Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-01
MT. We RNON.
Appropriate Observation by Cyrus
Williams Post and Citizens,

Memorial Day was very appropriately
observed at Odd Fellows Hall. CYRUS
Williams Pest. G. A. r. the Sons of
Veterans. the Ladies' Relief Corps. and
the village school children attending in
a body. There waS a large audience pres-
ent. The following program was carried
out:
Prayer, Rev. " p Atkinson
Song, Mrs. W. T. Morrill,
ksadlnT. Extract from speech Of Abra-
Reading Roll of Honor Alvin Butler
Music, Mt Vernon Rand
Address by Rev VI. Kcarncy of Augusta.
OF which the following is an extract:
Forty years hay" passed away since
the din Of war fell upon the cars Of th-
American people, sine" the smoke cleared
away. and since tn" awful events of the
great Rebellion passed into history.
1t is said that we remember he st what
greatest importance and interests to 9TH
or nations nay have transIyircd earlier or
ana thrilled and convulsed every Amcr-
can heart did those Of 81 ana g.
There is no mother today ripcncl in years
who then lived and was a mother. who
does not r"memher her expericnce OF
those bloody years. And not mothers
only. Tor wives and children Join in those
sad rcmtmhranres. but are now httIa
coHllofted AZ they see that the heroic
nead are being honorcd all over our land.
th"Se husbands ard sons who turned their
fnackS uDUn home ana loved ones with
THIS declaration: MY country calls AMI
must go to carnage. ana death if need
pc. TO save hel-"ne of the best countries
me sun eyer Shone upon 1t is com
torttng to know that flags and flowers arc
being placed over every soldiers grave
ny the hands Of surviving comrades.
Yet our hearts are mad" sad as we look
ut The feeble step. the empty sleeve. the
NAMED and broken down in health And
again our hearts are comfortcd. our pa
trlotic spirits are set on fire anew as We
come to realization of how We wcra
thrilled by the intelligence that Sumter
had fallen and scventy-tive Thousand men
were wanted at the front Immediately
Then mothers looked upon their boys.
wives upon their husbands. lovers upon
those whom they 50 fnndly cherished, Sis
terS upon their brothers, as they had
never looked before; they were no less
dear. but one country. and the flag were
dcar"r. Here is patriotism at home as
we'll as ut the front. Sometimes I am
afraid, Comrades. that we desire to take
all the glory ourselves and are not willing
to give what is due to our Christian wives
and children. Thcs" events ana expert
ences arc 50 common and are brought so
near to MS by this daN that seem to
he living them all over again or at least
they seem to be but yesterday.
we are here not simply to honor our
dead-thcy have already been honored;
not to perpetuate their mcmOry-thev
have already been enhalm"d. not simply
to encourage. cheer and strengthen our
war.tbn ccuccioucnccc ne b,yinr donc
their duty and seeing the flag. without u
star dimmcd or strip" oblitcrated. still
higher than any mortal cnn hcstow Y,a
far more eion,cnt then ever hung ,,non an
orators lps-and they need no 9TH
er. they ask for no greater. But We
on the minds and trangmit to The f,1tIlr,
some sense Of the cost az the uhrrty. ~
ioyed today by the American people, ana
hearts If those WHO left their hnmos IL
defanJ tbe nation at ITO noipt Of ~
ho,,nrat " " F "
.iOur country-we look out -,pon \ terri
torU Wast IT, nm ragn'.,tS in cytnnt cnIv
fourth 70 that of any other country, ana
thsrc is moi n tr,,n Amrric,n hc,rt I'M
eycIls Win emotion Ill IN trutbruIII- ~
cI,rny .,rbi. ,n ~. ro,,n+r, vart / env
in oytent-reachinr from ocean t. ocean.
and from the Great Lakes to th,, ,;uIf Of
Mcx;cn .rIr,cir1 IN. eay.ntb of III Tho
iauI ,rnon tbo fSca Of tho eInhc W..
eiorv in orr resources our mines our
Iup,ior our soil ON. climate our rive g
tratcii,sr i, .,.or,, dirnrtio, tbrourhout
-. ,.,rt t,,,i, eer,,,;,,,r ,,riir,ito,I nv,
nnrt,,nitsae fnr ,n,nmfartnricg and for ii
rrraasinr arr rount III Ne riorv in M
enhIirifv and ,rrandcur of DIR country
o,,r u,ountaips orr valleys orr yosemite
our Niagara. VIC glory in orr great ponII-
H. .i,,, 80, J.; IL almost Untold ,.,Iitn of
real and personal property We glory in
nur etaniiu,r arong tbn nation. of the
Garth Wherever our flag waves if is i
svmhnI If nower intelligence and hero
~ a., M, - ,, f,o,n III" I,rdinr ~ III
rii,,rim Fathers throurh WIZ aid III
timc ~ nencn h,s been f1Il nf glory.
shall il III IL h,s been prophcsicd many
times that our light. So brilliant. is to go
ant In Jnrl,nnsea orr nation crowned
Win victories on 50 many bloody folds.
o,ir nation that has its wilderness. its
part Hudson its cold Uarbor. its Crttys-
. 49,, p,,,,1-or nm sirII II he that Tho
40 ~ o,Ir nation sh,I cease to wave IN
the Lrcczns If heaven? From tho graves
II nearly a million men who have born"
II thrn,,oh tirc and smoke from tho
hnnns Of thousands Of widows and or
nbrns from the mansion from th,,
| rhrrci, from the North. South. East and
| west nvciy where is heard Il grand CON
rcrt Of voices no. never. meyer shall our
rar cease to wave tAupliuScl