Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-05-29
THE DAY WE vENEn,rr.,
Mandnv q lI.morIaI III.


q significance perhaps as the name
81 any holiday ia the year aside from
religious festivals They bring to ns
~ once, those of the Younger gener-
alton, memories Of stirring airs and
fluttering flags in Our childhood ~
siurdysmiddle aged mon, fathers and
unclca and grandfathers trampihg q
the cemeteries on "A mellow day in
May just along about tho time that
school let out. For a quarter of a
century $50 have watched the dimin-
ishlHa Hanka ~ thf eld soldiers and
seen their steps grow more feeble.
Whore once wc wondered why the
memory u four years warfare should
persist 50 Vlvdiy through n lifetime,
we have come to realize that the men
of the clvil war hnd q lifetime packed
into those four yoira aua the rest Is
hnt the afteriude,
Memorial day has bpen the subject
of thousands of editorials for scores
of years There is nothing wo could
say more 10 the point than the fol-
lowing exlfacta furnished by Patriotic
Instructor Colonel Edward Johnson OF
tile New Mesico q a. H., and sent
out % The various departments by Ma
lionni Instructor J, r. Lewis;
Another revolution Of the swiftly
flying cycle Of time has brought Us
To tie threshold Of Memorial day--a
day of hailowed associations, unique
in the history Of the nations.
Nowhere else upon earth does m
entire people pause for day IN the
midst OF their manifold activities GO
pay tribute IA the shrine Of memory
IN no other land is there 4 day Of
similar Significance. Nature, IN ao-
cord with the spirit be tho Observance
sdona her freshest garments III honor
of the nations heroes. Lavishly she
gives of her faireat blossoms, fitting
symbols Of our love and gratitude. and
need for this Use Of the noble men of
tie Grand Army of the Republic, who
on this day decorate the graves Of
their fallen comrades.
'IhIs custom, participated ~ by
millions Of Americans, does much to
keep alive the spirit Of patriotism ana
love 81 country and furnishes tho in-
spiration which comes from the con
temptation Of deeds Of hcroism and
uuseIfiHhncss.
with the comrades the honds of
fraternity arc drawn closer with each
recurring Memorial day and Ns we
feoi tie oidtime elbow touch IN the
searly marches. wc experience asair
aoma Ai the enthusiasm of youth, and
onr relation to each other seems pecu-
lmrlv sacred as together wo place our
aarlands above the resting place ~
thoae whom we have loved long since
and lost awhile
III must be lonely, unrcsponsive
heart which having the right and the
privilege can rcmain aloof from a
brotherhood such as ours The march |
grows shorter with tho passing years
ana It should be in solid phalanx.
Especially on this day should ali
animasities be forgotten IN the uni-
versai thanktulness for q united
country the passion ouGendered hN |
strife has been mostly ohlitcrnted, and
today both blue aud gray rejoice in q
union of states in common country
extending from ocean to ocean and
from lakes 20 gulf. under ono glorious
fiag Americans all
EYefs years the rants grow Thin
ntr. thcrc are now mounds and vacant
places. but the heart Of the nation |
throhs with ours as We close up the
ranks, and we know that when he |
lay our work Of commemoration down
there win be willing hands to take 1t
up and perpetuate IT, Already @e
discern the faecs aF those VINO wiz
contlnue the custom of twlning the
flowers of spriun into chaplots of re-
Tor thc brave. In many
places where The veterans are few,
tny hands slrow the flowers and
sweet child voices bicnd in song. and