Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-17
Bunker Hill. What It Means To Us

(Written Specially for The Bulletin.)
 The seventeenth of June how much it means to Us all, and how little it is noticed outside of the immediate yi-s cinity of Bunker Hill True Boston ians remember the day with proper reverence and respect. Nothing is omitted which can make the occasion notable. The children have a holiday from school work, and publication is the rule of the day. Processions add to the brave show and general dis play of flags crowns the expression oI the patriotism which swe1ls the hearts of all the people. A fine lesson it must furnish to the newcomers from all other lands to see these dignified Bos- torians celebrating with so much en- thusiasm an event, of which they prob
 ably knew nothing till they reached our shores.
 They notice with how much pride Bostonians point to the unpretentious monument which marks the spot so famous in our historic annals. Many less important events are conmeIno- rated by more expensive and more or nate memorials, but it's simple dignity appeals 10 us as a more elaborate re-
 hinder would fail to do, and is more in accord with our opinion of the manners and people of those times Pla1n and sturdy were the men of those days, but brave and patriotic. They
  and with a determination to obtain them even at the risk of their lives. and in the end they succeeded.
 In the end; but how many had fall en before that end was attained. Bun ker Hill in itself. was not a victory, but one of the many instances on rec ord where defeat at first became vic tory at the last. Longfellow tells us that we can make our failures and fcf4aI T1ara Il q xxrJ1i iaJ1 n climb to success, and so it proved in Revolutionary times, as it has in all others
 It was hard for those who fell by the way, and harder still for those who watched and waited for those who never returned, for in those days, un- certainty made a prolonged anxiety for the ones left at home. which in these times of quick transmission of news is a thing unknown. Then, as now. the women and children left at home had the most trying ordeal after all. Their hearts must have been as strong and sturdy as those who Jeff home in their defence, and many a brave deed is told or our great-grand mothers share in helping the noble cause of freedom from tyranny. Who most often carried news to headquar ! ters concerning the approach of the enemy The brave women and girls of the countryside Who frequently gained 1mpOrta mt information from the British only to transmit it to the op posite party Who else than the charming society belle of the times i whose enticjng smiles wrested many q | secret from the gallant redcoats. Often
 was the generous hospitality of the 1 natroh of the household used to the | advantage of the brave men at the l front. for whose sake she served he1 enemies with a smiling face. but a watchful eye and listening ear. Oh | yes much praise must be given to the 1 loyal matrons and maids of those early 1 times, who did their full share of sery- 1 ice, though not in the field of battle 1 Bunker Hill monument is connected | in my mind with a most delightful day 1 spent in Boston and it's vicinity. Away l back in my Academy days it hap 1 pened that a party of us boys and girls 1 were escorted thither by the principa | of the N. F. A, & devoted teacher ano 1 Bostonian. Dwellers in Boston would l doubtless, reverse those terms. but tt
 me the teacher will remain in my | mind as a delightful memory. Deal l old Professor Smith. I am sure his l name will always recall to very many l in this town thoughts of the happy