Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13
MEMORIAL TO REVOLUTIONARY
SOLDIERS.

SOLDIERS.
1t is a rare chapter of the order
of d. A. r. that has not done, OF
are dong, something to commemorate
the deeds of those brave men of the
Revolution who showed by their I'M
flinching fortitude that the Struggle of
today is not altogether for today is
for vast future ALSO"
Boulders with inscribed tablets, men,
orial buildings, water troughs and drink
ing fountains bear lasting testimony to
their memory.
There are few of these many towns
who have done this work, who can claim
so large a number of these long dead
heroes, as can our little town of Corn
wall; we have the names of 7S such.
These 78 men must have many descend
ants. Many are unacquainted with
their ancestry, but by searching for
them they will find
"As their names and deeds come to
light
The ages vanished like mists of the
night,
AS they came so ear seemed to see
My beloved forgotten ancestry"
1t is in keeping that these memorials
be erected and they prove that good
deeds are not forgotten, that honorable
work is a sufficient reward and that the
memory still lives to later generations.
We treasure their history.
"Ah but the life they gave
Is not shut in the grave;
The valorous spirits freed
Live in the vital deed. "
In recognizing these deeds we honor
our noble ancestry by placing lasting
monuments to their memory.
There has been erected in Cornwall a
soldiers monument to the dead sons of
these men, the soldiers of the Civil
war, and upon its granite side is in
scribed this touching sentence Corn
wall Remembers. W no can look upon
it without recalling the Boys in Blue, "
before our minds as we gaze, pass the
varied scenes and struggles of the war
in which they bore so faithful a part.
Are the fathel less worthy than the
sons? Do we ask which are the greater
benefactors? Are not the revolutionary
soldiers as deserving of memorial as
are the soldiers of civil service?
"And here for thousand years may
grateful generations of Americans come
to rehearse the glorious story"
Today we look over our peaceful,
prosperous land and smile and congratu-
late ourselves that "all's Well" We
upon our knees thank God that we live
in times of peace, but let US arouse our
selves to the truth that although the
sound of bugle call is not in our ears;
that the bursting shell and cannon
roar is not heard in our fair land, there
are yet battles raging that imperil our
rich inheritance given us by men Of
whom the poet says:
They left the plowshare in the moulu,
The flocks and herds without fold,
The sickle in the unshorn grain,
The corn half garnered on the plain,
And, mustered in the simple dress,
For wrong to seek stern redress,
To right those wrongs, come veal, come
woe
To perish or o'ercome the foe"
These are the revolution period
qualities which we are heirs to, and in
claiming our birthright may we prove
to be loyal descendants and be true to
the core in the protection of this land
bought for us at so great cost.
We appeal to you who claim such
ancestry to aid US in the erection of a
suitable memorial to our Revolutionary
soldiers.
The Mary Baker Allen chapter,
D. A. R., of Cornwall.
R. S. M. COMMITTEE.