The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-06-20
America as Creed, repeated by the
crowd in unison as. follows:

Americas Creed, repeated by the
crowd in unison as follows:
II believe in the United States Of
American as a government Of the peo-
pie, by the people, for the people, whose
just powers are derived from the con-
sent of the governed; democracy in a
republic; sovereign nation of many
sovereign States; perfect union, one
and inseparable, established upon these
principles of freedom, equality, justice
and humanity for which American pa
triots sacrificed their lives and for
tunes.
therefore believe it is my duty to
my country to love it; to support the
Constitution; to obey it's laws; to re-
spect its flag, and to defend it against
all enemies
8-Patrioic address by George S.
Whyte.
9-song, America" sung by entire
audience led by the choir.
In his address, Prof, Trenary, among
other things said:
CT do not know when I have had
such an inspiring audience. We all
know what great things you have done
and know what every one of you from
President Whyte down stand ready to
do. We believe in right. We have
been taught things that are holy. We
believe in a square deal. We thought
freedom was in no danger and we
never dreamed of this thing happening
which is upon US today.
It is possible that those ideas which
We have cherished might be blotted out
for awhile, but if they should be this
great battle between right and wrong
must be fought over again. These col
ors you have raised today means some
thing to us. Washington who led the
army of the Revolution could have sold
out for a large sum of money and be-
come immensely wealthy. Lincoln
could have lain down on the cause of
right and let the south come out of
the Civil War triumphant Grant could
have quit, but no, he said eve will
fight it out on this line if it takes all
SUMNER And as the result of grand
men standing true to their convictions
and the country for which they fought
we have a united country today. The
scars Of war have been healed and we
have witnessed the union of the Blue
and the Gray.
If it had not been for this union we
could not have sent the Boys in Khaki
across the ocean to fight for the free
dom of the world. I thank God to-
day we did not lose the war of the
Rebellion for if we had the battle front
on the west coast of Europe would
have been lost today. In short while
the war will be over and America will
have saved the world.
We have received our many inspira-
tions from all ages and all times, and
now we are giving them back to the
world. And yet after the war is over
We are going to be greater nation
than we have ever been before, with
higher ideals, united closer together
and in the vanguard of the world IS
freedom we are going to stand and
carry out those ideals for the benefit
of all mankind. We are going to COM
pei the world to see our ideals and by
so doing be a blessing to all mankind -
George s. Whyte began his address
-by relating the origin of the Stars and
Stripes as the flag of the country. efThe
American Flag said he, twas adopt
ed by the congress of the United
States, June IA, 1777, and therefore,
this is the 141st anniversary of that
day. It was designed by Washington
and his eompatriots and is the oldest
flag in the world. There is not flag
in existence that is Older than the Star
Spsngled Banner. 1t is older than the
Union Jack. It is older than the Span
sh flag. It is older than the flag of