Evening journal., 1910-05-27
MEMORIAL DAY
AT HIGH SCHOOL
Delightful Program Of Read
ingS, Song and Orchestral
Music Given Today
ADDRESS MADE BY
GEN. DANIEL ROSS

Memorial Day exercises were appro-
priately observed in the Wilmington
High School this morning by students,
and many visitors were present. The
auditorium. in which the entertainment
was held. was bedecSed with flags. The
High School Orchestra accompanied
the singing Of the school. and the med
ley of patriotic airs by orchestra was
dress was made by Past Vice Com
mander Daniel Ross. of the G. A. r.
Following is the program given;
Readir~ of the state orders by Sam
uel Miller Shallcross. and the national
orders by c. Henry Clash; an grafton.
Patriotism" by Edgar Heisler Riley;
Making a Man of the Boy" by Miss
Mabel Amelia Werner and Decoration
Day." by Joseph Horty. The music
included the singing of 1.-THE Lost
Chord, "Tenting Tonight on the Old
Camp Ground" and Memorial Day."
besides a special chorus entitled peace
Day"
General Ross in the course Of his ad-
dress said:
The SOth of May was selected by
Gen. John A. Logan. then commander
in-chief of the Grand Army of the
Republic. in 1868, as Memorial day
for the purpose of strewing flowers
and planting flags over the graves of
comrades who died in defense of their
country during. and since the war of
the rebellion from 1861 TO 1865.
THE Grand Army of the Republic
represents the patriotism and love of
country that made it possible to or
ganize the splendid army and navy.
through whose devotion and sacrifice
the Union was saved from disrup-
tion.
1T has fostered and intensified rev.
erence for the memory Of the heroic
dead of the nation. and has tenderly
cared for the widow and orphan of the
fallen.
THE work and the history Of the
Grand Army of the Republic. attest
the high character and devotion of the
men who We're willing to die that the
nation might live.
IAN over this koad and, wherever
post OF the GRIND Army of the Re
public is found, there toe. working be-
side them are the various societies OF
] pau AUAlA MWiltAA W OAAidAl > IkEAANl
Corps, Daughters of Veterans, and
Ladies of the G. A. Rail organized
for the purpose of assisting in the
grand work of caring for the aged
and crippled veterans and their de-
pendent ones
I'VE are now indeed one country
with one flag In our late war with
Spain our sons marched shoulder to
shoulder with the sons of our former
foes and proved their loyalty to old
Glory by active service under its
folds. The old sectional lines have
been obliterated, and that during the
life time of those who were once ar
rayed against each other.
Young men, it is your proud heri-
tage to stand by these old heroes as
] they enter the valley Of the shadow
of death and catch the banners that
stand for the honor and liberty OF
this country, the emblem of one peo-
pie united in a deathless brotherhood
Every child in our country should
be taught. that our starry banner is
the glorious emblem of sweet liberty
for which our fathers bled. Thanh
God. the time has come when nearly
every school house. and public build
ing in this land floats from its top
most tower the broad stripes and
I bright stars; and never so long as
we retain the memory of that suffer
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