The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-10
RICH AND POOR
PAY HONOR TO
UNKNOWN VET
Great and Small Folk Move In
Endless Procession Through
Rotunda of Capitol Where
Hero Lies In State.
FLOWERS HEAPED HIGH
CBy Associated Press)


small folk moved in endless procession
today through the rotunda of the cap
itol to pay tribute to the unknown
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
or for the powers of the world were
free to place their floral offerings at
his bier
Hour by hour the heaping flowers
about the casket grew mountain high
and spread about the vast chamber
Flowers that bloomed in France were
there and flowers brought in all their
beauty from South Africa, 5000 miles
away.
There was not minute of the day
unclaimed by those who would do hon
or to the dead. There was no organ
ization of veterans or of patriotic peo-
pie over the land unrepresented.
Among the most formal of the pill
grimage to this shrine of patriotic val
or was that planned by the British en-
bassy. From the embassy building
was arranged a parade headed by Art
hur J. Balfour. head of the British dele
cation to Washington and former
Primo Minister and Sir Auckland
Ceddes, British ambassador. Nearly
a score of automobiles formed the pro-
cession and two motor trucks carried
the flowers,
British Wreaths
A wreath from King George was
among them, Lord Calvin acting for
the King. 1t bore the legend: AN I'm
known and Yet Well Known As
Dying and Behold, We Live"
There was 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 it of
Pure Love to his Coupntry"
That from Premier Lloyd George
said: 'Nameiess, yet his name liveth
evermore"
And that from India said: They
never die who die to make life worth
living"
There We're wreaths also from Aus
! tralia to New Zealand and all of these,
except that from India, were made of
flowers grown in English soil, brought
over as living pEants.
Canadian Wreath
From the Grand Army of United
vi NGiIcud Ndlllc Il "ltdtH
placed by Sergeant Richardson, old.
est living wearer of the Victoria cross
| There were flowers from Newfound
land and from the army and navy
war veterans of Canada came a me
mortal woven of poppies that bloom
/ in Flanders fields
| And beside all the civil dignitaries
Great Britain sent to pay honor went
Earl Beatty, admiral of the grand
/ fleet, Air Vice-Marshal Higgins, and
; others whose roles in the war in
which this unknown soldier died were
great. The flowers actually were
/ handled by his comrades of MANY ann
les of the British service. men who
also fought in France or on the sea
/ in the great struggle.
| Sunshine Follows Storm
Dawn found a brilliant November
sun bursting its way through the
clouds of yesterdays storm anC
thrusting long golden fingers through
the windows high above the simple
bier in the silent chamber. All through
| the night five armed men stood mo
tlonless about the catafalque in the
! center OF the great granite circle Of
the rounda, watching with the dead
comrade as they will watch until he
is carried away to sleep out time tr
quiet Virginia hills.
The flowers laid on the coffin las
night had been set to each side O.
the bier. Again it lay in the simple
glory of the great flag that is a sol
dler's winding sheet. Again the cIus
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