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humanity. America has 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-wOrship and to remembrance
of the deeds of the heroes who kept the Flag
victorious from the Philippines to France In an
appreciation of national history 1t is not
necessary to acclaim or to defy the fight
ing man. Hand in hand with appreciation of
Americas valor in war go an appreciation of the
evils Of war and 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 declare again, with the poet:
In spite of rock and tempests 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, our hopes, prayers, our tears
Our faith triumphant DER fears
Are all with these, and all with thee
SO first a thought of reverent praise for the
five immOrtals who drew up the Declaration of In
dependence-Jefferson John Adams, Franklin,
Sherman and Livingston And then a thought of
the many heroes of &c, from the villagers
who fred the first shot at Concord to Washing
ton the leader of our armies not forgetting such
leaders Marion and Wayne and Stark and John
Paul Jones, such patriots as 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 on the Seven
Seas and kept the Flag flying. The War of 1912
won on the ocean. And don't forget Jackson
at New Orleans-he won for the United States
the mouth of the Mississippi None of the 1912
heroes is now alive; 40 of their widows still live.
In 1916 once more the bugle bares and the
drum hpatS-thiS time against Mexico Ha a
thought for Scott and Taylor-and Kearney and
the heroes who fought their way from Vera Cruz
to Chaputepec. OF these heroes 70 still live All
honor to them
The foe himself recoied 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 fghtng-American against
American! Christendom stood astounded ut the
vigOr of the struggle and the spirit of the COM
batants. But that is over now.
No more shall the war cry sever
Or the winding rivers be red
They Danish our anger forever
When they laurel the graves of 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 was recently un.
yelled at Charlottesville, Va. Senator Pat Har-
rison of Mississippi, the orator of the day, said
in part:
"a nation torn by fratrcidal 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
1.-THE sharp battles revealed In Its leaders mill
tary genius unsurpassed and in its men and wom-
EN- courage and fortitude that reflected credit on