The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-06

IL IregponsibIIIty largely with the select- l men, and this is the result We thank him for his business-hke and kindly
 manner of treating us We cannot l value too highly the fact that we have
 a we'll organized band in our midst and our thanks are due. the Sandy
 Hook Brass Band for the interest they have taken in our celebration | by leaving their business or their sist us in a joyful and patriotic flag
 raising.
 thank you all for what you have given the town, and for your kind att 1 tention, and though the winds and storms along this Atlantic Seaboard
 may at times seem to deal harshly
 with this flag pole and Old Glory. l though our heads may be white with I-the snow that never melts, let. us stand as sentinels, over an inheritance that these little ones and those that come after, may enjoy It. 'sFor it is my flag,
 And it is your flag,
 l. And the flag of us all"
 When MT. Johnson ended, the band,
 r,n<Jer tTle leadership of Arthur Beard.
 began the initial number of it's pro- 1 gram America" joined in by a cho-
 rus of voices that was harmony itself.
 Then, at the request or the commit turned flying aloft which had already been raised to the ball surmountfng the 1 spire by Mr. Johnson as directed by. | the committee in charge This was the only part of the program pre- arranged. Next the band struck up
 the heart-s1rrtng war song. Rally
 Round the Flag. Boys, while from
 the sidewalk column of school chf1-
 dren dressed fin the national colorS 1 and bearing flags marched In a wide
 detour encircHng the hagpoAe and re-
 turned to their station This inn | pronnptu act was unexpected, and de-
 lighted the behoIderss and for the first
 time appfatzse broke out and the audi encS drew near the station where Rev
 Father Sinnott. stood in his automo- bile ready to address the people. In | the car were Rsv. Father Coholan, 1 cI1rate of St Roses church, and New \ towns patriarch and best known ctti- zen, Ezra Levan Johnson. Thanking | and fronting the car were most o9
 our business men and citizens not | only of the borough, but from Bots | ford Sandy Hook, and Hasvfeyv vile,
 and scores more were in banked autos
 and filling the square in front of the Congregational church were the ranks | of the people in which the ladies were I no inconsidera'b1e portion. The rev
 erend speaker, owing to insufficient
 notice. spoke from manusczdpt
 Father S1nnOGt'S Address
 Assembled here this morning to raise this emblem of patriotism we be- speak on this day a cordial unity of | feeling. For years has 1t been the I custom in New England towns to un- T furE the emblem of our country on ] a. tall flag pole in the center of their localities that it's lesson of patriotism might be an inspiration to the chfa- dren of the community and to the for I eigner coming to our shores. Love of l God, love of country and love of home l are the three representative virtues
 that it presenee inspires and makes on 1 good citizens Each Is intimately Eunited and each intimately bound up with the other. Love of God makes us respect the rights of the neigHbor, love of country the rights of our fell How citizens and love of home th9 all signff1ed by the tall dagstam with it's flying emblem that surmounts the hill in your pretty town Love Of God | is Eymbo1ized because its tall spire points like the turEets of your churches to the home of Him who rules our des- ttinies. Love of country Is symboliz- ed for the waving emblem of the na- I ton shakes out it's folds and drops its blessings of liberty and freedom OCT the roofs of your homes, which liberty has been procured by the blood shedding Of our noble ancestors. Love of home is typffed because the straight
 staff that supports the emblem can lbe made a figure typifying the strong | character of4fhe father of the home joined with the protecting folds of l the wife's love both showering peace,
 harmony, contentRpent of life, that
 works out best for the prosperity of | the, nation, Of which each individual home is a, unit, in it's formation 1 f't,The home is the center of unity, for,
 from 1t radfates the characters of the . f. fre 1ra A
 towns and cities of our nation and | therefore is it well in our midst to
 erect in the very center Of our 1o- ca1ity the emblem of our country. Fly
 it high, fly it often. fly it long Let | it's colOrs be seen by the stranger en- I tering. Let them be seen by the cEliI-
 dren at play Let, them be seen by a1l that all may be inspired by The housewife busy with her daily tasks
 sees it from her window and counts the stars of statehood represented on its azure square. The man sees 1t and patriotism moves him to salute 1t
 with lifted hat The boy and girl see | it and remember the stories on the
 pages of history of the heroes that fought and bled for it. And thus the I town inspired by it's -rection and set
 ting, is bettered for it's existence and
 the nation numbers more patriots will | ing to fight for it.
 l Political parties divide in their opin- I 1OaS as IO lAo D0SC meInO0S or aQVanc-
 ing it's glories, but political parties
 unite in preserving it from stain. The
 heroes of the past look to us all to us to salute it. The martyrs of the
 past cry out to us to defend it; and
 the washingtons. Jeffersons, LincoIns and Grants apostrophize those who ir-
 suit it
 'It is the lesson of the Declaration of
 Independence.
 | Its a story of the War of 1872. -ts
 progressive emblem of 'ee and the i glorious emblem of Vera. Cruz No