Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-06-03
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>'iieilca soluier anu sailor uead were
Noiceu mere To-Day by president Will
sun secretary Bryan. secretary Dan
ieis ana Governor Wills OF OHIO at
impressive Memorial DAY exercises at
Arlington National cemetery Large
crowds selHcd upon every opportunity
to show that the present international
situation was uppermost in their
minds.
President Wilson cheered on his ar
rival and departure and during his
address, avoided any direct reference
TO problems now facing the United
states He was enthusiastically APP
plauded when he declared that 'tgreat-
er days lie before this nation than it
seriousness of those who bear office in
this time is that they must maxi thci,
best endeavor to cmbody in what they
do and say the best things In the
United States"
Governor Willis evoked applause
when he said: The President of the
United states is making successful
EFFORT to Keep us out of the broils Of
Europe, ana added, nov is the time
to keep cool. think carefully and stand
by the President He and his cabinet
Know vastly more of our delicate rela To-
tons with European belligerents than
the rest of us can possibly know; let
us hold up his hands In the patriotic
effort he is making in this crisis
The President sat in the midst of
veterans of two wars during the eX-
ercises and uttered an audible Amen"
at the conclusion Of an invocation BY
BISHOP Earl Cranston of Washington.
who prayed that the United States
might he led Alright in the present
crisis. The President spoke as follows:
II have not come here to-day to de-
liver an address hut merely reverently 20
take part in expressing the sentiment of
this impressive day 1t is necessarily q
day of "reminiscences. "Reminiscences Is not
always a profitable exercise 1t generally
belongs to those appropriately to thosc
only, who have left the active stage of life
ana nav" nothing to thlnk ABOUT except
the things that are gone and dead. 1t
does not behoove nation to walk with
its eyes over its shoulder Its business
is constantly in the years that lie ahead
of 1t and in the present that challenges
it TO the display of its power But there
are "reminiscences which are stimulating
and wholesome and among these remin-
iscences are chiei'N to be ranked the re-
collection OF DAYS of herolsm, days when
great nations found II possible to eX-
press the best that was IN them by th"
ardent exercise of every power that was
III them.
THAT is what gives dignity to day
like this 1t is not a day OF regret
1t is day of stimulation But my
friends, these stimulating memories are
sometimes apt to minimize because We
do not see the full Significance OF
them. We are constantly speaking Of
the great war Of which we think to
day as war which saved the nation
and it did indeed save the Union, but
it was a war that did great deal
more than that. 1t created in this
country what never had existed before.
a national consciousness. 1t was not
the salvation of the Union, it was the
re birth of the Union. 1t was the time
when America for the first time rea-
lized it's unity and saw the vision Of
united destiny.
"The solemn lesson of these memories
for us IS not that we must be ready to
save rho Union apain. for there are none
among us who threaten its life. but that
W. must see tn If that the unity then
realizod tho vision Than soen ie exem-
nlitied il, nc and tho things that we do.
pecauso there is mo- Stimulation in any
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rocn,,octio, IL must olso no tho ardor and
co,roc, Of homo Creator DAYS lie he
,,r,. .his ,,,,o,, tbor II hoe over soon
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