Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-05-17
MEMORIAL PROGRAM
Hon. {. W. Gibson to Be the Or.
ator May 80
The Patriotic Societies viii Attend Ser
Vices In the Methodist Church Sunday
MornInu. May 26.

Morning, May 2e.
In accordance with generai ORDERS
from national and department headquar-
ters of the Grand Army, Thursday, May
70 will be observed as Memorial day.
The annual day for recalling our debt
Of gratitude to the soldiers who nave
perished in the war has returned, and
patriotic citizens can do no less than
turn aside from ordinary associations
to nav a tribute of respect to the mem.
ory of the brave men whose lives were
noblv sacrificed for their country. The
surviving comrades of these fallen men
necessarily feel special interest in the
observance of the day, for they stood
side by side with those who fell, many of
them bringing home the scars of battle
and as living witnesses of the fearful
carnage of war. But when they grad
ually disappear as the years pass by,
the generation now coming upon the
stage should take up this annual custom
and perpetuate 1T as sacred duty,
thus to keep fresh in mind the great
price which was paid that our nation
al flag might continue to float "oer the
land of. the free and the home of the
brave" May the time never come when
the people Of this country shall so far
forget the defenders of the Union as
to neglect once year to pause in their
absorbing occupations long enough to
strew a few flowers upon their graves.
The custom will ever be an impressive
lesson to the children, whose inquiries
will lead to many tale OF army LIE
that has been handed down from those
who participated in the struggle, and
thus the foundation will be laid for
similar spirit of self sacrifice and dona-
ton to the good Of others.
BY invitation of Rev. F. A. Wells OF
the Methodist church, the Grand Army
post, associate members of the post,
veterans of the Spanish American war;
and the Woman's Relief corps will at
tend his church at the morning service
of May 26. The veterans will meet at
Grand Army hall at $50 to go to the
| church in a body. A delegation from the
post will assist in the exercises at west
| Dummerston. Vernon and Guilford as in
| the past years, leaving the Grand Army
hall about l p. m, May 26.
On Thursday morning, May 80, del
| egaton from the post will meet at Grand
Army hall at $50 to go to West Brat
| tleboro to assist in the memorial SER
| vices there at 10 a. m.
At O'Clock p m. the veterans will
meet in Grand Army hall to attend SER
| vices in the Auditorium at 2 o'clock. The
| exercises will be as follows: Music by
| the band; prayer by Rev. e. Q. s. Os-
| good; singing by the Brattleboro male
| quartet: address by Hon. E. w. Gibson
| singing by the quartet; singing of Amer
| lea by the audience. The procession Will
then be formed on Main street right OF
line resting in front Of Brooks library,
| in the following order:
| First Regiment Band.
| Chief Marshal and Aids.
| Company l. " N. G. as escort, Capt
w. o. Cooley commanding
Committee of Arrangements
Sedgwick Post No. G. A. r.
Old Soldiers and Sailors
| Cd
Citizens.
The line of march will be up MAR
street to the soldiers monument, where
prayer will be offered by Rev. E.
Harrison of West Brattleboro. Th'
march will then be continued to thu
cemetery, hating in front of the tow
hall where the post will be providel
with flowers The usual ceremony o
decorating the graves of fallen comrade
win be performed.
| A delegation from the post with tn
band will visit the Roman Catholic Gem
etery and decorate the soldiers grave
there, also a delegation will visit tn
Morningsde cemetery to decorate tn
graves. On their return the ranks vii
be reformed and the procession will re
turn to Grand Army hall to be dismiss
ed Contributions of flowers are solicite
from the citizens and especially fror
the school children, to be left at tn
Auditorium Thursday morning, when the
will be arranged by the women of tn
| Relief corps. Contributions are also so
licited from the citizens and children o
the West Village. They may be left a
Stockwells store Thursday morning be
, fore o'clock. Associate members of tn
post, veterans of the Spanish America
war and relatives of deceased soldiers ar
/, invited to attend church May 26, an
the exercises in the Auditorium May
with the post.
! T. w. Eason,
F. B. Warner,
Committee of Arrangement
Luke Ferriter, Chief Marshal.