The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-06-03
Graves of Fallen Heroes of Keno.
sha County Strewn With
Flowers on Monday
ANNUAL TRIBUTE OF LOVE
Veterans of Two Wars March in
Solemn Concourse to Cemeteries
and Place Flowers on Graves
of Dead Comrades

! The honored dead of Kenosha county
slept Monday might beneath coverlet
| of flowers and the annual observance
Of Decoration Day called hundreds of
citizens of Kenosha county from their
homes on Monday to the cemeteries on
the hills and valleys to pay their
annual tribute of love and affection to
the soldier dead.
| 1t was simple celebration of the
| day, but business was suspended and
the Royal people of the city gathered
about the little soldiers lot in the
Gity cemetery to recall hallowed
memories of the past and to give ex-
preston of the patriotism Of the
present.
| There was the usual parade of the
members of the Grand Army and other
Jailed organizations, the usual solemn
music, and the usual tears which fell
as the wreath of flowers was dropped
on the last resting place of the men
who had stood as comrades in great
struggle for the life of the nation.
Many people crowded the streets to
witness the annual parade and the fact
that there was no oratory to mark the
passing of the day did not interfere
with the expression of the feelings of
the people. Flags hung at half mast
all along the line Of march. The usual
stop was made at Library Park while
the base Of the soldiers monument was
decorated with flowers as token Of
love to the Kenosha county soldiers
who are sleeping in unknown graves
Of the sunny southland.
The ceremonies at the cemetery were
strictly in keeping with the ritual of
the Grand Army and were in charge
of the members of the Fred S.
Lowell Post of the Grand Army
under the leadership of Comman-
der Charles e. Likes, who read the
solemn service for the dead. After
the service was over "taps' were
sounded and the members as the Post
went from grave to grave and covered
the last resting places Of their com
rades with flags and flowers. During
the morning graves of soldiers who
served in every American war were
decorated. Two Of the sleeping soldiers
had fought in the war Of the American
revolution, half a dozen had fought in
the war of 1912, a score in the war
with Mexico, more than 200 in the
war of the rebellion and four in the
recent Spanish-American war. Flow
ers fell with impartiality ON friend and
foe for during the simple service Of
commemoration a band of men who had
served in the Union army stopped at
the grave of William G. Mcdonnell who
had fought in the Confederate army
and it was covered with the same
WfeaGhS OF MOWERS placed on the graves
of the men who had fought in the
Union army.
The grave Of the late Orla M. Cal
kins who recently presented the city
with handsome memorial to Abraham
Lincoln was not forgotten and the
same honor was paid there as at the
graves Of the soldiers.
While the main body Of the post was
decorating the graves in the City GENE
terry little parties of veterans went to
the other cemeteries in the city and
county and at night the flag foated
over the grave of every soldier and
every grave bore the simple tribute of
flowers.