Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-10
Day Set Aside For This Pur-
pose; Mountain Of Floral
Offerings Placed In Capt.
tol Over Casket OF Dead
Hero; British Pilgrimage
One OF Most Impressive.
(By The Associated. Press.

dead lying in such state there as only
martyred presidents have known.
The day was set aside for it. All who
could speak for groups in the land
free to place their floral offerings at
his bier. Hour by hour the heaping
flowers about the casket grew noun.
talns high and spread about the vast
chamber. Flowers that bloomed in
France were there and flowers
brought in all their beauty from souti,
Africa, 5000 miles away There was
not a minute Of the day unclaimed by
those who would do honor to the
dead. There was no organization of
veterans or of patriotic people over
the land Dnrepresented.
The British Pilgrimage.
Among the most formal Of the
pilgrimages to this shrine of patriotic
valor was that planned by the British
embassy. From the embassy building
there was arranged parade headed
by Arthur j. Balfour, head Of the
British delegation to Washington. and
former prime minister, and Sir Auck-,
land Geddes, British ambassador.
Nearly a score of automobiles formed
The procession and two motor trucks
carried the flowers.
Many Beautiful Wreaths.
\ wreath from King George was
among them, Lord Cavan acting for
the king. 1t bore the legend:
'.As unknown, and yet well known;
LAS dying, and behold, we i've"
There was a wreath, too, from Can
ada, its inscription saying:
But that which put the glory OF
Grace into
All that he did was that he did OF
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That from Premier Lloyd George
"Nameless. yet his name liveth ever
more"
And that from India said:
They never die who die to make hfe
worth living" AZ.
There were wreaths from Aus
tralfa and New Zealand and all Of
these, except that from India were
made OF. flowers grown in English soil.
brought over as living plants. , .55 4:
From glansaers Fleld
/. .aass Fl BIN the Grand Army Of United
placed by Senator Richardson, oldest
living wearer iof the Victoria cross.
There were flowers from New Found Z
land and from the army and navy war
veterans Of Canada came a memorial
woven Of poppies that bloom In
Flanders fields and beside all the civil
dignitaries Great Britain sent to pay
homage went Earl Beatty, admiral OF
the feet; Air. Vice Marshal Higgins
and others whose roles in the war In
which this unknown soldier died were
great. 81
On Watch All Night.
Dawn found, a brilliant November
sun bursting its way. through the
clouds Of yesterdays storm and
thruating long golden fingers through
the windows high above the simple
-bier3in the dim. silent chamber. All
through the night. five armed men
stood notionless about the caAafalque u
in the center of the great granite CIR
Gle of the rotunda, watching with the
dead comrade as they will watch un-
iii he is carried away to sleep out
time in the quiet Virginia hills.
The flowers laid on the casket last
night had been set TO each side OF the
bier. Again it lay in the simple glory
Of the great flag that is a Soldiers
winding sheet. Again the cluster OF
French blossoms. withered and vel
low, was the onay token on the blend
cd coloring of the. banner OF freedom
save for the slash of white ribbon
across the center, worked: and laid in
place by Mrs. Harding. and the shield
Of tile nation for which he died laid
reyerently over the sill heart by the
president.
. Marines on Guard.
Outside as the day came on the
sun drove the sullen cloud away over
the distant hills to leave q glorious
washed sweep of blue, shot with
golden light above the dome and the
Weakening city, last touches were pu,
to the rope lined aisles through which
thousands were to pass to pay honor
to the dead; thousands whose one
claim to fame is that they too, are
simple Americans such as he who lies
in such state as emperors and kings
may not know. Straight 10 the east
ward ran the narrow, rop,sd way, ma
rines In olive green OF the ir field uni
forms and with fixed bayonets lining
each side On each mails shouldel
swung the looped cords CT the four
ragee' showing that they were OF
marine regiment decorated by Franc
for high valor on French soil.
Gradually the oped aisle LEADING
81, M the great steps to the CLOSED
doors OF the rotunda filed with foil
come 10 pass by the bier with bowel
heads on to the right where tn
steps sweep up to the senate cham
Der, another group gathered about
floral garland, the hrst OF the man: a.a.a
TO be set in place. From the otne
stde double squad Of soldiers from
the engineer barracks, overcoate'
against a long vigil in the cold OF tn
great chamber beside the dead, viii
fixed bayonets and rifles at the trail
moved up the main steps and into tn
hall. They were going to change guar
about the casket as 1t had been chang
cd at short intervals through tn
night, q sit would constantly chang
all day and tonight.
Hundreds Wait In Line.
Ths party on the senate stairs wer
led up to enter the rotunda by tn
senate corridor. The2. Just at
o'clock the great main doors. mug
bronze BARRIERS, eimbellished with In
tricAte figures and designs and lon
aRo given IS the American republic
strangely enough, by France on who's
soil the soldier died. swung back an
the waiting hundreds stepped forwar
four abreast to pass by the casket.
Al the Arst line stepped within tn
hall, male voices rose IN biende
harmonies that woke the echoes
the high. Avaulted roof 4. above. no.
hooded with sunlight. They sahg tn
Iast ysrse Of America" y Il
Long may or land be bright
A with freedoms holy light.
No Hint of Sorrow.
Thsy sang With q peal OF victor
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