The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-11-11
DAY
CELEBRATIOII

Promptly at II o'clock the whistle )
sounded and the big parade startt Il
from the high school building and
marched thru Main street to the Gil :
Park. First came Uncle Sam and 5
sons, the Union County soldiers who
served overseas; the sailors, marines,
veterans of the War Between the
States; the Daughters of the ConfeG-
eraCy; the lst S. &. Rcgimental Band,
gaily DECORATED automobiles bearin :
he distinguished speaker, Rear Ad-
miral Samuel MCGOWAN, with tn 2
Mayor of Union and members of tn :
city council; Co. + 1st S. G. N. G..
Capt. j. ID. Jones commanding; Fra
ternal orders Of Union and the school
children of the city schools.
After assembling at the gran
stand the 1st S. c. Regimental Band
played and the invocation was led BY
Rev. Lewis NJ. Rice. Mayor R. +
MaEgsa delivered the addGess intro;
an, and spoke as follows:
1--WE are gathered here today t.
nay tribute 10 the memory of those
their country. and ours; and to offc !
thanks to God for the glorious vic =
tory that, in his providence, was
Granted us. We are here to keep ali> e
The fires of patriotism in our ow |
hearts ard in the hearts of our chi!-
drcn. and to express cur loyalty t.
cur state and nation.
Upon an invitation from our town.
the loyal people of Union county and
the members of the local post of the
American Legion, distinguished son
of South Carolina, and of the nation
is here to address us on this occasion.
1t gives me great pleasure to intro
duce to you Rear Admiral Samuel Nc
Gowan, soldier, statesman, patriot,
Centlcman-the man who, more than
perhaps any other, put the United
States NAVY on the map.
Rear Admiral MCGOWAN spoke as
follows:
"We are here to pay tribute to IN
ions sons and daughters who con-
tributed so generously toward Win
ming the world war.
The official records of the adiutant
general of the army show that Union
vas one cf very few counties in the
whole United States to over-subscribc
her quota before the draft was evcr
made. In other words, Union did not
wait to he called; she went Of her
own accord because she loves to fight
for the right. On equally good
authority we are informed that there
was not one single Stacker.
"This of itself would be sufficient
to make the rising generation kaow
what proud heritage is theirs and
at once what an obligation to see that
Unions future shall be in every way
worthy of her past
"But that was by no means all
From the moment our troops first
went into action till the signing OF
the armistico three years ago today
Union was always honorabiy conspic-
nous on the far-fung battle line; and
the valor of her soldiers was no less
noteworthy than the magnificent work
of her noble, self-sacrificing women.
"Some day the whole story will be
written as it ought to be, Then the
world will know what bright page
belongs to grand old Union.
"Today begins at the national cap
ital a conference aimed to provide
ways and means whereby amicable ar
bitration may hereafter replace brute
force.
"Cynics may Sneer. SKephcS may
doubt. Pessimistis, will predict dire
failure but the God-fearing, peace
loving, ridden peoples Of the eartf
have a right to be heard: and it will
be surprising indeed if the Washing
ton conference does not bring grea
and lasting benefit to mankind.
Meanwhile it is our bounden dut.
to wait patiently and trust unfaltcr
ingly in the ultimate outcome; being
assured that this Nations future i
safe because the American Legion i
her answer to Bolshevism and ever,
other cancerous creed that woul
strike at the foundations of the re
pubic--the American Legion. grea
in achievement, steadfast in purpos
and boundless in possibilities for fu
ture accomplishment.
The members of the Legion stan
not for politics but for 100 per cen
patriotic Americanism-unm wit
any other "ism" express or implied i
any wav. shane, form or fashion.
"In their keeping our country
safe; for to her they have PLEDGE
| their lives their fortunes and thei