Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-09

because three of the members were residents of this ancient town, and all of the other members, excepting Dep- utyI Governor Griswold. lived in Nor wich and Windham, then adjoining Lebanon.
 The record of the state of Connec- ucut is written in letters of pure gold upon the pages of Revolutionary his- tory. Whatever was wanted. when ever help was asked, Connecticut re- sionded Ready" and supplied tie need. If this state. today, IS to con tinue its leadership. among all the states of the Union; if Connecticut is to meet it's obligations to the fullest extent, then all Connecticut must ral- Y to the support Of the nation, the chief executive of the state, and the state council of defense, just os the colony of Connecticut rallied as a unit behind the cause of the American colonies. the Revolutionary war gov ernor, and the council of safety in tie long and weary months from Lex ington to Yorktown In those heroic. Gays, every man and every woman, every farm and every forge. contrib uted it's share to American victory. So today, every person and every re- source must h2 placed uureservedly behind our armed forces tu help send the armies of the grand alliance across the Rhine and on to Berlin it. self.
 It is fitting, indeed. that We shouli honor this ancient structure today; TOT it's threshold in years gone by was crossed and recrossed countless times by Washington and Sullivan and
 hnox, by Parsons and Spencer by
 Benjamin Franklin, and our Israa
 Putnam, by Lafayette and Rocha 1
 beau and the Duke De Ilauzun, and
 doubtless by other notable officers of the French army wficn was canroned at Lebanon or camped here on marches during f7S0 and 17St.
 When America broke diplomatic re- Iations with Germany on February 3.
 1917, and sene Count Von Bernstorff and his crew on a much heIated jour ney back to Germany. the first tele- gram of it's kind received at Wash ington from the chief executive of a
 state was from the governor of Con- Eecticut, who wired: You can depend
 upon the loyal support of Connecti- cut" This state was a unit behind the struggle for American independ- ence. Today this state is q unit be- hind the struggle for world freedom i There have been individual cases of 1 disloyalty and Of enemy activities ] doubtless there still arc traitors with 1 in the state who would sell out to the 1 highest bidder, or who would give themselves to the enemy without d l bid; yet their number is limited and | is diminishing all the time The loy- 1 alfY Of Connecticut as state has never been questioned from the ear i jest fights for freedom to the present day and, please God, it never shal
 be questioned as long as time goes on
 As soon as America entered the present war and the need of muni- 1 tions and supplies began to exist 1 connecticut responded anl her mills and factories speeded up to the limit 1 History was but repeating itself. fol the same prompt response came from Connecticut in the hour of need at the opening Of G1e revolution.
 Our time does not permit a further
 discussion of the importance of this
 old war office to the winning of tht
 revolution. Every task that had to bt done by Connecticut was done prompt ly and cheerfully, and the majorft, of the states war work was dirN.teC
 from this aneient\, building So ire Gnently did Washington use the eX pFesslon, We must consult Brothe
 Jonathan" when a knotty problem arose, that soon the words became tpopular and universal phrase of tn,
 whole American army. Today w have come to Lebanon, have come tt
 this historic ole war office We hay,
 turned here in an hour of trial ant
 anxiety like those in which Wash
 ngton turned to Lebanon. The da,
 has gone when Brother Jonathan cal
 be consulted The hand that wrot
 orders and proelamations so vital t iv rJn h
 been stilled in death for more than century and quarter The lips tha advised other makers of history il
 his day have long been sealed. Ye we come here in reverence. to tn
 memory of our Revolutionary wa governor and his associates. " come to this scene of their labors an | their success, not to consult Rrothe Jonathan, but to gain from Q day a the scene of his work the inspiratio to meet the problems Of the new wal Jonathan Trumbull is gone. the mem
 bers Of his council of safety hay
 long since. passed to the Great Be , yond, yet their spirit still lives. an from that spirit and from thes scenes of their toll. we will gain to day determination that no sacrific
 fshall be too great and no service to
 severe if that service aAd sacrific } will contribute to the preservation ( , the liberties which they struggled t esta ablish
 . Commander Henry Hovey of Sede 7 wick post, No. 1 G. 4. R.. of this cit gave short address at 1230 at II l Governor Buckingham house. Becaus ? of a sudden feeling of weakness Con : mander Hovey had Adiutant Arthl ? L. Peale read the address after u
 commander had spoken a few openir g sentences.
 s Commando. Hovey's address was follows:
 : We are met here today to pay hon I age and loving tribute to the nan
 and fame of our war governor, Vii i jam Alfred Buckingham who was ' native of this far famed town S Lebanon and who first saw the liz 6 of day on the 18th day of May, 1sC
 Amidst the surroundings of typie p New England home he grew maj j hoods estate. His early year al II training bore the imprints of a lovii - Christian parentage in Deacon Sar z, uel Buckingham and wife who in tu D came from the earliest Puritan al
 cestry dating back to the 17th eel . tury, therefore we are standing the threshold of his early home al
 can we not call it sacred grount
 His boyhood days were occupied q the farm and attending the commt < schools Of the village with a flnis1 a ing course at Bacon Academy. Tn q schooling terminated at the age of . after which he taught for a year o so.
 n He then left farm and home to e v gage as clerk in his uncie's dry go I. store at Norwich when at the age d 21 he established himself in tYe q = goods business, continuing with mar i, ed success in that. and also man r featuring Of ingrain carpets at Green
 vile until the year 1S4S. After tf f he devoted himself to his various ma