Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-06-02
HONOR
HEROES OF ;
WARS, MONDAY
Exercises Given in Cemetery Dur
ing The Morning, This Including
Decoration of Graves

ing the Morning, This Including
Decoration of Graves
Sin all the year one day is set
Lest we forget, lest we forget
One day that we with thankful heart
May honor them who did their part.
''That this our country might with
stand
The blows that fell from en- my hand.
With flags let heroes graves be set
J Lest we forget, lest we forget
With the temperature above the
normal, with skies of deepest blue,
Memorial Day exercises for the SOL
! diers of three wars were given at
Baraboo on Monday Many business
houses were closed and the national
colors not only floated along the
business streets but were in profusion
along the residential thoroughfares.
In the morning the members of the
G. A. r. and w r. C. were driven in
the exercises were held Soldiers of
automobiles to the cemetery where
| the World war, with drum corps,
marched at the head of the process
sion and following came the veterans
iof the Spanish American war.
The organizations grouped themsel-
YES about the G. A. r. lot at the
cemetery. The flag was at half mast.
The ritualistic exercises for the G.
A. r. was given by James Dibble and
D. M. Quiggle and for the Sons of Vet
erans by George Hammermeister.
Rev. r, NJ. Laurenson, Trinity
Episcopal church, gave brief and
most excellent address on For what
did they fight, for what did they die?
His answer was Freedom" In dis
cuss,ng the subject liz dwelt upon
tn s"ea. struggle tie race has made
to- obtain religious, social, political
and national freedom. -t-s>-
Attorney F. r. Bentley spoke brief
ly for the other organizations.
A salute was fired and taps sound
ed.
Afternoon Program
In the afternoon the exercises were
held in the First Me. church, Mayor
Adolph andre presiding. The mem
bers of Joe Hooker post and w. r. C.
occupied places of honor
The governors proclamation was
read 'by Kenneth H. Conway, the in
vocation was by Rev. w. w. Moore,
the reading of General Order No. II.
issued by Commander John A. Logan,
May 5, 1868, was by Alton e. Cady,
the reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg
address was by Frank B. Moss, and
the Grafton was by Attorney Frank
r. Bentley.
At the outset the speaker gave a
tribute to the members of the G. A.
R. and voiced the sentiment that they
were entitled to all the pension they
or their widows received. He spoke
OF the World war veterans and of the
great part they played in the con-
flict across the sea. They arrived in
France in the nick OF time, entered
the fight at once, stopped the advan-
ce of the Germans, and soon the war
was won
Third Largest Post
Baraboo has the third largest post
in the state. Mr.. Bentley said. Mil
waukee and Madison are the only
ones that lead. There have ben 22O in
the Joe Hooker organization, now
there are but II. At Baraboo it re-
quires 282 flags to mark the graves of
the departed heroes.
Service was the theme of the ora
ton. The speaker told of the strug- |
giles of Washington and his army. of |
the patriotism of Mckinley, of the
forcefulness of Roosevelt, of the high
ideals of Wilson, and of nobleness of |
Lincoln.
The speaker urged that certain !
ideas from Europe must be kept out /
of this country if the ideas of liberty
in this land are to prevail.
Frequently the speaker was ap-
plauded,
The community chorus provided
the music.
Executive Committees
G. A. RI. w. Harrington, A. Fry. |
S. A. w. VI. Anderson and |
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