Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-06-23

Kirkbride and Birrell materially as
sisted in the program with appro-
pirate addresses. Rev. Schoenfeld
spoke interestingly upon "Our Flag"
mentioning the fact that the first
Flag Day was observed by New York
State June IA, 1894, at the request
of the Sons of the Revolution. Mr..
Schoenfeld also mentioned the inter-
esting fact that the first time the
Stars and Stripes were unfurled to
the breeze was at the battle Of Bur-
goyne at the close of the Revolution.
Rev. Schoenfeld closed his address
with the following beautiful tribute.
''Wave on thou peerless, match
less banner of the free.
Wave over the Army and Navy,
over the land and the sea.
Over the cottage and the palace,
over the school and the church.
Over the living and the dead,
Wave ever more, over the land
of the free and the home of
brave"
Rev. Mr.. Kirkbride followed and
spoke on the birthday of Old Glory.
He said:
"My friends, I owe an apology to
Old Glory for it's protection to me
since coming to U. S. A. The birth
day of our flag takes our minds back
to that woman, Mrs. Betsy Ross,
whom we are told placed in the
hands of our first great soldier the
flag of freedom, the most beautiful
flag of the world. -~
The Gag with it's many colors,
significant Of Liberty and Union,
stands for Peace and Safety. A flag
that never allows the sun to set
upon it, for it flies from some of our
Representatives the world over.
What a grand flag it has been
since this country adopted the Stars
instead of the grand union design in
1777.
She is the first in war, first in
peace, and should be the first in the
hearts Of every living soul in Amer
lea, whether he be black or white,
yellow or brown. 1t questions not
our creed, but our loyalty 10 her
cause of right. The five-polnted star
with one point upwards, a symbol OF
authority. 1t is noble to serve ones
country on the battlefield; but it is
noble to serve at home in deeds of
peace. Beware, my friends, of the
enemy creeping into our cities and
towns, villages and hamlets, in and
among our schools, in the homes.
Keep a keen eye on such who would
dare drag our flag in the dust. Stand
firm against such, with our flag wav-
ing over us. o, Beautiful Flag,
Beautiful to all who love it; but ter
rible as a meteor to those who hate
it.
Rev. Mr.. Birrell spoke on the sub
ject, "Why We Celebrate Flag Day"
We celebrate our Flag Day, be-
cause the flag is the emblem of our
unity, of our power, our thought,
our purpose as a nation.
The flag can have no other char
acter than the one we give it, the
choice is with us, those who went
before us wrote great records into
our flag. 1t floats over us the SYM
boil of great events, the symbol of
great plan of life which God gave to
be worked out by a great people.
when freedom from her
mountain height,
Unfurled her standard to the
air,
She tore the azure robe of
night,
And set the stars of glory
there
"All hail, flag of the free, flag
of the field and tide,
We pledge allegiance to thee, A
people tried and true.
The red is for blood of freemen
shed, and their sons can but
be true,
If liberty plead, Wen follow the
lead of the red, white and
blue.
Commander Shepard on behalf of
the Post expressed his appreciation
of the work of the committee in