The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-01
NATIONS GRIEF
FOR BRAVE SONS
WAS AGAIN TOLD
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memories which cluster around the
martyred soldiers and sailors of every
war
| From Depot square, the paraders
marched up North Main street thence
into Washington street to Elmwood,
where the hollow square was formed and
the salute to the dead given. Hundreds
OF people, old and young, acted as an
unofficial escort for the marchers and
accompanied them back to city hall.
Before the veterans swung into city
hall for their exercises. 2l5 graves, mark.
ing the resting places of veters of the
Revolution, the war of 1872, the Next
can war, the war between the states
and the Spanish American war, in Elm
wood, Hope, Wilson and Maplcwood and
the Catholic cemeteries had been deco
rated through one agency or another.
Commander John w. tAverill of Gran
dali post presided in the opera house
and the opening number was a selection
by the Barre band. Adjutapt j. Il. Har
ris followed with the reading of the gen.
eral orders and the post then gave the
salute to the dead Comrade A. J. Ba ID
VIII gave tHt tfiDute w llic UHkHpWH
dead and Lincon's Gettysburg address.
A band selection was followed by pray
er, offered by Rev George II. Holt, pas.
tor OF the First Baptist church. The en-
tire audience joined in singing "Amer-
lea" and Representative Stones spirit
ed address to the veterans came after
ward. Band music and the benediction
brought the impressive program to its !
close
Not in several years have the veterans
of Crandal post and a Barre Memorial
more inspiring resume of the events lead
ing up DO and of the war between the
states than that given by Representa-
tive Stone yesterday. This city has been
fortunate in securing each Me-
mortal day speakers of exceptional tai
ent and it is enough TO say that Mr.
Stone measured well up to the standard
Of other years. This quiet tribute to
the valor of Vermont soldiers was a model
Of rhetoric and well spoken. Turning
from his recital of the deeds that are
perpetuated in memory on the pages OF
written history, the speaker spoke forci-
bly, of the peace lessons which past
wars have brought to the present-day
generation. He touched pointe1ly on
,he European situation with reference TO
ts bearing on the future of the United
States and urged upon his hearers the
necessity for large hearted patriotism
n time when eventualities seem to be
training American neutrality to the
INIT.
Mr.. stones Address.
During my boyhood years. the Memorial day
rator always grizzled veteran, bedecked
With medals and badges and clad in the blue
rmy are wearing to-day. As, with ready
ongue and expressive gesture, he took US
through the stirring scenes of the rebellion
he call 10 arms the eager response. the
r-s, the battles, the sieges the marches, the
amp life, the prison hardshps, the victories
nd the surrenders-how intensely vivid were
finds. We sat before him, wide-eared and
pen mouthed, drinking in his every syllable.
ur eyes glstened, our pulses lcaped and our :
rains whirled as. under the spell Of his elo-
ience. charged up the blu with him amid
he rain of shot and shell. How we cheered
hen the battery captured or the enemy w
iven from his position And then the tears W
u as. with tender hands, we gathered up the ~
ounded our hearts torn asunder by their
'oans and cries OF agony, pain and thirst Ne
.rformed their dreadful work se
The impressions Of youth are lasting ones. te
NJ we'll !, Z that This Il 40 for n Il largely sc
rough such discourses that of the present IN
I'VE been made to realize. in some degree. at We
asst, what you men Of the past went through pr
your response to the call Of patriotic duty. 90
Regrettable. indeed, is il that the relentless Gu
ayes Of time so rapidly enEulfng those I'M
ttle-scarred orators, gifted 10 inspire the fn'
aginaton Of youth and to awaken the mem
les Of the elderly. To-day, their places ca
lst. in large measure. he taken by men of pr
e next generation-by those of US who have ny
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rtune to be lawyers. op
There Is plenty to talk about to-day. GU
eat deal has happened in the world since OF
Il met In this hall one wear ago last Memo 10
4 day the ewes Of America were on a neigh am
ring country for q war with. Mexico was SO
,rod To-day the Mexican situation paeS th'
"a inxiqnihcanre a. we look across the seas pr,
A behold the greatest international ronAict the
. world has ever seen a war that arose in ha,
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