The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-06-22
GOVERNOR TALKS TO CHILDREN
vermont's Executive Warmly Greeted
in Speech al Manchester, N. n.

w 8REGAn - NAankfNaANfN - -
The Manchester Union tells OF the
part taken by Gov. Fletcher. OF Yer
mont in the monster flag day celebra
ton in the New Hampshire city Mon
day OF last week. The following are
taken from the Unions story OF the
day:
Gov. A. NJ. Fletcher OF Vermont
standing on the platform on Hanover
common yesterday morning before
thousands of Manchester's younger
school children. took a long look al
his young auditors. and, turning to
newspaperman. said:
This is just what this country has
got to build on. II is surely inspir-
ing to see and take part in a demon
stration OF this kind. We need more
of such exhibitions OF devotion. II
means more than can be told In
words and am surprised and delight
ed this minute.
Il don't know what | can say to
these children. never faced as
many children before In my life. But
| remember this. was once a child
myself. and ! know that they don't
want to hear long discourse. For
the moment their minds are here on
the flag and on their part in honoring
it. But with such a parade as you
have coming. we can't keep their
minds here for long. and shall not
| try.
| "They are every one OF them AZ
trac.ive enough to adopt
Gov. Fletcher's remarks we're TEEN
ing with strong words of devotion to
| the emblem of the nation. and were
received with applause that gradual
| " grew into a roar as the spectators
4 ringing the common caught the
spirit Of the message and cheered
with all their pent.up patriotism loos-
ened.
| Gov. Fletcher said, in part
children OF Manchester. II is a
life education in itself to stand here
and look into your faces. You all
| look to me very much like Vermont
| children The line between Vermont
and New Hampshire is intangible. |
don't know where it is. Nobody does.
| except II lies somewhere in the Con
necticut river. And what is a little
| water between friends? Id like to
adopt you all and take you back to
Vermont together.
"You all know just as much about
l I 10 laNrnfpu
every day what the flag means to you
and your country. You know that II
stands for the very best influences
among this vast mass OF people who
live and work under it,
You have read in your schools
| that 100000 men lost their lives in a
war half a century ago. And for
what? For this flag and for what II
| stands for. This is freedom from
slavery for one thing. and that means
freedom from slavery of all kinds.
Education is free under it and no
body can keep it from you.
children, you should love the nag.
you should cherish it, you should
fight for it, for all 1t represents, in
war and peace, during the coming
! generations.
THE flag above all other things Is
worthy of the best there is in YOU.
children, shall take no more of
your time. | come to you from Yer
mont bringing a message of peace.
We are tranquil, we are at war with
nobody, and we find here a lesson in
patriotism that we shall not forget
for many years. God bless you all"
| Col w. w. Browne of Gov. Flet.
cher's staff, upon seeing a moving
picture camera man clicking out
views of the flag raising celebration
on Hanover common yesterday, said:
81 have always been curious to see
myself in moving pictures. II seems
to me II must be something like hear
ing your own voice on talking ma
chine. Before this have often been
taken by moving picture men with
Gov. Fletcher, but | never CHANGED to
| COO tho films offarvvard A"