Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-31
REMEMBER
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HEROIC DEAD
Local Grand Army Veterans
Again March to Mar
tial Music

today exce4led in attendance OF peo-
Pile and preparation for the occasion
any former day since May 30 had
been selected as the day for COM
memoration of the soldier dead. Ear
ly In the morning the people begun
to gather about the streets; the wom
en- who were handed down from the
civil war, some of them children oil
the Revolution; in their best big and
tucker, and none of the children were
more attractive than the one with
tattered straw hat, who probably
came because her grandpa was a sol
der.
The line of march formed Oh Sec
ond avenue, right resting en Tenth
street; to Third avenue: Third avenue
to Fifth street; on Fifth to First
avenue; Second avenue to Ninth
street, to Red Men hall.
AT Red Men hall NE Grand Army
and other organizations had arrang
ed entrance to the hall as follows:
Members of the Grand Army; WO-
mems Relief Corps; Durango Camp
Modern Woodmen of the World; Pu-
pills Fort Lewis Indian school; Sons
of Veterans.
Rcd Men hall was crowded before
these orders entered, and to relieve
stress the Durango Concert band
filed the remaining space with the
thrilling star Spangled Banner"
ha loft p hn
tne pictures of Lincoln and Grant;
at the right those of Washington and
Mckinley. On the stand sat soldiers
whose hair aud beard were grizzled
with age, lending Mstsr To the fokls
OF an unfurled flag. Post Command
en- w. II, LaCount called to Adtutsnt
I. c. Sullivan to read the roster of
the dead, and as the names were call
ed the drum tap gave the military
salute
The hall had been beautifully dec
grated for the occasion, and when lit
lie girls waved flags from the balcony
there was not much but Stars and
Stripes.
Father Duffy arose In the midst OF
the splendid audience, giant born
TO the day, TO impress, in his invoca-
ton, the peoples minds with the pa
triotism wfich is taught from the
cradle.
Dear Comrades, Sleep On the
Memorial ritual, was rendered by
Messrs. Lewis, Roberts, Stillians,
f.Ita rtrapb I al.a and pu.L
Senior Vice Commander VIM. Wolf
read from the Scripture, Comrades
Davidson, Lohr and Graden respond
ing in the ritual service.
Hon. G. A. Pike spoke to the Ar
my. recalling in eloquent words. mem
ories of the soldiers who died to make
I nation. not forgetting the soldiers
who 1--we. or taeir responsibilities.
M, Pixies address was short. one
peroration after anotha. until it mad
rounded into peal OF patriotism.
The song, Memorial Day was
then rendered by the singers mention
ed above and children who had been
disputed by mingling with the multi.
tude were then as still as sleeping
BAbies.
Hon. Edgar Buchanan, orator of the
day, dwelt as much on the duties OF
citizenship at the present hour, as
upon the valor of the army that had
gone before. He world have the ar
my live eternal in the memories OF
the people, for the lessons of patrio.
ttGn ptNan n hn - hn
people. for the lessons of patriotism
given to the nation and to the world,
but he frequently REQUIRED to this
hour of action; to the conditions
which have resulted; - the things
which people must do now to preserve
nation which had cost so mach of
hnman blood; SO many lives and am.
billions, resting in unmarked and I'M.
known graves; tine memory of the
conflict of the sixties may well ell
gage tire attention and serious
thought of children not yet born. but
the lessons which will guide and
shape the better citizenship will he
paramount lessons now.
The choir sang THE Soldiers Fare
we'll" first uttered in tears and sobs,
but finally shaped to music. and
when the people had wiped their
eyes. America the word that thrills
the civilized world. could have been
heard mile away II the walls had
not tried to conflne the great voice
OF the thousand people who sang
while the band was spelling the word
Rev. Grave rendered the benedic.
tion and the meeting adjourned to
prepare for the march to the Gene
terry.
AID DECORATION DAY ..6 % Isl
IN the afternoon the roadway to
the cemetery was lined with people
going and coming. A view OF Green.
mount hill was remindful of a bee
hive. Groups passed To and fro. stop
ping here TO place flower on a sol. |
dier's grave or to read the inscrip. |
tion OF some headstone or monument.
A part Of the cemetery had been cared
FOR and a part had been neglected.
Here there was n lot with a swarth
pf green, there a sunken grave with.