Cañon City record., 1911-06-01

More beautiful weather for the an
nual memorial services OF the Grand
Army of the Republic and it's afTiiiat-
ed organizations was never experience
ed, even in Colorado. than that OF
Tuesday, and. as a result. the Com
memoration Of the occasion was one
of the most notable In the chronicles
OF tAa community In conformity with
the proclamation Of Mayor Smith there
was an almost complete suspension
OF business OF all kinds throughout
the day which afforded everybody an
opportunity OF paying the homage of
their respect TO the memory OF the
soldiers OF the Civil war. who are
sleeping their last sleep in Green
wood and Lakeside cemeteries.
Memorial. or Decoration Day. has
a wider and more sacred significance
now than 81 had when sectional hatred
existed from the Canadian border OF
Gulf Of Mexico. 1t has. with passing
years, become an occasion for retiec-
tion and observance by patriotic
Americans wherever they are found:
north or south. east or west. and In
lands beyond the seas. II is q day
unique in human history and pro-
claims as nothing else can do the love
and gratitude of Erea; and generous
people Tor hose who volunteered their
lives IN the defense OF 4 great prfn-
cipie Of government with the pass
ing Of the ranoor and hostility that
followed the close OF the war 1t Is
recognized throughout the north that
the men Of the south who barred their
breasts to the bullets OF the Federal
armies are entitled by their devotion
to a cause which they believed 10 be
right to the klndest consideration OF
pos,erity. They fought with a bray
cry that challenged the admiration
Of :ho world. and. when all was over.
manfuiiy accepted the decree imposed
upon them by the God OF battles
Never was the spirit Of fraternity
between the wearcrs OF the Federal
blue and the wearers OF the confed-
crate gray in the heroic strife OF fif,y
yearskss1 so beautifully and chival-
rously manifested In Canon City as
1T was on Tuesday when wreaths of
immortelles we're placed on the mound
reared TO the memory OF the unknown
dead OF the Union army by those who
fought valiantly for the Lost cause"
n display of that national brotherhood
that has made our country ''one and
individual" Reciprocating the char
ity and good will OF the men OF the
south the members OF the Grand Army
OF the Republic reyerently and tend
Aerly laid a wreath of roses and for
'get-me-nots upon the Confederate
monument; testifying their admiration
of the bravery of those who were once
their foes upon the field of battle.
The healing of the wounds caused
by the war and the adoption of com
mon hope and ambition by new and
i. chastened nation makes Il possible for
Americans everywhere to unite in hon
oring men who brayely battled on the
field alMars in the defense OF con-
a ,,nce and conviction. Never was a
more general interest shown I'm Canon
City In the sacred service and cere-
~inonial of decorating the graves of
those who followed the flag upon san
culinary flelds during the dark days
that intervened from the firing on Fort
. sumpter to tho surrender of General
Lee at Appotomax than on Tuesday.
Under the auspices and direction of
the members OF Greenwood Post. No.
10, Grand Army OF the Republic. OF
Greenwood Relief corps; U. 3. Grant