The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-05-31
MEMORIAL DAY
How May 30. 1898. Was Observed
In Our CITY

III ouE lily
About fifty persons assembled
in the city Cemetery, Monday
morning. May 80, Memorial Day,
and under the auspices of the
Grand Army, Post No. l.. of
Ocala, led by Major E. w.
Greene in the absence of Com
mandant NJ. G.. Young, who was
to i'll to be present, and about a
dozen comrades, notably, w. +.
Cline, B. G. Harter, Henry A.
Deubel, George Tyler, L. @.
Boohrr, and several whose names
have escaped our memory. rallied
around the post flag at the ccmc-
terry for decoration purposes
Major Green read the beautiful
O.. A. r. liturgy TO the dead.
who, having crossed to The
Land That is Fairer than This"
their memories are kept green BY
the annual recurrence and OBJ
scrvance of Memorial Day.
/ Mrs. Dishman then led in sing
ing my Country, lis of Thee,
in which all joined; after which,
| by special request, G.. l.. Blttin-
ger, editor Of the Star, spoke on
the day, It's Significance, its OBJ
servance, and the providcntial IN
! PREVENTION in bringing about the
present war with Spain, which
would accelerate the day, which
time, in its Night, was gradually
| bringing about, that unificatiOn
! Of sentiment that this was not
only one government i'm territory,
but one people in thought, feeling
and purpose, and in the love for
the starry banner. whose broad
stripes and bright stars were en-
blematic of the grandest princi-
piles ever given to mankind, and
under whose conSecrated folds no
people on the face of the earth
ever enjoyed greater opportunl-
/ ties or more benificent blessings.
He pied for that higher and
broader citizenship and more I'M
selfish and ennobling manhood
that could say and feel that the
war had ceased thirty three years
ago, and with the struggle we
were now waging, imbued with
but one thought and purpose-to
vindicate the honor of our flag
and enlarge the priceless boon of
liberty to a million and a half of
struggling CubanS-and out of
which contest our country would
come triumphant, and it's people
so unionIZed in every fiber of
of their natures, regardless of
geographical lines, that any UNI
charita bic or diScordant thoughts
against flag and country on one
side, or want of belief by their OPP
ponents in the sincerity and con-
viction of what they deemed the
Justice of their cause, would only
come up in the phantom of
dreams and forgotten as quickly
as those twill o the wiSpS''
swept over the cobwebS Of Slum-
bering minds. A day when sec
ton and SectionaliSm would be
forgotten, and only country, its
benefits, privileges and rights to
all could command our fealty and
excite respect for the highest and
nObleSt type of citizenship. If 1t
was generous, brave, manly, no.
bic and heroic to battle for ones
country and the rights of hui
manity, an honor worthy Of
apotheoSiS, no less noble and
sublime, would it be for us TO sc
rear our children III love, rcvrr'
ance and respect for the right>
and privileges of their fellow mer
: that our citizenship would be
come 50 exalted in the carrying
out of the fundamental principle:
, of Justice and equity that we
would truly become an ideal gov
eminent.
OF course this is a mere inlina
| ton of the SnbiectS discussed