The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-07
WINNERS STIRS PATRIOTISM
Milwaukee Attorney Pays Eloquent
Tribute to the Old Soldiers Living
and Praises the Virtues of Sleep
ing Heroes of Land and Sea

village or the United States on last
Wednesday, the people Of Kenosha
turned out i'll great numbers to paw
their annual tribute of love and affec-
ton to the memory ofthe soldier dead.
1t was day for memory and for tears,
and as the members of the Grand
Army gathered about the silent
mounds in the cemetery they retold
the story Of the great wars and of the
heroic acts of the men who had fought
in them.
Marching behind the flag for the
preservation Of whose integrity they
had marched in s6l and 65'' the old
gray haired veterans wended their
way to the cemetery every man
proud of the badge of honor that he
wore, yet every man recalling with
sorrow the memory of some comrade
in arms who had fallen during the
past twelve months that had passed
since the graves of the soldiers were
last strewn with flowers.
In the line marched sixty of the
members Of the Fred S. Lowell Post,
and with them were not few of the
members of the Sons Of Veterans,
while the always loyal members Of
the Woman's Relief Corps followed,
bearing the flowers which today mark
the resting places of thesdead.
1t was Memorial day weather, but
this fact did not keep hundreds of
people from accompanying the old
soldiers to the cemetery, and they
stood with uncovered heads about the
soldiers lot while the beautiful ritual
istic service of the Grandt Army was
read Commander Charles Likes was
called to Chicago on Tuesday even
ing, and for this reasonsthe work Of
reading the service was turned over
to Charles H. Blood, the next in COM
mand. After the ceremonies at the
lot had been concluded the members
of the Post scattered about the ceme-
terry and plant was lovingly planted
over the grave of every sleeping vet
eran.
One of the features of the day was
the decoration of the grave of Abner
Barlow IN the city cemetery. This is
the only grave of a Revolutionary
soldier in this section of the state,
During the past year the remains of
the old continental soldier had been
moved from the Pleasant Prairie
cemetery to Kenosha. While the
soldiers lovingly scattered flowers
over the graves in the cemeteries to
the south of the city other members of
the Post went to the north side ceme-
terry and by the time taps were sound
ed every one of the soldiers graves
bore plant and flag. AS the mem
bers of the Grand Army were march
ing to the cemetery stop was made
at the soldiers monument in the
library park and a wreath laid on the
monument in honor of the Kenosha
soldiers who were left dead on the
battlefield and who are now sleeping
on the hi11sides of the South.
After the ceremonies at the Gene
teries large crowd gathered at the
Rhode opera house where the regular
Memorial day program was carried
out. On the stage were Mayor Cor
man and many of the members of the
city council, distinguished citizens
and more than two hundred Of the
children from the Durkee school.
Theodore Boyington acted as chair
man of the big meeting and the pro.
gram opened with the school children
singing The Star Spangled Banner.
The Rev. Harvey Dee Brown Of the
cation after which the old favorite of
the soldiers, "We're Tenting Tonight
on the Old Camp Ground was sung
in splendid manner-Dy the Swedish
Singing society. Jay G1erum of the
high school gave a patriotic grafton,
portion of the famous address of
Senator Thurston on 1.-THE Union
Soldier, and after another song by
the singing society Chairman Boying-
ton introduced w. J. Zimn1ers, of Mil
waukee, as the speaker of the day.
Mr.. Zimmers delivered an grafton on
Patriotism" which had something of
the old time ring and it touched a
vibrant chord IN the great audience
and many times he was interrupted by
prolonged applause. He referred to
the great struggle which had called
for the services of the soldiers of the
civil war and paid a tribute Of love to
the men who had placed their lives at
the service of the country. He exalt-
ed them for their patriotism and for
their va1or and declared that the -peo-
pie of the United States would never
tire of hearing the story of their glor-
ious achievements reto1d. He spoke
especially of the war record of Keno
sha and awakened memories of other
days when he referred to the fact that
old Southport was the first town
in the state to offer regiment to
the president when the call for troops
had been issued. He spoke of Robt.
Graham, Joseph ". Qnarles, Horace
Gaylord, Edwin Durkee and that
noble band of high school boys who
left their books to go to the front and