Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-11
Memorial Day.

Memorial day is most sacred to
the members Of the Grand
Army of the Republic and through
out the country Its members are
preparing to observe it with APP
propriate services and exercises.
Commander in Chief Robert E.
Brown has issued his Memorial day
proclamation and state department
commanders are following his ex-
ample. State Department Com
mander John w. Canes recently
issued his general order relative to
the day and its observance, and
copies OF this order have been re-
ceived by the local post. In his
order Commander Canes says:
THE passing of another year will
soon bring us Memorial day with its
wealth of cherished memories in a
land blessed with peace and plenty,
a day of retrospect, of alteration
and of homage, not alone for the
surviving defenders of their coun-
try integrity and honor, but for
all its people.
MAY 30 has become new date
in the calendar of patriotic observ-
ances, appealing in our better ma
lures by all that is sacred in sacri-
fees, honorable in patriotism and
praiseworthy IN gratitude. A day
of retrospect to the old, renewal of
loyalty to the middle aged and an
inspiration to the young. A holy
day In all it's associations.
I'm COZ formity with orders of the
commander-in- chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic, commanding
a due observance of Thursday, May
80, 1907, as Memorial day, the de-
partment commander calls atten-
ton to the order and directs strict
compliance thereto on the part OF
Ipost commanders and comrades
Throughout the department.
Let the grave of every union
soldier, sailor or marine be marked
with the national colors, the en-
bIem for which they fought, that it
may be known to all passers- by
that here lies a true, brave defender
of the republic, and let the green
turf be frightened and perfumed
by choicest flowers.
1.-The chaplain of every post will
do we'll to make list of the names,
with the company and regiment, OF
those whose graves are decorated,
and to request local newspapers,
where practicable, to publish such
lists and also to preserve one copy
of said list in the archives of the
post as a permanent record for
future reference.
IF there are cOnfederates buried
in your vicinities, do not pass them
by; decorate their graves; death and
| time have conquered animosity; pay
the tribute of true soldiers to the
memory of brave men.
Post commanders should ask the
mayor or executive officers of their
respective cities and villages to issue
lpublic proclamation requesting that
all places of business be closed and
that citizens generally abstain from
secular labor and amusements dur
Ing Memorial day, or at least dur
ing that portion of it that will be de-
voted to decoration and memorial
services.
May 26, 1907, is Memorial Sun
| day, Post CONNIE nders should ar
range to assemble comrades at
their various headquarters and go
in body to attend divine service
at church, and clergymen may be
asked to deliver an address suitable
to the day and occasion.
POSTS are urged to invite all
veterans, whether comrades or not,
all Spanish war soldiers,
| the Wolnan's Relief corps, Ladies of
the G.. A. r.. Daughters and Sons
of Veterans, and other kindred
societies, the clergy, the teachers
and pupils of the public schools,
members of civic and fraternai
societies and the public generally to
join with them in the exercises of
Memorial day."
Copies of the general order of
Commander-in-c chief r. B. Brown
relative to the observance of Mem
orial day have also been received
by the local post
Obituary-0'Hara.