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humanity. America has cause to blush for none,
to apologize for none to feel regret for none.
So why should not the Fourth of July be in part
devoted to nation-worshp and to remembrance
of the deeds of the heroes who kept the Flag
victorious from the Philippines to France In
appreciation of our national history 1t Is not
necessary to acclaim to defy the fight
ing man. Hand in hand with appreciation of
Americas valor in war go appreciation of the
evils of war and an appreciation of the lessons
of war
The Fourth of July is surely the day of days on
which to salute the Flag remember the heroes who
have died for it, applaud the living who have
fought for it and declare4 again, with the poet:
In spite of rock and tempest's roar.
In spite of false lights the shore,
Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea-
Our hearts and hopes are all with thee;
Our hearts, hopes, prayers, tears
Our faith triumphant Ger fears,
Are all with these, and all with thee.
So first a thought of reverent praise for the
five immortas who drew up the Declaration of In
dependence-Jefferson, John Adams, Franklin,
Sherman and Livingston. And then thought of
the many heroes of re, from the villagers
who fired the first shot at Concord to Washing
ton, the leader of our armies not forgetting such
leaders as Marion and. Wayne and Stark and John
Paul Jones, or such patriots the three militia
men whom Major Andres gold could not corrupt;
Hale the martyr, and Molly Pitcher, the heroine
of Monmouth
Next, remembrance for Hull, Brainbridge and
Decatur and the Constitution and United States
they beat the Mistress of the Seas" at her
own game, put the American navy the Seven
Seas and kept the Flag flying. The War of 1912
was on the ocean. And don't forget Jackson
at New Orleans-he for the United States
the mouth of the Mississippi. None of the 1872
heroes is now alive; 40 of their widows still live
In 1916 once more the buge blares and the
drum beats-this time against Mexico. Have
thought for Scott and Taylor-and Kearney and
the heroes who fought their way from Vera Cruz
to Chapultepec OF these heroes 70 still live. All
honor to them
The foe himself recoiled aghast
When, striking where he strongest lay
We swooped his thanking batteries past
And Drawing full their murderous blast,
Stormed home the towers of Monterey.
We not many-we who pressed
But who of us have not confessed
Beside the brave who fell that day;
He'd rather share their warrior rest
Than not have been at Monterey?
And then came real fghting-American against
American! Christendom stood astounded at the
vigor of the struggle and the spirit of the com.
batants. But that is over
No more shall the war cry sever
Or the winding rivers be red;
They Danish our anger forever
When they laurel the graves of our dead:
Under the sod and the dew
Waiting the judgment day.
Love and tears for the Blue,
Tears and love for the Gray.
A statue of Stonewall Jackson recently I'M
yelled at Charlottesville, Va. Senator Pat Har-
rison of Mississippi, the orator of the day. said
in part
"a nation torn by fratricida strife when re.
united, is, like welded iron, given increased
strength and durability.
"From the gulf that separated the sections In
sixty-one has come an understanding making for
the progress of each and the common welfare of
both. This could not have been but for the cour-
age, conviction, and ideals Of a whole people
"The sharp battles revealed in Its leaders mill
tary genius unsurpassed, and In It's men and wom-
en- courage and fortitude that reflected credit on