Bisbee daily review., 1920-06-01
.LEGION HONORS SACRED MEMORY
 IF |. S. HEROE5

Decoration Day ceremonies Sun day under the direction of the Ameri. can Legion formed a fitting memo rial to local men who have fallen in the service of their country. The services were simple but impressive throughout.
 Following the parade down Main street and to the city park the firing squads formed a hollow square about the shaft inscribed with the names of the dead, and fired a salute of three volleys Introductory remarks were made by Col J. C. Greenway, chairman of the committee, and the Memorial Day oration was given by F. J. Flanigan, who said in part:
 This is the day set aside by our people in which to recall to mind the sacrifices of those who gave their lives that the country might live. on this day it is our custom to gather together that we may honor them by word and act. On the graves of those who died We strew the flowers of May; We think and We speak of their devotion. We honor, also, those among us from whom war did not exact the willingly offered sacrifices on the cOuntry's altar of their lives
 "Tu those in the sleep of death, in the peace of the graves in which our beloved dead now lie, our poor voices cannot penetrate. They are far be- yond needing aught from us; the tri- bute of a tear, the nations thanks, thought or expressed. can avail them nothing Not for that reason, however, are these ceremonies worthless, not for that reason is any patriotic Amer ican heart stirred to emotion in con- e'1o i~~ tho leeds of these men, on this day. Not for that reason would "~ us 9bata one iota of the man. Hesitation Of the honor and love in which he hold their memories, for 1t is on such occasions as these that we in th7 wor-1 O. Lincoln, conse- orato ourselvas to carry that for which they died; that our people through the mist of eyes tearbedim- med realize with yet keen sight that it is not sufficient that sacrifices have been made for our country, but to anticipate the dire cessity-should it ever arise-of offering yet other sacrifices on the altar of liberty. IL is for us to renew in the remem- brance of these. our honored dead, as at a fount of blessinv. the patriotism, the love of our country and it's free institutions. which. in the struvgle of evorv d'y life, we are too wont to disregard.
 "Tha achievements of our soldiers, and I include in this term all of cur fighting men in any branch of the service by land, air and water, are written imperishably in our memo -i~ '' ~i7.~ 'iv"e hut whose hn lC tho vaIo~Ous dpods of cur boys on the historic fields Of France. The tongue of the enviOus, nor the sheer ~ 4r- ~O -eF-- c-0~ot tH~nk God erase from the record the story of those memo~able deeds. Days and deeds which turned the tide of battle at tho crisis of fortune: which drove -r0 1-"ir~r. from his thr0.e. which humb1ed the pride of junker5Om to the dust. end forever submerged the homes of the EOhenzoUerns to rule.
 "Ona word ir conclusion: The cha1ges brought about bv the war have been many and pOrtentous, There is omen in the shadows which events cast before: s problems con front us. As. problems confront us. we must srapple with them. Organi- cations like the American Legion, standing shoulder to shoulder as you did in time of war, can do much in time of peace. With no divided al legiance. with wise counsels, these p~oblems will be solved. It is idle 10 say there is nothing 10 be feared. Free institutions are the expression of a free people They cannot be donned and worn as you would a garment. They are not a shell; they are. as I have said, an expression Of the mind, the heart, will and spirit. They must be striven for, fought for and preserved in peace as well as in war Eternal vigilance is the price oi liberty.
 One more thought: Let us have faith in our ideals, though men we may doubt. Where is no vision the reople perish"
 
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