The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-06-05
Great Concourse Of People
Turn Out On Friday To
Honor Memory of Heroes
Who Died for the Flag.
JUDGE GARRISON SPEAKER
Thousands OF People Attend impress
sive Ceremonies At Cemetery While
Other Thousands Cheer Hating step
OF Veterans Of Many Wars.

Kenosha crowned in its heart its dead
heroes on Friday and with the loving
tenderness covered their graves with
the most beautiful flowers Of the spring
time.
In wonderful mingling Of the line
of '6l' and the khaki Of 6 49,
patriotic people Of the city turned out
in greater numbers than ever before
for the annual observance of Mem
orial Day.
The thinning ranks Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic were reinforced
by the ranks Of that new citizen sol
diery when the men who fought in the
great world war and the men who
marched at the head Of the procession
walked with prouded tread and more
uplifted heads on account of the story
of the men who marched behind them.
1t was a typical Memorial Day pa
rade with new features. In it were a
large number of the men who fought
that the Union might survive and
marching with them were the bodies of
loyal women who have done so much in
the passing years to make the declin-
ing days Of these heroes Of old filled
to the limit with the joys Of life.
The new feature was the bouyant step
Of the new boys who dropped into line.
Both marched proudly behind the grand
old flag. One loved the flag because
he had fought to keep together all
that it stood for and the other loved
the same banner because he had fought
to extend the liberties which the bat
ties OF the other generation Of fight
ers had guaranteed to the people Of
one nation.
Kenosha greeted the veterans with
cheers and all along the line Of march
from the Grand Army Hall to the GENE
terry where the exercises Of the day
took place flags were waving.
Cheering thousands greeted the Vet
Grams Of the three wars when they
reached the Library Park There the
school children were III waiting and
nearly every one Of the children wav-
ed the flag. The children joined in
the parade to. the cemetery later.
When the halt was made at the sol.
dier's monument wreath was laid on
the base of the monument as a mem
orial to tn Kenosha Sounty Soldiers
who are sleeping in unknown graves.
In the ceremonies at the cemetery
the ritualistic service Of the Grand
Army was carried out under the direc-
tion Of Commander Theodore Boying-
ton Of the Fred S. Lowell Post.
Music was furnished by the Since
band and then followed fervent pray
er by the Post Chaplain and the read
ing Of the Gettysburg address and the
Commanders address, after which
Judge Joseph r. Clarkson paid won
derful tribute to the fighting men Of a
nation and their heroic contribution to
the nation and the world. Then came
the pretty ceremony Of the decoration
Of the Soldiers Monument by the
Grand Daughters Of the Veterans I'M
der the direction Of Comrade Leonard.
Before the members Of the committee
in charge Of the decoration Of the
graves started on their work the Salute
was given by the members Of Company
B under the command Of Captain James
Millar and as the program at the Gem
etery closed bugler sounded taps. -
Tn his address Judge Clarkson said
in part:
For years past and right to this
day, it would seem as if all the powers
Of i'll had conjoined to belch out upon
the world the accumulated poison Of
ages.
The secret, stored venom spits
through it's barriers, and suffering indie
scribable results to those upon whom
it is cast.
But it is the speW of evil that shall
leave its vessels cleansed and healed.
1.-THE spew will cease, when no
longer fed from within-when the
Princes of the world turn from their
apparent abandonment to uncurbed
selfishness, greed, rapacity, impurity,
dishonesty, cruelty, general worldliness
and sacrifice Of well-nigh all that
makes for ultimate good on the affairs
of Mammon.
Forces unseen, yet terrific, are at
work--the presence on earth, among
men, Of Almighty God purifying the
world.
Why right here, now, we have vet
rams Of our three holy wars Of ISL,
'ss and II. Each epochal- each nigh
y in import and effect 81, The begin
ling of the end Of human slavery; 'e8,
The beginning Of the end of earthly
emperors and kings; II, The begin
ing Of the end Of war for conquest of
lands or peoples. or To settle disnntas