Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1902-06-06
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Delivered by M. {.
Ford at Genoa
May 3Otil.

May oUlH.
Yhi. dsv : dedicated to the sacred
memory OF our dead. 4 mighty nation,
bound with grief kneels with sorrow
1T the tc,nbs of its fallen heroes and
stfews their graves with tears and
flowers. the riches Of affection q d the
wealth of spring. it Is fitting that We
should thus honor their memory. that
we should thus pour out our gratitude
70 those who struggled SO long and
suffered so much, that we might IN
hori tfhe blessings and liberty.
The present is the child Of the past
and we are indebted TO all the yester-
days. for The generous patfimony OF to-
day The history Of the human race
is the account of = continuous struggle
against wrong and oppression and
every man who dared TO lift his hand
in defense Of right is your benelaetor
and mime. Eve y man who dared TO
ling defiance into the face of justice
earned the gratitude OF mankind.
Every man VINO bared his breast to the
nayonets OF tyranny fought for you
and me whether ne lived IN the new
world or the old, whether he died yes
teraay OF 4 million years ego Danton
dared not, for France alone, but Tor
..a.nanity; Bampden belongs rot to
England but 10 the world; Washington
fought no; for America, but for the
faee.
While we are gathered together to
aonor the memory CT our loved ones
ret Us not forget that we owe tribute to
tue good, the grand, the noble Of all
countries and al tunes.
Sor does it matter what the field OF
their activities may have been. fear
we have false idea Of what constitutes
true patriatsm Patriotism does not
consist, alone, IN carrying musket
aud fighting for your country. Some
5l the biggest traitors that ever be-
lrayed nag, wore the shoulder straps
5f officers and spent their lives in the
camp and the field. Some of the bray
est soldiers Gods sun ever shown On,
never heard the call Of the bugle or
shifted the smoke Of battle. Every
man who ices his duty as a man ana
as q citizen, who plays his part in the
great drama OF life, fesrlessly and hon
sstly, whether it be on the farm, in the
workshop, in the factory, in the army
or IN the navy, who is true 20 himself
true TO his wife aud children, true to
the cause Of hmnanitg,i true TO right
and Justice, that man is a soldier, u
patriot in the highest, The noblest, the
truest sense OF the Werd. The woman
who bends over the wash tub or the
sewing machine. and tolls day after
day, week after week year after year,
in order that her fathefless children
may not want, in order that she may
educate them and bring them up to be
noble women, honest, upright men, Is
light lg b aver battle for her country,
making greater sacrifices for humanity
than was ever made by the command
ing general Of an army Or the admiral
Of navy,
The wife who stands i'll the doorway
and waves a sad farewell to her hus-
band us he marches away, while the
tears of grief, eouning down her
cheeks, fall ike gentle rain drops on
the smiling infant in her arms; the
mother who kisses her son good
bye. and standing in the bright sun
light, while the shadows thicken o'er
her heart shading her eyes with her
hand watches him disappear in the
distance: the woman who gives up
father, husband son, brother or lover,
lights "a braver battle for her country,
makes u greater sacrifice, suffers more
intense agony, than was ever fought,
made or suffered by any man on the
liela of mortal strife. To do your duty
is 10 be patriotic.
While we are remembering the soldiers
who went to the front let US not foret
those who remained at home. While
we are honoring those who fought The
the battles of war, let us not forget
the victories Of peace. It is true that
we owe debt OF gratitude to the good
and noble Of al countries, but it is also
true that cur greatest obligations are
! 10 those who made this country great
and grand
We have a debt of gratitude TO the
Pilgrim Fathers for they introduced
the idea that the common people
should be educated. that every man
had the right TO know rs much as hS
could possibly learn; that knowledge
was the rlghtful heritage of all and not
theexclusive prorrty of the clergy ant
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