Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-05-23
OUR MARTYRED DEAD
Program for Memorial Day oh.
servance Next Friday.
Services Sunday at Centre Church
Exercises Friday in Auditorium Will
Begin at 2 p. decentralization of
Flowers Solicited.

Flowers Solicited.
In accordance with general orders from
national and department headquarters of
the Grand Army, Friday May 80, will be
observed as Memorial day. The annual
day for recalling our debt of gratitude
to the soldiers who have persisted in the
war has returned, and patriotic citizens
can do no less than turn aside from
ordinary associations to pay tribute
of respect to the memory of the brave
men whose lives were noblv sacrificed
for their country. The surviving com
rades of these fallen men necessarily feel
a special interest i'm the observance Of the
day, for they stood side by side with
those who fell, many of them bringing
home the scars of battle and as living
witnesses of the fearful carnage of war
But when they gradually disappear as
the years pass by, the generation now
coming upon the stage should take up
this annual custom and perpetuate 1t as
a sacred duty, thus to keep fresh in
mind the great price which was paid that
our national flag might continue to float
Ger the land of the free and the home
or the brave" May the time never
come when the people of this country
shall so far forget the defenders of the
Union as to neglect once year to pause
In their absorbing occupations long
enough to strew a few flowers upon their
pressive lesson to the children. whose in
quiries will lead to many n tale of army
life that has been handed down from those
who participated in the struggle, and thus
the foundation will be laid for a similar
spirit of selfsacrhce and donation to
the good Of others
BY invitation of Rev. Mr. Miles Of the
Centre Congregational church. the Grand
Army post. associate members of the post.
veterans of the Spanish American war
and the Woman's Relief corps will attend
his church at the morning service Of May
20 The veterans will meet at Grand
Army hall at $50 to go to the church in
body. delegation from the post will
assist in the exercises at West Dummers-
ton Vernon and Guilford as in the past
years. leaving Grand Army hall about
l p. m. May %.
Friday morning, May 30. n delegatio
from the post will meet at Grand Army
hall at $50 to go to West Brattleboro
to assist in the memorial services there
at 10 n. m.
At o'clock y. m. the veterans will meet
at Grand Army han to attend the services
at the auditorium at o'clock. The
exercises will be as follows: Music by the
band; prayer, Rev. Mr.. Marvin: singing.
Frank Brasor; address Rev. Mr.. Ma thison
singing. Frank Brasor singing of Ameri-
ca. The procession will then be formed
on Main street right of line resting in
front of Brooks library. in the following
order
First Regiment Band
Chief Marshal and Aids
Company !. V. y. G. as escort Capt.
Waterman, commanding
Committee of Arrangements
Sedgwick Post No c. A. r.
Old Soldiers and Sailors
Orator, Chaplain. Invited Guests and
Citizens.
The line of march will be through North
Main street to the Soldiers monument,
where appropriate exercises will be held.
The march will then be continued to the
cemetery, halting in front of town hall
| where the post will be provided with
flowers. The usual ceremony of decorat-
| Ing the graves of fallen comrades will
be performed
A delegation from the post with the
| band will visit the Roman Catholic Gene
terry and decorate the soldiers graves
| there also delegation will visit the
| Morningside cemetery to decorate the
| graves. on their return the ranks will
be reformed and the procession will return
to Grand Army hail to be dismissed.
| Contributions of flowers are solicited from
| the citizens. and especially from the
I school children. to be left at the audi
forum Friday morning when they Will
/ be arranged by the women of the Relief
| corps. Contributions are also solicited
| from the citizens and children of the
/ West village. They may be left at
| Stockwell's store Friday morning before
| o'clock. Associate members Of the
! post, veterans of the Spanish-American
war and relatives of deceased soldiers are
J invited to attend church May %. and the
| exercises in the auditorium May 20 with
| the post.
II. c. Streeter
! T. w. Eason
+. +. Gleason