Valdez daily prospector., 1917-06-06
REGISTRATION
DAY BIG SUCCESS
PARADE AND PROGRAM
DRAWS BIG CROWD
Registration Day Exercises Go On
without u Hitch-Parade Princi-
pal Feature Of Day-Excercises at
Eagle Hall Arouse Enthusiasm.

Registration Day was observed in
Valdez in a manner which reflects the
highest credit upon the patriotism OF
the people of the city. Despite the
rain the turnout was large one,
many of the ladies taking part.
The SeEade started from Eagle hall
promptly at 1870 p. M, Major P. w.
Dawson lead the parade in an auto,
accompanied by Mrs. Dawson. and
Mayor and Mrs. Patterson. Then fol-
lowed the Valdez Band, the soldiers
from Fort Liscum followed, fine
body of young men and a good exam
pie of the soldiery of the United
States. Next came the boy scouts and
these in turn were followed by the
Valdez Eagle Volunteers. Last came
a number of autos filled with ladies.
The line of march was from Eagle
Hall east to Keystone Avenue. thence
10 Mckinley Street. down Mckinley
street to Wickersham Avenue, thence
through that street to Hobart street.
and through Hobart street to Eagle
hall Arriving at the hall the Valdez
band played America" following
which it was repeated and the audi
ence. which filled the hall to over
flowing, Joined in singing.
The first speaker was Chaplain
Zinn, of the Volunteers. who spoke
as follows:
Ladies. gentlemen and fellow pat
riots, today we are assembled here
for few moments in the spirit of
fellowship. kindness and national
loyalty, in the thot of showing faith
fulness in the time of our nation s
crisis, in the hope of displaying good
will in the common sense OF human
ity, in the desire to offer in some man
ner our services to uphold and ex-
pand the principles of universal dem
ocracy, in the determination that JUS
tice and Righteousness shall prevail.
in the confidence that all the peO-
pies of our country shall follow our
Leader, the President of the United
States of America. the Honorable
Woodrow Wilson being led by the in
spiration of our national emblem, the
Stars and Stripes and being enthus-
ed by the thrills produced in singing
the words of our National Hymn ''The
Star-Spangled Banner"
A nations feelings. a nations in
spirations, a nations hopes are many
times embodied In the nations pa
triotic hymns, and The Star-Spangled
Banner possesses the feelings. in
spirations and hopes of our American
Nation. Inspired by the sight of our
Flag over Fort McHenry, near Balti-
more. which was flying in the dawn's
early light. Francis Scott Key. during
the war of 1912 composed the words
to this hymn which has become i'm
mortal in the annals of our nation
al life. II we could picture in our
minds what Francis Scott Key felt
during that night of bitter strife we
too could feel more keenly the inspi-
ration of those life-giving words. His
tory tells us that he witnessed from
British man-or-war the attack on
Baltimore and after watching thru
the gray dawn to see which flag float
ed over the rampant at Fort McHenry
he wrote those words in honor of the
nag that was waving in the air. "The
Star-Spangled Banner"
That Flag meant something to his
Gfe, it meant something to the Amer
lean Nation at that time and by the
Grace of God it still means something
to our Nation and its people at the
present time. May we not feel and
hope that this flag will mean some
thing just as vitality important to the
whole world by the time this present
war of Imperial aggrandizement is
over?
Our Flag from its beginning has
been the symbol of liberty TO the