Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-12
PLANS MADE FOR
MEMORIAL DAY
BIG CELEBRATION WILL BE
HELD
Soldiers Graves VIII BE Decorated
and Flowers Thrown on Water
in Memory of Martyred
Sailors

Within the next two weeks arrange
mcnt will be made for the greatest OBJ
servance of Memorial day in the his
tory of Los Angeles.
On Thursday, May 30, the old SOL
diers of the national home, the sailors
and the hundreds of others whose fore
fathers fell in the great contest be-
tween north and south will decorate
the graves of those who died for their
country, whether 1t was north or south.
At the soldiers home at Sawtelle
the services will be particularly beau
tiful. Under the sweeping boughs OF
the trees the little headstones have
increased in number during the past
year. over the graves the old soldiers
have done sentry duty for their dead
comrades.
1t is for those who have passed away
that Los Angeles for a second time
within the month will blossom forth.
The flowers will be the same fragrant
blossoms with which the city decorated
itself for the Fiesta, but this time they
will not be tossed about over the streets
and buildings.
Many Die During the Year
During the past year there have been
many who have joined the silent ranks,
many who have gone to the great un-
known and left their comrades behind.
1t is LOT Ine SliSu( HdIlSS Oll hho ioit
call that the memorial will be held, and
not a grave viii be missed.
For the northern soldiers the men at
the home will care for them, for they
were comrades.
For the gallant sons of the south,
who gave their life's blood willingly in
defense of the land that gave them
birth when transgression of their rights
threatend, the sons of those mighty
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decorated. The Daughters of the Con-
federacy will take care of the southern
soldiers graves.
Preparations for Decoration day
promise to make that day one OF the
best that Los Angeles has ever known.
The following resolution has been
drawn by various societies to insure
remembrance of the day:
ION Thursday, May 30, the time
honored ceremony of decorating the
graves of the nations dead will take
place. This custom has now become
q national one, and 1t is one which ap-
peals to the loftiest impulses of hu-
manity. The holy memories of the
past are strengthened and patriotism
is broadened by the loving tributes paid
to our dead on this day, and with the
passing of the years these sacred du-
ties take firmer hold upon our hearts.
Posts to Assemble
ssIn accordance with the established
custom of forty years the different
posts of the Grand Army of the Re
public, Sons of Veterans, Spanish war
Veterans and kindred organizations
will assemble at their post rooms, and
from there proceed to the different
cemeteries, where the graves of the
veterans of our wars will be decorated.
At the seashore loving hands will
strew fragrant blossoms upon the ocean
in memory of the sailors and marines
who sleep beneath the waves.
I'VE are glad to say that Memorial
day is being observed more and more
by all who have lost loved ones as
day in which to honor their dead by
decorating their graves as we'll as the
graves of the soldiers. We commend
this custom as one tending to promote
the sacredness of the day, and we ask
all pastors of churches to make spe-
cial mention of our sacred day in the
Sabbath preceding May 30.
"On the afternoon of Memorial day |
appropriate services will be held in |
churches, to which the public is in |
vited. and the veterans of the different |
armies urgently appeal to the public |
to Join them in these memorial serv-
ices as far as possible and at least to
refrain from making this gala day |
for sports.
''Is it too much to ask of the young |
er generation that they do this as a |
token of sympathy and respect toward |
the memory of those who gave their |
lives that the nation might live?
Memorial day is sacred to the thou
sands who mourn the loss of loved |
ones, not only of those who lie in SOL |
diers' graves. but of all the dear ones
who have gone before. Let US then
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plies-a day of holy memories of our
honored dead
Signed by general memorial COM
mittee, Grand Army OF the Republic,
Sons Of Veterans. Spanish War Vet
erans.