The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-19
Flag Raising at
Hospital Great Event
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beck and Esther weiland raising the
colors.
Prior to the flag raising and ad- /
rendered several patriotic numbers, /
American airs having been also inter |
spersed throughout the program. /
Several hundred people were present. |
A pretty incident of the afternoon /
was the singing of the Star Spangled |
Banner by young girls of the Red /
Cross, the assembIage Joining in the /
chorus.
In presenting the flag, DR.. Renshaw |
said:
DIR. Renshsw's Speech.
The visiting staff of doctors and a |
few friends of the Pensacola hospital, /
imbued with patriotic sentiments and |
tender regards, request me to present, /
on their behalf, this emblem of free |
dom and liberty, the American flag, |
TO the Sister branch, of their noble !
profession, to the Sisters in control of
the Pensacola hospital and their
staff of nurses, who breathe in their
vocation, love, tenderness and self
immolstion to suffering humankind. |
Standing under the aegis of this
protecting monument of Maryland
granite, it gives further inspiration
to our song, suggestive of Francis
Scott Keys words, waved over a ma
ton an anthem that is near our
hearts and of every true American,
and commands fealty and honor to
the object of our gathering today,
1.-THE Star Spangled Banner" to be
unfurled from the facade of this
splendid institution.
EnthrOned like an empress on this
eastern elevation, overlooking our city
and beautiful bay, your sanitarium
not far distant from the entrance to
our harbOr, like the Goddess of Lib
erty at the mouth of New York har-
hor holding in her hand the torch IF
liberty, enlightenment and civiliza-
tion-a beacon to those who come
to our shores; so does our Flag bid
them come to the land of the free
and the home of the brave" and your
institution, like a cherishing Mother,
bids welcome to the weak, sick, and
suffering humanity from every CLINE
Parnassan flights and fervid
rhetoric fail to attune the heart to
the lofty sentiments of patriotism
that the flag of our country inspires.
Its psychology is difficult to COM
prehend, definite and infinite in its
scope of soul-stirring effects,
strengthened as years pass, like unto
the inherent traits of love and affec-
ton between parent and child, it has
insidiously interviewer and expanded
into a national passion of veneration,
hope and love.
Since the Declaration of Tndepend-
ence, it has become an inspiration.
Thomas jefferson felt the unborn
sentiment, it is fair to conjecture, or
there would never have been such di-
vine erudition reflected in the draft
ing of that great national document.
Its spirit was felt at Yorktown and
Concord, and at other places. 1t por-
ltrayed a pathetic picture at Apo
nlattoX, synbolical of a nation, then
divided; saturated in the wool and
warp of the blood of a fraternal
strife; it, again, became resplendent,
rscfutillatlng from the swords of
Grant and Lee. Cherished and ven
Grated by a reunited nation, our flag
gives cheer to Americans on q foreign
strand, a beacon of love and hope.
She has been unfurled from the
heights of Pixies Peak by the Path
finder; like a rainbow from Mount
Mckinley in the Arctics, and always
at home on the waters of the world.
Tt is symbOlicaI of our national unity,
our best endeavors and our national
aspirations.
It is the flag which has swept the
seas, carrying liberty with it. 1t is
the flag which is destined to sweep
the seas of the submarine menace,
the leviathans that know nothing but
filling the repacious NAV of ocean
depths with unprotected and neutral
vessels and non-bellgerents, men,
women and children. She will carry
liberty and civilization and all bless
ings from this great and free govern
ment to the friendly. overburdened
and oppressed nations of the world.
Beyond the ocean it has been un-
furled from lofty 'Efel Tower. It
kisses the eastern sunbeam from the
top Of Westminster Abbey, and 60
quotes with the union jack HARDLY.
She vies with the tri-c0lors of France
and with graceful swish and swirl to
he breeZes vibrant with the National
and martial airs OF America. IT'S of
Thee, Sweet Land Of Liberty" and
he Narseillies.
Again, it tells as of our struggle
or independence, Of union preserved.