The spirit OF the
'bOs now appears again In our sons of VS.
Our streets TEEN with the march of the
boys In blue, NJ representatives of the
greatest Nation on earth II Is this apirit
that, none too soon, has crowned the domea
OF our great buildings with the Stars and
stripes We had almost looked upon our
mag as an allen; now we kiss 1t TO our
nearts, and our school children fling IL TO
me breeze, glad emblem Of free a united
ana patriotic people. With malice to
waFa none with charity TO all we sha1l
hereafter as ono man bind UP the Nations
WOUNDS, never again 10 he received from
tralernai hands. but in charity, fraternity
anu loyalty We shall In the fear of God
als ior our people and their possessions.
even should they extend from the Atlanta
eastward to the Pacific. and thus become .,
newer ana n nobler empire "on which
the sun never sets.''
Inen followed recitation by Mr. George
T. smith. the singing of the "s,,r
sSpahgied Barrcr" by Miss Buckingham.
.o, s IN the chorus by the audience, an
NV NJ py 'uoge 7. o. shinn, a recitation
w MI j. Billow. a recitation nv Masto,
Sasper Vosburg and the rendiiIon ~ ~
sembly 10y inc as
me memorial EXERCISES commenced win
an eloquent prayer by Rev. l.. u T.amrin
anu snort addresses by Comrades n ",
I nr A. NJ, Engle and j. vosburr
spec,a, 49,, w. bartetts remarks ellcitet
ladies and Comrades. This IL .,
.nlrly- second anniversary OF n dav mah
memorable by the spon taneous offer,r,, "
o,S rowing tribute W a Nation'q nov
al. ueau-a DAY on which we may pron
S',s eNpress these soldierly sentiments
,,r t ,h ror the living patriots and tear
+oa,,, ~ "N'oes. III whose memory ~
toudy weave garlands OF roses ana ,vbo p,
every city, village aud hamlet thro,,rh, ~
ms vast Republic will tonight sleen ma,
canopy OF flowers. We meet ia homo. ~
in"inory OF American soldiers. whosi N,
.rouism ana hernism has Illuminated In
paees OF history. whose blood has mad
saeieu me SOIL OF their country, aud nbov
Mnose ashes now blossom the liIy ana ~
rose This day has been flttinyly CALI
tne FESTIVAL OF the dead. These sole ~
services recall "reminiscences of te,ra NO.
trlumphs, OF victory and defeat In man
CRY we again hsar the silvery notes ~. IN
pusle and the martial fife and drum a.,
.earlui adios OF padre. Madre, wives mn
SeeneaIts, then tho hurried march /
tne CRASH OF shot. then the gleaming hay
net. then the cries OF the wounded ~
means OF the dying. the agonisine neti,in
70 heaven then the ghastly trench and ~
UNKNOWN dead for whom this monument
symbol while for us who survived IN
vh " oatue there Is the windowles
nome under the willows that weon whor
on Memorial Day loving friends win sro
rose and tear in memory OF him wh
ioVed MS country. and where not only ,ove
ones, but all true Americans, should mns
and clasp hands over the dust OF ,hose VIII
nave gone where there is no wars. no bit
Ter memories and no section hate.
+ 'NN 'ASHt mutations OF time th
daughters of 81 have become the mothsr
OF 'sS, and again they hear The silyery mn, =
OF the bugle and the martial fife nd drum,
again the adios OF lovers, the aching heart
OF mothers the silent grief Of fathers so,,
they will hear the boom OF cannon. soon IN
crash OF shot. soon the gleamlng saher
tnen the awful trench. Then who can an
which is the blue and which il tho gray
who would suggest division OF the AEON
and the gloryg Surely not the sires VII
fought with Grant and Lee. In the comm
Years we VIII gather on this holy gro,lnl
and, kneelfng beside that sacred mound
ehe mother who loved the gray and In
father who wore the blue will strcw vii,
flowers that have been believed with mar
ents' tears this symbol Of the trench wher
perhaps their first born sleeps a dreamles
sleep. regardless OF the sunshine and In
storm. Then there will be no more. hin,
no more gray; then will our starry bsnne
wave above each dead soldiers breast; the.
VIII the silent city become the city OF ~
biest. Now. in behalf OF the post. civ
thls tribute q symbol Of an undying low
t0r comrades Of the war"
After the chapiain's address the tribu,
Of the Woman's Relief Corps 10 Tho ,Irn
Known Dead" was tmpressively performe
BY Mrs. A. Van Horn. Mrs. Loyina Coulter
man. Mra. Carria nt11ouv NJ.