The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-05-24
SATURDAY is
MEMORIAL DAY
OFFICERS OF GRAND ARMY POST
ASK OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
AND FRIENDS TO JOIN THEM
IN EXERCISES AT NATIONAL
CEMETERY

Saturday, May 80 is Memorial Day
a day set apart by our national gov
eminent as a memorial to the men
whose memory we cherish.
W. T. Sherman Post, Grand Army
of the Republic. asks the Army and
Navy union, the Spanish American
war veterans, the sons of all the vet
Grams in the city and county. to take
part in this patriotic work, and as We
Joined in the CONFEDERATE Memorial
Day service of last month, so We
would ask Ward Camp No. 10 and the
Daughters of the Confederacy TO hon
or with US the memory of these men
whose lives were given for the cause
they loved The wives and daughters
of all these veterans we know Will be
with us
The graves in the national cemetery,
of the boys in blue, and the boys in
gray. Will be marked with our ma
tiOnal colors and the fragrant flowers
OF this Florida springtime, and the
veterans graves in St. Johns and st.
Michaers viii be showered with flow
eTs, a tribute Of love, and with tears
Of devotion and affection.
AS a new generation is growing up
among US, we need this annual Mem
orial Day to remind the young of the
sacrifice made in this time of strife.
1t matters not now on which side
we were. The battles were fought and
the sacrifice of life was great. The
soldiers Of the north and the soldiers
of the south both ecnal in VaIor on
the battle field, We're as ready when
the battle was over to shake hands
and drink from the same canteen.
In the national cemetery al Fort
Barrancas 164T of these fallen heroes
are sleeping, the blue and the gray
under the same sod The little white
slab and the mound OF green sod. is
all that marks their resting place, but
on this Memorial Day we decorate
these graves with the sweet flowers of
spring, and with the flag they hon
ored in their death.
Seven hundred and twenty-five OF
these graves are unknown and the
dear mothers and wives who gave
these boys the parting kiss as they
left their homes in 81 know not where
they sleep today. but do know that
somewhere in this southland their
tal Day.
in the strife TO
Give them the chapIets they Won in
the strife.
Give them the Iaureis they lost with
Grown in Your hearts these heroes
of ours
And cover them over with beautiful
flowers"
W. T. Sherman Post asks all patriot
&c societies to join with us on this
Memorial Day, make t a day of devo-
ton. day we all can honor.
There Will be no parade on the city
streets but all will meet at the ter
minal station at Las p m.
Train will leave promptly at p. m
for Fort Barrancas. on arrival at the
ice house station they will be re-
ceived by the military at Fort Barran-
cas-, the marines and army and navy
union as in former years. The military
and bands will form in open ranks as
they reach the cemetery gate. The
Grand Army and Confederate Neter-
ans. the Spanish war veterans and
Sons of Veterans and Army and Navy
Union will pass through and form
about the monument.
After the reading Of orders the us
uaI services will be held. The firing
of the military salute over the graves
and the sounding OF taps. All Will ad-
iourn TO the grand stand where the
exercises Of the day will begin. Pro
gram will be announced later.
GEO. w JOHNSTON,
Com w T. Sherman
G. R. SMITH, Post No. 81, G. A. f.
Adjutant.