The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-02-10

was permeated with the quletude and
dignity that characterizes the great
est court in the world. While we were
there some attorney was pleading a
case and once in awhile a justice
would ask question and then relapse
into silence. In the afternoon Mrs.
Young and her friend again picked us
up at our hotel and whisked us off
this time TO Arlington Cemetery, the
beautiful home and resting place Of
the nations dead. This is beautiful
place if you can designate a ceme-
terry as being beautiful. Here has
been built large amphitheater with
out any roof on it but beautiful in de-
sign and all of white marble, the
seats being Of marble and on the stone
or marble stage is big, single mar
BILE chair where the president Of the
United States sits when he goes to
the memorial exercises which are held
at this spot each year and attended by
thousands. At Arlington also is the
historic home Of Robert E. Lee, anoth-
er old Virginian home of SO much in
terest to the American people and
maintained. by the government. 1t is
| a beautiful southern mansion over
looking beautiful expanse of water
and scenery, hard to beat in natural
beauty and of course of historic fame.
Arlington cemetery is beautifully laid
out but it is the saddest place in the
whole world and gives one choking
sensation as one sees acres upon
acres of little white slabs, marking
the last resting place of the nations
heroes Of the different wars, the vet
erans of each war having a burial
ground separate from each other, and
saddest of all are the acres of little
square stone markers denoting the
Hast resting place of the unknown
dead, and dear readers this panorama
of history and beauty, too, is quickly
dispelled as you silently look around at
the newly filled acres of the burial
place of lose thousands of brave boys
who fell over there in the great strug-
gle for a worlds democracy, for lib
erty and justice. There are thous-
ands and thousands of these newly
placed white marble slabs and as we
gaze silently but sadly on this token
of heroic devotion we cannot help but
repeat these line
In Flanders field the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
lWs are the dead. Short days ago
1--WE lived, left dawn, saw sunset glow
Loved and were, loved, and now we lie
| In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yo,1rs to hold it high.
| If We break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though. poppies
grow &t
In Flanders fields.
And turning sadly away we could
not help but thank God that in spite
of all this heartache occasioned by
the loss of these brave American boys,
we were glad that it was these boys
who gave to Belgium and to other
down trodden nations of the earth that
freedom and right that we as Amerl-
can citizens enjoy. It was a great
| sacrifice, but it taught the whole world
that America was the big factor in
stopping the hun and his great desire
for world military domination and it
was this grand old American flag that
these gallant boys carried across to
foreign lands that has taught all the
other nations of the world that so long
as one American citizen has the pow
er to hold the torch aloft just so long
will every needy and prosecuted ma
ton know that he will fight to see
that liberty and right is his. Our
ride back to Washington was back
through old historic Georgetown
where we saw the old headquarters OF
George Washington, an old, weather
worn little ramshackle Of building
but one that figures greatly in the
history of our country. Another eve
ming at the theater where we saw
Mary Pickford in "The Love Light" a
splendid production, concluded our
second day Of entertainment and It
was a day full of interest and klndllng
anew and stronger than ever our love
and reverence for this country OF ours.
We also saw the old Ford theater
building where Lincoln was shot.
Wednesday was another busy day in
Washington. In the forenoon we went
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