Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-30
THOUSANDS GATHER
TO HONOR SOLDIERS
Who DIED IN FRANCE
Fitting Tribute Is Paid to
Richmond Men Making
Sacrifice.
PEOPLE SHOULD FEEL PROUD
OF DEED DONE, SAYS SPEAKER
Those Who Served at Home Also
Entitled to Rccog-
milton.
COMMUNITY CHORUS SINGS
List Of Dead Read by General WHO
Led Boys OF Eightieth
Division.
PEOPLE SHOULD FEEL PROUD
Of DEED DONE, SAYS SPEAKER
COMMUNITY CHORUS SINGS
List Of Dead Read by General WHO
Led Boys OF Eightieth
Division.

THOUSANDS OF Rchmonders gathered
yesterday afternoon in the City Audi.
torium to participate in the memorial
service to the soldier. sailor. marine
and aviator dead of Virginia's cap
ital city. The scene was a solemn and
impressive one and all classes and
faiths took part in this tribute TO the
sons Of Richmond VINO gave their
Spansled Banner"
Pr j. j. Gravatt. rector of Holy
OF the committee, presided and. after
PRAYER by pr Russell Cecil. pastor
OF the SECOND Presbyterian Church.
to those who had died in other wars.
he declared that the war just past was
OF the world and that the people should
feel proud to honor every man and
Sone Wq abF9ad for tho home had
The Tenth Overseas Marine Band and
The Community Chorus led in the musi-
were sung: Onward Christian ~ soi- ;.,ie
diers:.. ".oh God. our Help in Ages
'llow Firm roundaiion,", scTiptural
selections; appropriate TO the occasion.
%ere ee5ssna4 1esa by c,boai. Rr M smo1 pastor
Bf.hop O'Conncn Spcnk..
Right Reverend p. j. OConnell. d.
D., Bishop OF, the Catholic Diocese OF
Hichmond. deliveries the ,irst address.
ginning Of the world men had. paid
tribute to their fellows who had died
aers III saa e aess eysp han
those men OF Richmond, who fought
in the bloody campaigns overseas.
Like their fathers of Virginia, they
gave their lives TO vindlcate for all
asn: Ss .oreqesn saa a time rhes ses aeS ior
ffhay ffhen e. extended Tended the frontiers Of virE, ,nia
touEht o EFanSs @ ane go 'es n Se hstesy s
Of their state alongside OF the TSer %t
nsfnsss nsmss shall nna not Ssse go down in oblivion
nor shall their glorious deeds go un-
The The bishop cuioEized France. and
called attention 10 the fact that the
bodies of French patriots are mtuEiso
with ,hs and dTf1 Vifcina sodiers now lie
buried in France.
All Faiths Represented.
DR.. L. y. Calisch. rabbi of Beth Aha
bah, kept the vast crowd tense Win ms
enee in the auditorium of all. classes
and all religious faiths symholizcd the
unity OF America and the uni.y nj y.sid ot 'ho ne
"This service tells us also Of the
ed thronEs make up the republic Of the
dead. The names OF those Richmond
ers who made the supreme sacrifice
offame ore rs.'eh How % cam ne we best express our
appreciation OF their deeds and our
affection for them? We can best homo.
dead were here they would tell US 70
express our feeling. towards them in
something beautiful, useful and per-
manent.
Have Just "Gone West."
But they are not dead. They have
but gone west This expression prob
ably originated because In the last
England. Canada and America turned
their eyes and their thoughts towards
their homes in the lands which lay
preston gives us now thought. It is
a new symbol, new hope. II is an
p. making 9ld ;ne our asI, life seem m
their birth have their faces turned TO
the west. where comes the end Of
wSfSy wSeh yfooM ,se hs sethg SUM- eomes
the hope of another day. IT teaches
us that death is no longer the terrible
only n a phase % of universal life. one OF
the, many experiences under Gods
Turning to the memorial banner near
him, DIR. Calisch pointed and said:
The golden star speaks to us OF, the
golden west into which these boys
have gone"
Fighting General Reads List OF Dead.
Or. Gravatt next introduced Major
General Adelbert Cronkhite as the
man who led the Virginia boys In bata'
tie" General Cronkhite then read tho
the conclusion OF the reading. taps
Ras Rsse s0qnasa EeskS Sy mnarsd Wa% ang
Eleventh Field Artillery. twenty ninth
p DoTgas s. asns sana Mas the last
speaker. He declared that Richmond
would always honor her soldier dead.
OH Uad
year gather on the cast side Of the
City Hall and the Mayor would read
the list Of those from here who had
given their lives in the great world
PIRATE to carry this. idea into effect
would be introduced in the City Coun-
ell at that body's next meeting.
Double Meaning for Mny 80.
The speaker also said that Memorial
Day hereafter Will have a double mean
deeds dee of OF the heroes % of tho the recent cent war var
with the deeds OF the heroes of the
sixties. Further, he said:
ssrWhateyer material memorial smonu-
Wsrk Of Of the Rishmond boys sreftse Of sester enc
day must 60. on, for life lives in life.
We must endow the colleges and uni
2 versities Of Virginia. each one of them.
boy who died for the cause Of liberty"
DR.. Freeman told of the heroism of
4 Richmond's representatives In the
great conflict, and declared OF them
that death with honor was but pro-
Opern star wed. Conductor.
2 NEW YORK. Juno 2o.-Another
+ operatic romance eliminated today in
the marriage Of Edith Mason. soprano
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