Okolona messenger., 1919-06-19
STATE WILL PAY TRIBUTE TO ALL
HER LOYAL SONS.
GREAT BUILDING is PLANNED
Name of Every Person Contributing
Will Be PreserVed-Half Million
Asked In Last of War Drives.
Everybody Expected
to Help.

Jackson, Miss.-"There are no dead
save those who are forgotten"
This motto has been chosen for the
Mississippi Memorial Campaign, which
will begin June 26 and continue
thorugh July 4, winding up on the
morning of July 5.
The purpose of the campaign is the
raising of half million dollars for
the erection of Memorial Hall at
some point in the state yet to be
chosen, in which the name of every
Mississippian who served in the
World War may be preserved.
Thus, there will be no forgotten
sons Of the state, and no dead, for
J the great building, with its bronze tab.
let's, will stand as an eternal remind.
er Of their sacrifices.
Mississippi was the first state in the
Union to plan the erection of such
building entirely by public subscrip,
tion-a generous outpouring of the
wealth OF the state as voluntary
tribute to the men who served in the
army, navy and marine corps.
! Upward Of 10000 men saw service
III these branches during the war, and
the names of all will be engraved on
bronze tablets, which will be placed
in the great Court of Honor, one of the
three principal features of the build.
ing. In addition, the names of the
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of men and women who took the lead
in any form Of patriotic activities will
| be kept in bronze-bound volumes, so
that the Memorial will be great
treasure-house of history.
Will Preserve Names.
The names of all persons contrib.
uting to the Memorial will also be pre-.
served, so that future generations
may know not only the names of those
vino served in the war for democracy,
out also the names of those who hon,
ored the states heroes.
The plans for the State Memorial
include threeSmain features: A great
Court Of Honor, a War Museum.
where trophies Of all the wars in
-hich Mississippians have taken part
vii. be preserved, and Memorial
Hail, where reunions may be held. OF
state gatherings of interest and i'm.
portance to the future of the common,
wealth.
These plans have the endorsement
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liam Howard Taft, Secretary of War
Newton D. Baker, Secretary of the
Navy Josephus Daniels, United States
Senators John Sharp Williams and B.
Pat Harrison, all Mississippis repre-.
sentatives, and all four candidates for
governor.
The location of the great Memorial
will be decided upon by the state ex-
ecutiye committee, the eight chair
men of congressional districts, and the
eighty-two county chairmen, who will
meet at the conclusion of the drive
and ballot upon the various cities of.
fering sites.
Several Want Memorial.
The competition will be open and
above board, and several cities have
already announced their intention OF
entering the contest, among them be.
ng Vicksburg, jackson, Clarksdale,
Laurel, Gulfport and Columbus.
The Memorial Campaign will be the
last "war-drive." 1t will also be the
first OF the many calls for funds made
upon the people of the state during
the war-period through which the
state itself will benefit 1t will ofier
chancs for the state to cap its glor-
ious war-recOrd with the voluntary
0utpouring Of its dollars in honor oi
the brave boys who served so gallant
y in the fighting forces Of the United
States.
The eyes of the entire nation will
bc upon Mississippi the week of the
drive Other states will adopt the
mississippi plan" for erecting Memo
rials if it is successful in this state;
sut Mississippi has a chance to say
to her sisterg, 81 saw my duty to my
Sons first, and did it, gladly and will
} ingly."
Officer and private, rich and poor
white and colored VIII be honoreo
alike in this great Memorial. Al
classes, colo-s and creeds are asked
and expected to help the fund for iti
erection.