Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-03

most enlightened, patr1otlc people
on the face of the globe. These
are few thinge that we are doing
and of which we are very proud.
We also have a National Orphans
Home, the equal of which no other
secret order can boast, where all
the orphan children of our deceased
brothers can be sent free and given
a good education, and qualify them
for the great and important duties
of citizenship. We seek to carry
out and uphold everything you
soldiers accomplished and we
truly sympathize with you to
day when your minds take re-
Prospective view of what you en-
dured and Of the many hardships
you encountered while battling for
the Union and all you held dear.
We of this generation can never
pay off this debt of gratitude that
we owe you.
Now we are strong united peo'
pie, but 1t has been made strong by
the best blood of the American SOL
diers. We hope and trust that war
with It's horrors will never be found
amongst us again and that "The
mystic chords of memory stretch
Ing from every battlefield and pa
triot grave to every living heart and
hearthstone all over this broad land
of ours will yet swell the chorus OF
the Union forever when again
touched as surely they will be, by
the better angels of our nature.
That flag which we call the Flag
of the free and the home OF the
brave" has cost Us the lives of some
OF our best American people. Brave
Gen. Warren gave up his lite at the
battle OF Bunker Hill for that flag.
And shall his name and fame and
memory be forgotten? No, we
trust that loving hands will scatter
DER his sacred mound today the
choicest of natures fragrant flowers
as just and fitting tribute to his
memory. We have not time to
name all the heroes this land has
produced within the last century.
They are all heroes who have done
all they could to uphold the stars
and stripes In every time of danger.
When 1 look upon that flag my
mind looks back more than cen
fury ago to the maker and designer
of 1t. had the pleasure some time
ago to see the house In Philadel-
phia In which that flag was first
designed and made. Betsy Ross
was the heroic lady In Philadelphia
who designed and made the first
flag for General Washington and
her house Is still preserved today
as the birthplace of the American
flag.
When Francis Scott Key was a
prisoner In the British fleet at Bal.
timore he wrote that immortal
poem the Star Spangled Banner.
That the flag still waves,
Ger the land of the free
And the home of the brave"
consider that there is more true
patriotism In the common soldiers
who had to face death In every
form than he who directed their
movements. And though 1t Is nat
ural to pay great homage to our
noted generals and sometimes we
forget to think that the soldiers
who marched over many bloody
field of battle deserves the praise of
that victory. Do you know that
today there are 50 National Gene
taries In which repose 346, 2o2
soldier boys who went out at their
country's call. Our government
pays all the expense of keeping
these cemeteries In good condition.
Nearly 1000 soldier boys rest Ia
peace In the National Cemetery at
Grafton, w. Va. The cemetery at
Arlington contains the most graves
1862. Millions of patriotic chill
dren, ladies and men. will decorate
all these sacred mounds today.
Gen. John A. Logan issued the
first order on May 5th 1868 for the
observance of this day and 1t has
been observed on the 3oth of May
ever since and will continue to be
observed as National Holiday
as long as we remain patriotic.
In conclusion, let me say that
we sincerely hope that war with Its.
terrible results will never happen In
our Nation again and that friendly
arbitration of all national disputes