The Dolores star., 1919-06-27

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"a yrL-.,a- E4 cine hack for shs-: time In
l->4- -ls1 eaz1@ ths F-elca -ersEc5oa- Lztay-
sra t-wc- 1-st 10 L&st consistently advocated a
l---;+. ,czs11-u:toGzzl monarchy for France. His
n A-s--H11 T-.saz- from which he WAS released
IT N4g'22=.51 II 1-YI.
L -S-s Thsa Lafayette Mss Slrrv-sav.n he WAS
Invited oy P-ss.tea. MoarOe 70 visit the United
Sites tie c=12s s. the guest ~ the nation In
7--s-E-ce u IN unanimous resolution passed by
ca-g-eSs- The occasion WAS the dedication OF
Bunker Hill monument. He made rriumphnl
tour u The rwenIy-tour states OF the Cnioi:
sTery possible honor was showerei upon him
Probably the mos moving event In the whole tour
wzs his visit To the tomb Of Washington. The
climax WAS the ceremony at Bunker Hill
Lafayette lived ten years longer When Pres
jdent Andrew Jackson heard the news OF his death
in 1884, he ordered on behalf OF the whole Amer-
People that the same honors be rendered
upon this occasion at the different military and
naval stations were observed upon the decensc
OF Washington. the Father ot His Country. and
his contemporary n arms.
Lafayette has S4en dead SIS years His clay Is
dust. But his soul Sill liveA- II has brenthcd
courage into the breasts of wnr-worn French sol
dlers. II has wept over the dcported. enslnyed
and outraged women OF his native land-over the
slaughter OF the innoceuts. And who may doubt
that his soul called across the ocean:
Help us, America. Help us as helped you :"
At first we did not hear. II hearing did not
answer. But at last we heard and needed md
went The fighting men of France, staggering
with wounds, dizzy with fatigue ana the women
OF France white with horror nm impending
fate worse than death. the Star Spnnglcd
Banner afnr and cried In thankiulncss:
THE Americans coming"
We nrrved-young. husky smiling lnrkiDa
fighting men. Tn. French loved us for our look.
and our ways. hut could we nght3 Then cnm,
June and Chateau rh.rry. when we stopped tho
flower OF the German shock troops IN their irncfs
attacked In turn. put tn. Hun on tho run and
kept him running No wonder Nil France went
dcllricns with joy,
That what We promised through, "Itjnsi
Jack" Pcrshng. when he sniutad At the tomb In
the little cemetery or ricpns In Paris and said
Lafayette, we are here"
And ". mnde the promise good iio and bi.
young, husky smiling inrking hghtina men s,,u,h
the finishing blow which guaranteed that T,.ngi,
men may pursue their honest toll IN peace aod
that French women, with babe nj bruast, mn,
sleep ut night without fear ar Tho Iiaast,
such was l.nfhyaite-B great soul, a gallant
soul. the living embodiment af tho botlesI ideal
for which men can generously iiyu aud uior,ousiy
die.
'"rho liberty We hold secure,
The soil IN which wa tread
Ihat air NJ freedom that wa breathe
The Nag that noats o'urt,saaI
That nation an whose hIsIory
The ain shall never sal
All that va have abi h1Ia wa ows
n vstsa