The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1920-03-18
TRIBUTE TO OUR HoNoRED DEAD.


TRIBUTE TO OUR EIONORED DEAD.
Frank Durham Hazeltine Post, A. L
is distributing for the Adjutant Gen
eral at Washington, D. c., to the rela-
tives of the Waldo County young men,
who lost their lives in the war of 1914
1919, the handsome memorials sent from
France There was no formal meeting on
account of the snow blocked roads and
the prevailing epidemic of colds every
where. The following is the interpreted
ton of the symbolic group that adorns
the certificate and the translation of the
inscription in French. The group is plac-
ed on cenotaph on which is engraved
the inscriptions:
To the memory of -7, of
The United States of America,
Who died for Liberty during the great war,
the Homage of France.
The President of the Republic,
r. Poincare.
The principal figure of the group sym
bolzes the soul and spirit of the Ameri-
can Army, which helped France to main
tain alive the flame of the torch of liber-
ty and justice. The sword is not in the
scabbard, but is ready at any moment to
protect and defend the weak and the OPP
pressed, symbolized in the group to the
left by mother holding her baby to her
breast, and to insure freedom and justice
to the coming generations, represented by
the figure of a kneeling boy, praying and
thanking God for deliverance.
At the right the figure of a man,
chained and shackled, symbolizes the
spirit of evil and the victory over our
enemies. Also at the right, GROWING the
srlrit of America, stands Glory, who re
joices with the old war veteran, standing
to the left of the principal figure, symbol
lzing the armies, " hich are always ready
to fight for the good of humanity.
Universal fame is symbolized by the
winged figure flying over the group and
trumpeting TO the world great triumph
in which the United States participated.
The American eagle, poised on the staff
| of peace, watches zealously, and stands
re ady to swoop in case our enemies again
endeaVor to disturb the peace of the
world, so dearly acquired.
The entire group is framed by border
of oak and laurel leaves, which are al
ways awarded the victors.
At the foot of the cenotaph the flags of
France and America are draped and join
ed together by a wreath, which is the
mark of gratitude and homage that
France pays to the boys who gave their
lives for liberty and justice.
The ines engraved on the wall behind
the group are aiken from one of Victor
Hugo's famous poems and when trans
! lated reads:
For those who devoutly died for their
country
1t is right that the people come and pray
at their tombs
The certificate is in sepia shades, is IA
by II inches and is designed for framing.
The following are entitled to the certi-
ficates:
Mrs. Laura Stephenson, Belfast, R. 8
Mrs. Annie T. Choate, Liberty, R. g.
Mrs. Anna Carney, Belfast, R. 1907.
Harry E. Staples, Brooks.
Mrs. Celia W. Dutton, Belfast, R. 5.
Emma E. Robertson, Belfast.
Mrs. Cora E. Douglass, Unity, R. 3.
Mrs. Annie Durham Hazeltine, Belfast.
Mrs Charlotte Stevens, Monroe.
William j. Blood, Morrill,, r. 1.
Mrs Emma Downs, Searsport.
Nettie F. Haskell, Palermo.
Albert F. Durham, Monroe.
Mrs Mary Clark Collins, Belfast.
Mrs. Lena Wentworth, Searsport.
Ellen Richards, Lincolnville.
Mr.. H. A. Ryan, Liberty.
Miss Mildred X. Randall, Belfast.
M. c. Stevens, Brooks.
DR.. Charles B. Hoyt, Liberty.
Mrs. Mary A. Parkinson, Belfast.
Mrs. P. L. Gilkey, Searsport.
Edmund H. Evans, Monroe, R 1.
S. P. Colby, Liberty.
Mrs. Vera E. Mills, Unity.
Ellen P. Meservey, Lincolnville, R. 1.
Louella S Nickerson, Belfast, r. 2.
Frank j. Plummer, Brooks, R. 4
Orrin P Jackson, Searsmont.