New Britain herald., 1915-10-12
COLUMBUS DAY.

use a poor boy who had been near the wharves of his native Developed, the idea that the
 tossing sea. which he had to love, did not run off to a tous point and pour itself into chasm, sbut,wended its way into unknown. we .are here today to hte the vindication of his theory, ise the sturdincss of charac- ht accomplished things in tho all the scoffings of scolarly
 Because Christopher Colum- as brave ,enpngh to start out on hey whose ending no one dared
 sy. be6ause his spirit never him, the people of the greatest
 on the face of the globe are prepared to worship at his
 to commemorate his great emehtg teA thank Divine aAce For the Wonderful work fla hMrnaa being who opened. And of freedom. and liberty, a he like of Which had never been
 of before, and whose future bes even greater things. AL h Columbus erred in his dream ing a new trade route to India, bre than made up for his ke when, at o'clock on the ng of October 12, 1492, he h the prow of his flag ship on ore of Waiting Island, San Sal
 in the Bahamas. Had his ship Ia slightly to the northward he
 have landed somewhere on the of Florida. It was fortunate hen all this occurred, when the
 man came to theo pristine land sIndian. And at this particular when the nations of the old 1.-the old world that has not Fed so very much since Columbus d on his pilgrimage,-are at
 others throats in death e for supremacy, it is good to hplate what that landing on the eastern coast of present day ca meant and still means to ation. trf ,NttnsE
 people of the United States, led as they are with other hts, for the most part, are not
 to contemplation. They are rone to sit and mediate on
 gone by; to 'delve into the ac- lishments of other days. They Do occupied with the events of resent. Because of this apathy, abus Day has been somewhat eted. it has not been given the # it deserves in the calendar of #ations. At present there are but three states in the Union which set aside October 12 as to holi- whereas every state that identi- &self. as part and parcel of this country should observe Colum- bay. The people of each com Tea1th should honor the memory e man who made it possible for to dwell in {. .unfettered liberty,
 the Stars and, Stripes, the flag #ColumhHs never knew, never @hed1 of, but the flag that so many %ers have come under to be d, the flag that has sheltered the kssed, the flag that has protected Eeak. It was Columbus who
 the way for all the blessings re enjoying under this same Ole .. It was. he who dared break # from the old and seek the new ise he believed the earth was
 When all, men swore it was flat ade the one great, wonderful ad- re. In. his, journey over the
 and treacherous sea he must been guided by Gentle Hand wer that foresaw things Colum- ould never, fathom, and the poor Eator founded better than he He opened up path that has been ah primrose one for al awifose hearts have broken under tyfaificaf5 rule of lords and les drunk with power. And these 8he people who have built ur won dsrful country, the people .e descendants should today pause I Aeir hurryings through this busy world and breathe a fervent sr of thanks to Columbus and his 'n nt crew. ~3'<
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