The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-06-06
People of KenOsha Turn Out En-
Masse to Pay Honors to Sleeping
Heroes of the Nation.
A TRIBUTE TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN
superintendent william Griffith Paws a
Fitting Tribute to the Life and Works
of the Martyred President.

every hero had been made a garden
spot, on which b1oomed flowers sweet,
and over each sleeping form the flag
under which he fought was waving III
the breeze. In every cemetery in the
county the love of a loyal people was
manifest and every grave bore silent
token of fond remem brance. 1t was a
day for memories and no one who at
tended the solemn and impressive cere-
monies at the soldiers plat in the GEM
terry could say that Memorial day has
lost it's meaning.
The old soldiers of the county we're
out in force, but since the last Decora-
| ton day the ranks of the gray haired
veterans had been tlinned out and
MANY who marched with them last
year rested under the flags and the
flowers.
With the members Of the G. A. K.
marched the Sons of Veterans and the
/ Woman's Relief Corps. When the
cemetery was reached the r1tual1st1c
ceremony of the Grand Army was car
ried out and the monument was decked
with 1i1acs in honors of the soldiers
sleeping in unknown graves. During
the ceremony Miss Sarah Ward sang
''The Stars and Stripes Forever"
The grafton for the day was delivered
by County Superintendent William
Griffith, who spoke as follows:
Forty years ago this nation was en-
gagged in a desperate struggle for it's
very life. In her despair and anguish
she called with imploring voice to her
sons and daughters and also to her
adopted children from lands beyond
the seas for their help in time of sorest
need. From hillside and hamlet, from
city and country, millions rushed to
arms. Our mother country was an
swered with a shout heard from sea to
sea.
Then came four long and bitter years
of war. These years were filled with
tears, with mourning and with death.
Out of the home and from the fireside
there went away thousands III the
bright morn of 1ife,-thousa re-
turned no more; other thousands re-
turned crippled, manned and filled
with the seeds of death. Then, these
Young men were filled with the fire of
youth Strong of limb, ruddy and
fair. Each returning year finds the
head winter the step feeb1er. At each
roll call the line is found thinner.
Many have gone, as we fond1y hope,
into the land of eternal sunshine and
song.
But our comrades, although lost to
sight, are to memory dear We seem
to hear their words filled with loving
memories. We live again under the
Southern pines, we hear the crash of
shot and shell. we hear the means OF
the wounded and see the calm, pale
faces of the dead. We come back TO
the Or sent. And then with tender
hearts and loving hands we place
these wreatl1s upon their graves.
The world has no sight so filled with
tears, with solemn memories and with
sorrow for those not lost, but gone be-
fore, as is this sacred work of honor
ing our soldier dead. To the youth of
today it is an object lesson in patriot
ism.
Great tragedies demand great Actors.
At the time of the war for our national
life the question was asked,-Oh, c,tr1
many OF even one official be 1ound who
can safely guide orr ship Of state into
the port CT -eace What sort of men
and women have your free schools,
your churches. unmarried 70 the State,
your free suffrage and all the rest pro
duced. Do you expect every American
to do his duty?
The answer was swift in coming. 1t
came in deeds and not in words. Full
armed and equipped there spraug from
the breast of American institutions a
great host of men and women whose
! like the remaining world could not
bring forth.
| Standing III the foreground of these
great sons and daughters of orr mother
! country there rises the majestic figure
of man who is surely one of the great
leaders of our race. No land but
America has produced his like. In his
goodness Of heart, in his devotion 10
right, and III his patient long suffering,
Abraham Lincoln was the best union
| Oh DSd1l dlO OA0A1I lA1dI SFNA SYLVIA
under t.le American flag.
Here was a man, forest born; his
/ 1leftta sc, poverty 1sia you',l7ss co-
panions, Indians, nac.. wocdsrsel ard
the prov .ug be-; yet in MS warfare
with rude n~t..re aid still ruder n1cn,
he shaped the character which bore
! fruits ii words that viii never die. His
doi1gs re models CT .i@ht action and
! ll;9 points sayings ere Preside woras
ii the homes of cur race. His life is a
! psalm and prayer.
All things are judged by comparison.
Some people are great because they re
au1io. small Surroundings. For =
st.,nce a lawyer is great in The Coua !
al Circpit c. ri. but when he apps,-
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