The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-06-06

complete ealipMcAt of the American
soldiers duris.s the world war as vel
as those Of the allies and the enemy.
Cannon, machine guns, aircraft. war
and resimeasal flags, historic war doc
,nments, trophies captured ny u sol
Iiers. portraits OF our war heroes, anu
in fact, everything CT historic interest
aud value bearing OH the war history
of mississippi
The Wax. Museum will be the educ1
tional and historical feature OF the me.
mortal.
: Great Reunion Hail.
The Hall Of Reunion will be equipped
with every modern accessory ii the
way of a great stage. lighting eff/ces.
etc, and will have a seating capacity
OF several thousand people. This is
the practical utility feature Of the rNs,
mortal and should fill a long felt wan
in our state for a building sufficiently
spacious to accommodate II great re-
unions, conventions, and other public
gatherings.
Such a memorial will mean hat the
great heat Of Mississippi has not for
gotten, and that in her heart and mem
DRY her 0 u who served her and dem
Ocracy ia the world war shall live for
sver.
No man or woman who is a r son
or daughter OF Mississippi q fail to
respond to the appeal Of the memorial
cause nor to realize that it is an honor
and q privilege to help to make the
erection Of our Hall Of Blessed Mem
cries possible.
Lot your name be one Of those ~
corded in the Court Of Honor az one Of
those who did not forget.
Noted Author Will Boost.
Harris Dickson, Mississippi's bsst
known contemporary author. is plan
ming to make 4 tour Of the state in
the interest Of the plans Of the Mis-
sissippi Memorial Association.
The association expects TO raise
half a million dollars the week u
June a6-July s for the erection of .
great Memorial Hal! 1t some point in
tho state and Judge Dickson win de-
vote some time to &roHsin4 interest in
the project.
A resident OF vickSburg. one Of the
cities expected to make a hard fight
for the location OF the handsome
building. Judge Dickson declares no
IL much more interested in the build
ing Of the Memorial Hall than In its
location. although he expects to help
V%icksburg in its fight for the struc-
ture.
H M. X. Smith, campaign manager
for the Memorial Association. will also
visit all sections Of the state prior
to the campaign. and will deliver .
number Of addresses.
Mr.. Smith served as campaign d.
rector of the famous Red Cross drive
in which Mississippi broke all records
by raising more han a million dol
lars.
He is a speaker of unusual charm
and force, and has many friends in
all parts of the state. He is a New
Yorker, who served in the British
ambulance corps prior to the entrance
OF the United States into the war, and
later In the ordnance department OF
the American forces as a captain.
Adopt "The Blue Bird"
There are no dead ave those who
are forgotten" is the slogan Of the
Mississippi Memorial Association,
which expects to raise half a million
dollars the week of June 26-July >
FOR the erection of q State Memorial
Hall in honor Of the M~ississipp.ians
who served in the World-War.
The motto of the Association is
srorp Maeterlinck's play. The Blue
Bird"
The Memorial Hall will not only
commemorate the brave deeds OF the
-tate's SOUS. but vii! also serve as a
reunion hall, a war museum. and a
center Of the states progressive &C
-,ivities. so that the ideals for which
America fought may be preserved and
protected.
The name of every person contrib
uting to the Memorial Fund will be
DrGcPfVpu Ill DtpltLt-DOitLh
within the Court of Honor where
bronze tablets will bea~ the names OF
every Mississippi fighter
Prominent men in every county IN
Mississippi will serve as county
chairmen in The drive for half a mi
lion dollars tire week of June 2b7Ju'v
:. the fund to be USED in the erection
of a State Memorial Hall at some
point in the state yet to be chosen
The idea of erecting a lasting MT
ting and artistic Memorial to the
etate's sons who served in the World
War has taken hold so rapidly that
Il has not beer difficult for H. NJ. X.
Smith. campaign manager, to OBTAIN
helpers in the various counties
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