The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-06-05
Graves of the Fallen Heroes Of Keno
sha County Strewn With
Flowers Friday.
REV. ANDREWS IS THE ORATOR
woodwork Minister Makes Splendid Adj
dress Recalling the Stirring Events
in the Life of the Nation.

"a Lag H. eALA lAAO 0AnAd1
of Decoration day called hundreds of
Kenosha citizens from their homes to
the cemeteries on hills and valleys to
pay silent tribute Of love and af-
lection to the soldier dead.
Never was Memorial day more gen
orally observed in Kenosha. Business
was suspended and the loyal people Of
the city gathered round the little
soldiers lot in the cemetery to recall
the hallowed memories of the past and
to give expression of the patriotism of
the present.
There wass.the, usual parade of the
old veterans, the. Esolemn music, the
hack loads of flowers and the tears
that fell whens.th memories of the
battle fields were recalled. On the
way to the cemetery the procession
stopped for minute at the Park while
a wreath of flowers was laid on the
soldiers monument in honor of the
dead who are sleeping in graves far
from home and friends and kindred
The cemetery was thronged with
people and a crowd of a thousand
gathered at the soldiers lot to hear
the speeches andas take part in the
solemn service. The service was in
chargeaof Commander Charles Like,
aud after Emusic by the band and
prayer by the Chaplain, the command
ing officers of thelPost and the Corps
made short addresses.
The principal address of the day
was delivered by the Rev. E. N.
Andrews, ofsaWoodworth, Chaplain Of
the 2ndI New Jersey Cavalry. Mr..
Andrewsspoke in part as follows:
Officers and Members of Fred S. Low
eli Post G. A. r., Comrades, Sons of
Veterans and Fellow Citizens:
In company with an innumerable
host of the living in our land, gath
cred today, on nten thousand hill sides
and in as'smany valleys, beneath the
blue skies of our free country, we here
and now add ourssquotai of praise in
memory Of thesdead, and of good cheer
to living heroes.
This day of memorial decoration is
an object lesson in..patriotism. And
it is well. Today, by the voices of
thousandssof orators, by long process
sions, by the notes of trumpets and of
youthful singers, by the flowers strewn
from the Atlantic to the Golden Gate,
the meaning of this our flag, to some
still too obscure, is being unfolded and
reviewed. We today remember the
boys in blue. Those who wore the
gray will be similarly remembered
our brothers and therefore va1orous
indeed, but whose sincere patriotism
was, as we think, at one period, both
local and misdirected.
am reminded that two years ago, in
the public square of your city, we, by
our presence, helped to dedicate that
most beautiful shaft of marble, the
gift of one of your own honored citi-
zens, a gift to the memory of departed
heroes. And may that graceful and
costly shaft stand there till generation
following generation of young people
shall be asking, as they pass by, what
did the fathers mean-aye, what did
this city father Of yours mean by the
erection Of this column of stone. Then
shall the story,be;g one over again and
again, telling.of the struggle, of the
marches, the battles, the deaths, the
tears at home and the infinite losses,
of victories and defeats, and then of
the final victory that was proclaimed
when Lee gave up his sword April 8,
1865, thirty-seven years ago.
In view of our national history it
seems to me that American patriotism
should be. of peculiar stamp. Call to
mind some of our leaders. Truly they
loved their. and Jour nation. Patriot
ism is love of home. They loved their
home land. Such examples we're
Washington, Lincoln, Grant.
will only a1lude to two periods and
two or three names in our history.
These were times Of stress and those
names, Washington and Lincoln, stood
and ever will. stand for patience and
fortitude in great trial.
We do well, fellow citizens of a
grateful nation, to honor these heroic
leaders withkcost1y monuments. We
do well to read over that brief speech
of Lincoln at:Gettysburg, perhaps his
own most lasting monument.
But here let me refer to the noble
man and soldier who is now our Chief
Executive, man not unworthy to fol-
low Lincoln's steps. Let me quote a
paragraph from his recent speech at
Charleston. He said: "Al1 of us,
North and South, can glory alike in
the valor of the men who wore the
blue and of the men who wore the
gray. Those we're iron times and only
iron men could fight to its terrible.
finish the giant struggle between the
hosts of Grant and Lee. To US of the
present day and to our children and
chi1drens children, the valiant deeds,
the high endeavor and abnegation of
self shown in that struggle by those
who took part therein will remain for
evermore tC mark the level to which
we in our turn must rise whenever the
hour Of the nationss need may come. /"
| quote these words in honor of
living hero. And we should honor
our rulers, especially such as can