Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-12
At CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
FLAG DAY EXERCISES OF PUPILS
IN ASSEMBLY HALL.
Address by Member of Grand Army of
the Republic - Meeting
Friday Evening.

Appropriate exercises in commemorat on
of Flag day were held at O'Clock this
morning at the Central High School The
entire first hour of the school day was
taken up with the exercises. The pup Is
assembled in the hail. where, after sever Al
patriotic songs. Mr.. A. S. Perham. mem-
! Der of the Burnside Post. G. a. R., deliver
ed address.
You cannot. I know" he said. under
stand the feelings the emotions, of one.
now on the down grade of life, looking into
your bright. fresh. young and .dppy fares,
for whose education, homes, freedom and
happiness we soldiers of forty-fve years
ago carried the flag; offering lie. health,
home. everything that men hold dear. And
there are other thoughts which you cannot
appreciate: and thoughts-thouShts of suf-
fering, agony, tears-my own spirit can
hardly bear these thoughts as they sweep
over me.
Meaning of the Flag.
Standing before you, for whom these
things have been suffered that you may be
brighter in your onward and upward jour
ney. to me two things enter into the mean
ing of this fiag-one, the memories of de-
| votion, of suffering. sacrifice. toll. griefs,
pain, death and hundreds of thousands of
desolated homes; the other, the mightier, is
what is gained by these sufferings, the SAL
walton of all there is in what we call coun-
try, home. flag. your education-all we hold
dear, so high, SO noble.
I'm the defense of this flag several in
stances are on record where every mem
Der of the regimental color guard has fallen
In keeping the flag waving
Mr.. Perham related anecdotes of the war
having to do with the full Significance of
, the company colors." He traced the his
tory Of the present Stars and Stripes. and
in closing told the students that those who
carried the flag in 1S61-G5 now look to the
rising generation for the maintenance of its
glory.
1--WE men of the present generation will
soon pass away" the speaker added. This
country Of the next generation will be what
you young ladies and gentlemen make it.
We who followed the flag In the sixties
leave to you-young ladies and gentlemen
the great problems of state. finance, COM
merce and education, and we look to you
to carry this flag to still further and higher
renown, to uphold our national honor and
glory at home and among the nations of
the world.
As to New Glory.
MAY your opportunities and achieve
ments be in the line OF peace, commercial
and literary enterprise, and the advance
ment of education, and in the still further
improvement Of our American homes. But
If conditions confront you, when some
wrong exists or some oppression prevails,
which may be worse than war and can in no
other manner be eXterminated We who
have trod in the footsteps of our fathers
in maintaining the integrity OF Old Glory
look to you to take the flag from our hands
and carry 1t to new glory and further
achievements, greater rcnown and a higher
state of civilization than we have seen
May you be as brave as your fathers In
the sixties. whether from the sunny south
or the colder north.
May you add new glory. renown and
luster to the flag. this flag representing the
corner stone of liberty and justice carry 1t
higher and further than we. May the flag
In your hands achieve new laureis FOR hu-
mainly and enlightened progress.
I'VE trust you will remember its splendid
history what 1t cost to establish. to defend,
to retain intact, carry it around the globe
and plant it. and what 1t represents across
the Pacific"
By Thomas Post and Corps.
The 18Oth anniversary Of the birth of "Old
Glory" will be celebrated by George H.
Thomas Post and Relief Corps Friday even