The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-05-26
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ASK TO FLY !.
FLAGS MAY. Y 80
Should be at Half.Mast Until
Noon, Says Memorial Day
Committee ~
PAGEANT is ON SUNDAY
Will be Held at Auditorium Fol.
lowing Parade in Down.
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Citizens of Bismarck are urged by
the Memorial day committee to dis
play a flag On Monday, May 30, IN
honor of the nations soldier dead
Flags should be at half-mast until
Sunday noon, and then be unfurlcd
at the top Of the flag stan, the COM
mittee says.
Members of the Grand Army Of the
Republic and the Women's Relief
Corps will take q eading part In tn
ceremonies on Memorial Sunday, May
20, and on Memorial day, May 80. The
three cemeteries Fairview, st. Mary's
and Fort Lincoln n-wilr be visited BY
members of the G. A. r., w. r. C.,
Spanish-American war veterans. War
Mothers, Ladies' Auxiliary of the
American Legion and World War vet
Grams on Monday morning. Forty
eight graves will be decorated, and
wreaths and flowers will be dropped
on the waters Of the Missouri In hon
or of the sailors who have died in
battle. Parties will leave for the Gem.
eteries at $50 A. M. Monday, and all
citizens are asked to join. Services
will be held at each. s..
Sunday, May %. being Memorial
Sunday, all the churches of the city
are expected to hold memorial services
for the soldier dead Of all the nations
wars. ~. IsJrn.., .
Parade In Afternoon. ,..t&
In the Afternoon there will be the
parade, preceding the union services
at the auditorium, where pageant
will be given. The 4members of the
Grand Army of the Republic, the Wo-
mems Relief Corps. the Spanish
American War Veterans, Ladies' Auxil-
iary and World War Veterans will be
honor guests. All the secret societies
OF the city have been asked to partici-
pate in the parade.
The Memorial Pageant to be given
Immediately after the parade is along.
similar lines of the pageant given on
Memorial day last year. 1t has been
the effort Of the Bismarck post to in
tr0duce new note in Memorial serv.
ices. Last year an entirely new pro-
gram was arranged and this year the
post hopes to duplicate the success OF
a year ago. @.- I...
first will come the parade held in
honor yof those who served and it Is
that every former service
man in Bismarck whether member
OF the Legion or not will take his place
in line to show his respect and re-
brance for the comrades who have
fallen. The pageant to be presented
at the auditorium carries out the idea
that while we mourn for those who
gave up their lives, yet with the sor-
row there should be the spirit of
and pride and the firm
resolve to guarantee that their sacri-
fees were not made in vain. @
Veterans of the Civil, Spanish and
World Wars participate together with
Mrs. Ed. Baunan, who takes the part
the nation. Misses Julia
Weber. Esther Taylor, Anne Atkinson
and Mary Parsons represent the four
sections of the country, North, South,
East and West, and Mrs. Roam in the
final tableaux portrays the Goddess
of Liberty. a
Mrs. A. G. Jacobson, assisted by the
club, is forming chorus for
the several choral numbers of the
pageant. Special scenery has 0cen
painted. The entire service is filled
with the spirit of deepest reverence
for the "boys' who have gone, and
Sunday afternoon was considered by
the American Legion as the most fit-
ting time to hold services of this char,