Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-30
EXERCISES At GLENWOOD
GEORGE n. THOMAS POST. NO. IS.
G. A. R., WAS IN CHARGE.
Graves in Prospect Hill, St. Mary's
and Mt. Olivet Cemeteries
Also Decorated.

The exercises at Glenwood. Prospect Hn
st. Mary's and Mt Olivet cemeteries were
under the direction of William Hawthorn.
commander. and the other members OF
George IL. Thomas Post, No. Is assisted
oy cushing Camp. Sons OF Veterans and
Richard j. Harden Camp. Spanish War
Veterans.
Past Department Commander b. T. Entri-
kin. with details from Post No IL Sons
or Veterans and Spanish War Veterans met
at Northeast Temple at o'clock this
morning and proceeded TO Mt Olivet Come
terry After strewing flowers there they
assembled at Glenwood cemetery. where at
9:3o o'clock Post -. the Relief Corps and
other societies with their friends. met and
participated in the exercises following tho
DECORATION of the graves. Woman's Relief
Corps NO. IL acted under the direction Of
Mrs. Gertrude Morgan. president.
The program consisted of the sounding OF
Assembly by George f. Preshaw. bu-
gler; Introductory remarks by William
hawthorn. commander. and invocation by
chaplain W, II. Honn; A quartet rendered
song; Edward Webster adjutant read
the orders; e \. Keller read Lincolu's
Gettysburg address: the audience then sang
Nearer, My God. To Thee" Mrs Clara Trus
gave recitation; George b. Fleming read
poem; the quartet contributed a song.
Address by Auditor Brown.
W. w. Brown. auditor OF the Navy De-
partment. delivered an address
Memorial day has wrought great things
in the forty years since its dedication to
our martyred dead he said. 1t Will yet
bring greater blessings if rightly used. We
are so far removed from the carnage. tho
agony and bereavement. that We may now
with great propriety, give more heed to the
lessons that God manifestly intended TO
teach us by that ordeal of peril and sac
rifce.
What caused the war and how much
did 1t cost are questions well settled. They
are of the dead past. except far as they
continue to be admonitions for the future.
Besides, the triumphs that came to the soul
that suffered for his people and his ago
are, through Gods inscrutable wisdom,
garnered where neither moth nor rust doth
corrupt nor thieves break through and
steal.
What did we gain by war. however. is
an enduring problem. And while Appo-
mattoX shall be my theme. 1t shall be So
only to bring into palmer view the hope It
should kindle and the memorable demands
IL makes upon our people and our country.
The republic has come to the summit OF
It's greatness through sacrifice. Our fathers
gave US independence and consequent free
dom. To reach the victorious field of York
town they needs must come by way of VAL
ley Forge Appomattox was reached by
the Bull Run route. and its joys were
chastined by the agones of Lbbey and
''Ah! well 1t Is for man that God, who
giveth US the victory in things temporal as
well in things spiritual, through sacrifice
hath ordained that every drop of blood
shed by man for man shall be garnered
for the common veal in the ages to come
We stand today a nation regenerated and
disenthralled, because we first became
strong with struggling. We fervently love
our liberty because, as Lincoln said, it IL a
costly jewell
The jewel of liberty Of which Lincoln
spoke. and for which he died Is borne in
earthen vessels. Eternal vigilance alone
can shield 1t from the wreck of common
things. Strange is the paradox, that in the
greatest prosperity as we in general meas
ure prosperity, this jewel Is in most immi-
nent peril. Tyranny never retrenches nor
sleeps. His chains, are ever forging. His
minions from age to age grow stronger
with struggling. Forty years ago. you,
comrades. said in your hearts, tyranny
in the republic is dead: henceforth liberty
and equality shall abide, unvexed and I'M
hindered, ever more"
God grant that in all coming time every
the shedding of blood"
America" was sung by the audience. w.
H. Honn, chaplain. pronounced the bene-
dlction. Taps was sounded by the bugler.
The floral committee, consisting of Nora
B. Atkinson, chairman; Clara Magee,
Mamie p. Dorsey. Title Durham, Mary w.
+. Thatcher. Alice Burgess, Rosamond b.
Meacham. Mary Honn, Anna Hawthorn.
Lizzie Crisp. Emma V. Webster, Kate Nj.
Mary Griswold. Jennie Stretch. Lizzie Lang
ham, Sarah Hill, Ida A. Goodheart Belle
House, Clara l.. Seagast, Sarah Mcmillan.
assisted by all members of the corps. then
proceeded to decorate the graves in all the
four cemeteries.