Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-24
HONOR MEMORIES
OF HEROES DEAD
ORDER RECEIVED BY G. A. R.
POSTS
DAY REPLETE WITH TENDER
REcoLLEcTloNs
Memorial Services VIII 30 Held at
Many Places In Los Angeles May
3c-Patrlotlc Societies VIII
All Participate

The following order has been received
by the Los Angeles G. A. r. from
Charles C. Burton, commander in chief
of the national G. A. R.. with head
quarters at Kansas City:
1.-THE Both day of May is dedicated to
the soldiers and sailors of the Union
whose tents are pitched upon the camp
ing grounds of the silent and whose
shins are anchored in the harborS OF the
great beyond.
art is replete with tender recollec-
tions and cherished memories OF the
past. 1t invokes thanksgivings Tor the
blessing of the present and is pregnant
with hopes and inspirations Tor the
future.
"The sunrise gun; the flag at half
mast; the marching columns of bowed
and Bonded veterans, whose steps are
timed to the mourninful measure OF
muffied drums; the singing or the ma
tional anthems; the memorial address;
the decoration of the graves OF our
dead and the strewing of the waters
that run to the sea with flowers, SYM
bols of a hope that is eternal and of
faith that is sublime; the Divine IN
vocation and the funeral salute are
object lessons in the school OF patriot
ism, teaching unto the American citizen
the duties which he owes to h1mself'
his country and his God.
VIII Observe Day
saturday, May 80, 1908. will be Mt
tfngly observed by the comrades or the
Grand Army of the Republic as
Memorial day. Children of the public
schools, as far as possible, under the
direction of their teachers or school
officials. and all patriotic people ana
patriotic organizations should be in
vited to participate in the ceremonies
Of the>day.
Lincoln at Gettysburg November ~,
1853, shall be read at all Memorial day
exercises held under the auspices of the
Grand Army of the Republic.
ssPosts situated upon oceans, lakes,
rivers and streams will, wherever pos
sible. Join the auxiliary corps and
allied organizations IN the peautliui
Memorial service of the sailor-soldier
dead, promulgated in general order No.
Q. April 8, 1904, by Mrs Sarah ]. Winans.
national president Woman's Keller
corps. and which memorial service Will
be found on pages 1894 or the journal
of the twenty-second national conven-
tion of the Woman's Relief corps and
on pages 1888 of the journal of the
thirty-eighth national encampment OF
the Grand Army of the Republic, both
held at Boston. Mass, in 1904.
post commanders should. in their
respective communities, arrange LOT
posts to attend divine service on the
Sunday preceding Memorial day."
@. A. r. Banquet
The Delegates club of the G.. A. r.
and w. r. c.. whose members are the
delegates who attended the department
convention at Santa Ana, held their
annual meeting at the Chamber OF
Commerce May 10 and elected the fol-
lowing officers President, Maud Pres
ton; secretary Maggie Dimmitt; treas
urer, Daisy Grotzinyeo; press corre-
spondent, Minnie Powell. 1t was de-
cided to hold the annual banquet at
Hollenbeck hotel June 16, and the 1nvi-
tations will soon be sent to those dele
wates who attended the conventions,
both the G. A. r. and w. r. c., in
Southern California.
Will Hold Services
The Bartlett Logan post and W. r.
C. will hold memorial services Wednes-
day evening, May q, at Mammoth hall.