The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-23

dent of Indiana, gives utteranCe TO the
following beautiful sentiments:
Memorial Day-the day when all ma
ture seems most beautiful, when the
birds with threats throbbirg with songs
are filling the earth with sweet melo-
dies, when the trees are robed with
their dress of green and the buds and
blossoms are filling the air with sweet
fragrance 1t is then we are wont to
recall the days gone by, to lift from the
sacred casket of memory the most pre-
cious jewels to fondle and caress. The
goth of May, that sacred day, may we
all wend our way to our cemeteries
laden with offerings of flowers. Where
there are streams of water near by do
not forget to cast some flowers on the
water in memory of our sailor dead.
The Sunday before Decoration Day
let us gather together to eulogiZe and
sing the praise of our heroes, so that
we may not only express our memory
and devotion, but make these two days
great days of patriotism to the young
and old as well. Let us assemble our
selves together in memor" of the days
gone by, of the going of the loved ones
to the new and untried home. They
have taken their departure, leaving us
to mourn and to hold in precious mem
CRY their good deeds and valorous sac
rifices. Their service of love and pa
triotism, giving all that men could give,
their lives for others, cementing our
country into one grand and glorious
union, making it possible for this Ma
ton to reach out her strong arms across
the great oceans and islands of the seas
and lift up a benighted and downtrod-
den people, extending the olive branch
of peace, prosperity and Christian civ
iliZation to the people Of the tropical
regions of the Orient and the frozen
and barren lands of the north. 1t was
the heroes we honor to-day that exalted
our Flag, until it has honor in every
known land and is the passport and
protection of every American who steps
on foreign shores.
From PARKWAY Oregon comes the
tribute of Mary c. Hildreth, Department
President:
Another year has past swiftly away
and the beautiful Springtime, with its
wealth of flowers, is again with US, re-
minding us of the near approach of
Memorial Day, the day of sad, sweet
memories, day set apart from ali 9TH
ers, when, with loving thoughts, we
gather the choicest blossoms, weave
them into chaplets of honor, and place
them above the breasts of our heroes
who are sleeping in graves marked by
the Flag they so dearly loved.
Many comrades who We're with us on
last Memorial Day have answered the
last roll call. Each year adds more
mounds, and the day becomes more sa
cred. AS the ranks of the veterans
grow thinner, they need our help all
the more. Let every member of the
Woman's Relief Corps in this Depart
ment remember her sacred trust, and
as we willingly help to strew the beau
tiful flowers above those who sleep, let
us not forget our duties to the living,
but see that they, too, are remembered
with flowers.
Each Corps in this Department is ex-
pected to join with its Post in attend
ance of divine services on Memorial
Sunday. Let us bring to the observance
of this day all our tenderness and make
it more sacred and more holy.
Gather the children together and in
terest Them in Memorial Day by help
ing to scatter the roses on the last rest
ing places of those who offered their
lives a willing sacrifice on the altar of
patriotic devotion, for as We teach the
children of to-day must we expect the
men and women of the future to take
up this work when we are called 10 lay
il down.
Do not forget the service to the many
brave men who sleep in graves unwept
because unknown, but let every Corps
prepare loving tribute to the unknown
dead.
From the Indian Territory, the baby
Department. of which Lilah Lindsay is
President, came the following:
That day sacred to tender memories
is fast approaching, when We shall gath
err to place our tokens of love on the
low green mound beneath which sleep
our honored dead. Since last Memo
rial Day many comrades have bade us
lent Grand Army" and as the years
go by this day becomes more and more
sacred. Let us keep Memorial Sunday
with our living comrades attending di-
vine service; assist in furnishing flowers
for Memorial Day, May 80, remember
ing also the graves Of the unknown,
and If near streams of water, make an
effort to pay tribute to our soldier
sailor dead, by scattering flowers upon
the waters. Let no call go unheeded,
no duty be overlooked. AS far as pos
sible use the children in your Memo
rial Day exercises, thereby keeping
ablaZe in their hearts the spark of
patriotism that they may in years to
come take our places in this sweet and
loving service.
"Oh. tried and true, who love to rise
and rally.
Oh, tried and true, who sleep so well
by stored stream and valley,
We bind this debt upon our hearts,
which time cannot discover,
To guard your name and shield your
fame. forever and forever"