The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-06-02

day to memorials and went to the
cemeteries and paid tribute to the
memory of men who fought in the
wars of the nation.
The observance of Memorial Day in
Kenosha was not different from the
observances of other years. There
was the usual parade Of the veterans Of
the Civil war, the Spanish war and the
World war, the usual parade of the
children and there was waving of flags
and martial music of war.
Flowers were placed on the graves
of hundredseof sleeping heroes in the
cemeteries and brightest blooms Of
spring went floating out over the lake
as a memorial to>the men who sleep
beneath the sea. The usual tributes
were paid to the living and the dead
and about affairs of patriotic fervor
the people of the city pledged anew
their allegiance to the government
which had been sustained and ampli-
fed by the deeds Of men who were the
heroes of the day.
The Hon. Clifford E. Randall, former
member of congress, was the speaker
for the day in Kenosha and in an elo-
quent address he appealed to the peo-
pie of the city to do their part in main
tafning the heritance which had been
sealed in the blood of heroes at home
and abroad.
Crowds Cheer Old and New Vets.
There were the usual crowds along
the streets and in the parks and ceme
teries to pay homage to the, men who
served and there was an unusually
large turnout of the men and women
having membership in the organiza-
tions honored in the Memorial day
services The observance of the day
opened Sunday when little bands of
veterans of the wars went to the ceme
teries and placed flowers on the flag
marked graves Of the heroic dead. On
Sunday evening the annual Memorial
Day service was held at Park Avenue
M. E. church and the Rev o. w. Tay-
Tor, pastor of the church, paid thought
full and eloquent tribute to the service
rendered He brought message of
patriotic uplift from the story of the
deeds these men had wrought.
Business was suspended in the city
and the entire morning of Monday was
given over to the observance of Mem
orial Day. The city of Kenosha Of
ticially paid tribute to the war heroes
by the placing of handsome wreath
en- the flag pole in, front Of the city
hall and it will be left in position for
period of thirty days.
Pay Tribute to Honored.
Judge Randalls tribute to the mem
DRY Of the dead and eulogy of the hero
ism Of the living was one of the most
notable memorial day addresses ever
delivered in Kenosha.
To-day the hum of industry is still
ed" he said, "the rattle of commerce is
hushed and throughout the length and
breadth of this great country
We will scatter flowers of kind remem-
brance
Over the graves of our heroic dead,
And burnish bright on memory's tablet
The cause for which their blood was
she'd
Memorial Day was first established
by proclamation Of the then command
er Of the Grand Army of the Republic
in 1868, the gallant soldier and states
man, John A. Logan, who called upon
his comrades to assemble that year
and each succeeding year for the pur-
pose of decorating with the choicest
flowers of springtime the graves of
those gallant men who freely had given
up their lives that the Republic might
live, Since that time the scope of it's
service has been extended until now
the grave of every soldier of the Re-
public ne matter where he may lie, is
decorated with some floral tribute in
token of the honored memory Of the
cherished dead.
Has Triple Significance.
Today Memorial Day has triple
significance. Out yonder lie the graves
of the veterans of the Civil war-a
longer line Of monuments each year
each year at the roll call of Death the
thin line of blue grows thinner as the
comrades of the Grand Army answer
"Here" and fall into line in that army
which has crossed the river and rests
IN eternal shade of the trees. Gray
haired survivors of the war of the bill
lion, ! need not recount your deeds.
When you marched away in answer to
your country's call, you were mere lads
yet always men on the battlefield. You
marched with Sherman to the sea, you
scaled Lookout Mountain, you stood
with Thomas at Chickamauga, you
heard the storm of war roar at Shiloh.
crash through the Wilderness, thunder
at Gettysburg and chant requiem
over the fallen hosts at Cold Harbor.
Men of the Grand Army, a grateful
nation owes its life to you. The faith
ers of Revolutionary days builded, but
you saved the structure. Others found
ed but you placed the capstone With
sublime courage, you fought to put the
Constitution in touch with the Declar-
alton of Independence, and make it in
deed a charter of freedom You were
then and now the Grand Army of the
Republic-your last battalions are now
silhouetted against the evening sky.
Death shall not destroy nor time dim
the lustre of your fame.
Fought for Human Rights.
The sacred book records that Elijah
gave his mantle to his followers, and
they became inspired to do great deeds.
So, too, when you had lain down the
mantle which you mad borne so nobiy
and there came that time in 1898, when