Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-07-19
CHAUTAUQUA
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ualy, 1900, passed over to the
other side, at the great age Of 108
years and 4 months. Massach1s-
etts is the banner state in this re-
spect, having reported 81 Real
Daughters, Connecticut 49, very
nearly as many, and New York 80,
North Dakota 1. I bring these
interesting facts before you as
some could scarcely realize that
there are still remaining so many
of these venerable women to grace
and dignity the period in which
we are living.
It is our appointed work to keep
alive in the minds of the present
and future generations the mem
DRY of those heroic deeds Of battle
and sacrifice on the field and in
those primitive homes, during the
long eight years that mark the
continuance of the revolution. To
brush away the mist and uncer-
tainty that would more and more
obscure that great national drama
and it's peerless. undaunted actors,
who necessarily were rapidly re-
ceding from view, to teach the
men and women, the boys and
girls Of a later period, the reality
and possibility Of the truth of
that saying, "'Tis sweet for ones
country to die" With this object
ever in view, we are striving to re-
store the waste places, to reset the
old monuments, to repair and re-
build such works as are memorial
evidence Of great conflicts, bril-
liant victories, patient suffering
and endurance.
To thus recall, and bring into
actual knowledge of the present
and future generation, the fact of
that stupendous struggle for lib
erty-a blessing that we inherit as
a priceless legacy--and not only is
it ours to enjoy, but from every
race under the sun there has come
to our shores, thousands upon
thousands to dwell under, the pro-
lection Of our starry banner. Yet
this fact is obvious in the thous-
and activities of our lives-in the
work, the joys, the sorrows and
anxieties of each new day, that so
crowds and %jostles with its multi
various forces; the yesterdays are
hurriedly put aside, and ere we are
aware of the feetness of our days
and years they have become a por-
ton Of our part. Retrospection is
the handmade. Of recollection, and
without these two essentials, men,.
Dry would fail to keep for us, much
that. is valuable Individually, and
vastly more, that which is of: un-
told worth to nations and races:
We realize that: the fires of every:
altar .mustneeds. be rekindled. The.
lighthouse: lamp must be re6lledI
and retriiimmedl, ere the night with
its darkness comes-lest upon the.
hidden rocks. some home-bound.
steamer dash its. human freight.
Life's shifting scenes obliteraatte;
and memory peoples the past, and
preserves alike for us, the joys
that we once tasted, and the. sor-
rows. overwhelmed us. And with
this fact. SO patent, do we, the
Daughters Of the American Revo-
luton, seek to hold in review those
great events that made our early
thrilling history one of national
pride. "My Country IT'S Of Thee
has a subtle meaning whether it's
stirring notes echo thro' halls OF
camp, whether they float out upon
the ocean wave, or linger in loving
tones in the valley and on the
mountain side.
We feel that the children and
youth.o Of our day must learn to re-
we're those brave minute men" Of
April 18th, TITS; when on that
memorable morning at Lexington,
they met the British general, and
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