Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-07-10


| parade.
Keep the Home Fires Burning" wac
the subject of the float Of the Lyman
Coal company, and It was cleverly ar.
ranged and attracted much attention
Swift's had another good float. as did the
| Burlington Electric Light department.
| The Combination Cash store carried q
| large shield on its float, with the inscrip-
ton: "The Shield that helped the boys
, over there" The Old Bee Hive was well
represented with little house of attrac-
tive appearance.
The w. @. Reynolds and company had
a pretentous display, with a room. we'll
| furnished. in which a returned soldier
was being welcomed by his family.
The Burlington Rendering company wac
represented by a float which carried In
the rear a service flag showing that Il
of Its employees had been in the service
! Wilson and company had a patriotic rep
resentation with the poster Sure. well
! finish the job prominently displayed
Among the other attractive floats were
those of the Burlington Grocery company
the Queen City Cotton company and the
Peoples Department store with a group
of attractive young ladies)
! Among the decorated cars in the auto.
I
of n. e. Pierce. which won the prize,
cars of Wilson and company, u. C. T.
automobile. and several others. Near
the end of the parade was a very at
tractively decorated team, In which rode
woman and a little boy In patriotic cos
| tunes. The Burlington Fire Department
with full equipment, closed the big spec
/ tacle. which took about an hour to COM
| plete.
| DEDICATION OF HONOR ROLL
! Immediately after the parade, the
crowd assembled in front of the review
ing stand, where Mayor J. Holmes
jackson presided at the dedication exer-
cises for the new honor roll, which was
placed the day before in City Hall Park,
just back Of Stannard Memorial hall.
The first speaker at the dedication
was Admiral Henry T. Mayo. who ex-
pressed in few words his gratitude for
the invitation to be present on this occa-
sion, and his gladness in seeing again
his native city at such time as this.
Il call myself a citizen Of Burling ton,
and I am proud of it, said the admiral.
| 81 am glad to be back here. I have
been and am to-day proud of the men
of Vermont. ! had some opportunity to
see what our young men were doing In
the war. They have been revelation
, to the world"
Admiral Mayo told one of his charac-
teristic sea stories and paraphrased an
expression which occurred therein,
"sweepin' agin' the will o. God" by say
ing that he thought the Germans must
thought they were "sweepin agin' the
will O. God when the Yanks began to
arrive in France.
| II thank you and welcome you all.
God bless YOU he said, in closing.
United States Attorney V. A. Billiard
was introduced by Mayor Jackson and
said, in part:
| II have attended many meetings and
! gatherings in my day, but never have
seen anything which in any way equals
what l have seen to-day. the veterans
Of 81 and the veterans OF the world war
here together"
| After welcoming the boys back from
the battlefields of france, congratulate
ing them on their victory and their
steady endurance Of hardships, he con-
| tinued:
| "Oh, my boys. what a wonderful thing
! you have done. You have made a wood
sawyer out OF the Kaiser"
Speaking Of the appropriateness Of the
/
bration Mr. Billiard said
| "A century and 43 years ago, our fore
fathers brought forth upon this CONT
nent new government and dedicated it
to the principle that all men are created
equal. From 1861 to 1865 mighty strug-
gle was going on to see whether a gov
| eminent formed and so constructed
| could exist
I'VE determined that men are created
equal and have certain inalienable
| rights, and these boys who fought over
| there have carried II one step further
| and extended freedom to the world.
THE principle was enunciated in the
| Declaration Of Independence. and quoted
| by Lincoln, that men were not only
created equal, but that also another
principle applied to them-that all gov
eminent derives its just powers from the
consent of the governed.
Now you men have left the military
| life. great responsibility still rests
| on your shoulders, however. The bal
| 10. is IN your hand. There can't be any
| doubt about the influence you will have
! in this country"
Declaring again the truth Of the prin-
ciple that all government derives it's just
| powers from the consent Of the gov
erned. the speaker maintained that "any
government built upon any other princi-
pie will go down like sand"
| THE perpetuation Of this government
rests largely with you." he continued.
| "As ! stand here to-day in the presence
OF these young veterans. l cannot help
but think of what was happening a year
ago."
He told Of being near the court house
. and seeing the boys come here with
| their bags and in their civilian clothes
and go away, they knew not where. He
told of seeing stern men in tears. and
mothers break down, and he said he
thought at that time that it was not
right that the boys. the flower of
the country, should have to go, that
1t would be better to take some of the
older men who would not be missed so
much. But he had since changed his mind
ana realized that the boys had to go, be-
cause they were the best there was and
could stand the hardships and the trials
or war. where the older men could not.
They had gone and done their duty. When
the Hun had his hand on the throat of
France and England. and these countries
were calling for help, the Americans ar
rived and saved the day. 1t was found
that the lads Of this country did not need
a lifetime to train to be as good soldiers
as the world has ever seen. They were
ready and willing and they learned
quickly.
Mr.. Billiard paid tribute to the navy and
the work done In taking the army over
seas. the navy under the command of
such men as Admiral Mayo"
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