The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-30
TRIBUTES PAID
SOLDIER DEAD,
HEROES OF WAR
Memorial Day Observed
in All Cemeteries
of District.
Tanner Delivered Ora
ton in Amphitheater
at Arlington.

at Arlington.
Today the nation plants another
lowered milestone on the path OF
the years blessed by absence Of con
aict, and on the milestone the hand
OF a grateful people blazons high
enough for all the world to see the
tribute to the men who wore the
Blue, "Unforgotten."
Today the counting room is de-
serted, the plow is idle in the
fields, and the workshop is silent.
The country's gratitude Iimns with
powerful stroke on the curtain Of
peace the greatness and the heroism
Of the deaths that came and the
lives that were lived in the theater
of war.
Protecting Hand of Fame.
Ali the more impressive, all the more
earnest, is this tribute 10 the lines OF
Blue that preserved the Union, when the
younger generation remembers that,
before the advance Of death. Tie s,lr-
vivOrs OF the mighty struggle have
dwindled to but little hansffuI, and
that. IN 4 few years all remaining FToIn
the cOnqu=ring armies VIII be 'sl.st-
dust preserved from oblivion by the pro-
tecting hand OF Fame.
Memorial Day. the day
terirg Of flowers. the ours
the periods Of oratory
some slight idea OF the bl,
from the deeds OF the
Is OF especial significance
ton. the Capital OF the cor
snatched from the mens
ton This was the city
spires shone ont Cor fouI
mark for the men Of IN
to strike.
It was here that the z
Abraham Lincoln, direct
gle with wisdons eye, ar
whose strength was ter
finite tenderness. It vi
Ulysses S Grant, the vic
! later lived as the ruler o.
had help to save.
Men at Early's Back.
And it was on the very outskirts OF
this city that old men and young boys
the cOnvalescents and the crippies.
massed in that daring successful stand
t. drive from the doors o. |AA Te-itel
the desperate men at Earl
With these stirring me
tie knowledge Of what
near and on The soil OF
/ the. people OF Washington
! cemeteries, where lie the
Z who fought, and tried I,
/ gratitude their adn!fatio
/ hero-worship. Upon the
/ laid the brilliant flowers
/ upon the monuments the
lands: from the windows
| the breezes the cOlors Il
/ urnphant over battlefelds-
Flowers for Vanished
/ But. more beautiful still. they were
not satisfied with paying tribute TO those
/ whose graves could be seen With hearts
/ full 10 overfiowing, the people reach
/ ed cut unlznowing hands toward THAI
/ great wide waste Of water. the ocean,
/ and consigned TO the ceas=less surge a
( tinv vessel whose sole cargo was fiow-
ers and whose only rudder was a ciry's
prayer that the blossoms might for mo-
ment PASS over where ats vanished sea-
men sank.
| X has been a day expressive only OF
the hieh and noble It has been singu-
| iarlv free from careless leviJy and boiS-
/ terous disturbances 1t mas been cousc-
Grated to the memory d me dead Inc
/ rhythm Of marching feet. the music oI
bands and human voices the oratlons
i and the prayers. all have Beauuned th5
city that represents all for which the
/ dead gave up their lives
/ Formation of Veterans
With the forming of the members OF
the Grand Army in line on Pennsylvania
| avenue this morning. the official recoG-
milton Of a nations sorrow for her dead
began. Escorted by the Spanish War
Veterans. the Army and Navy Union,
and other societies, the veterans
marched through the streets, later TAX
ing the cars for Arlington
Following the firing of the national
salute of twenty-One guns in memory
OF the dead. the veterans and escorts.
forming in procession near the ArliTg-
! ton mansion, marched 10 the Tomb OF
/ the Unknown where decorations were
| placed BY a committee from the auxlli-
| ary societies After the Spanish War
| Veterans section had been visited. the
! procession disbanded, many devOung
their time IN placing tributes on the
| graves of relatives aad friends
Services at Amphitheater.
The services at the amphitheater, con-
sisting of musical and literary numbers
including an Grafton by COmrade James
Tanner, past commander-in-chief,G G. A.
r. held the attention of the large gath
ering Commander Tanners address
was a glowing tribute 70 the men wh4
/ gave their lives that their country
might live Selections by the Marina
Band SOLOS. and choruses. with benedic-
ton by Rev. II. A. Brown. chaplain,
L. s. A, concluded the Official ceremo-
n!es at Arlington
Following the exercises IN the amphi-
itheater, the monument 10 the memory OF
Maj. Ger. Joseph A Mower BY the So
ciety OF the Army OF the Tennessee
Many OF the Grand Army and Spanish
War Veterans. the members Of the Army
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