Mountain advocate., 1922-04-21
WILL HONOR HEROES
Commonwealth Of Kentucky To
Raise Funds For Memorial
Building at Lexington

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will be tie object Of thousands Of
men, women AMI childrol Of the state
during the week Of Al Il 23-20 when
they 81. out to raise S3OO,OOO for .
memorial building
Names Of TIE 3,OjG NaO died will be
placed on the bronze tablets IN The
building which will be used daily as
chapel and union by thousands of
young people from avrey section nf
Kentucky attending the State Uniyer-
sity ut Lexington. Records Of Ken
tucky's part in the war work uf pri-
vate citizens and Of those in the mill
tary service. will be kept there in al.
dition to war trophies.
An army Of 10000 school children
will start out Monday, April -, to
raise one dollar each. The plan was
endorsed by State Superintendent
George colyin and the Kentucky Edu.
cational Association at its annual
meeting in Louisville Superinten-
dents, principals and teachers have
been requested to assume direction Of
the school childrrn's soliciting, acting
as treasurer and either turning in the
funds to the woman County Chairman
or sending them TO State Headquar-
ters, 21O Fifth Street, Louisville.
Governor MorrOw's proclamation
follows:
Those who have not forgotten the
courage OF the living and the glorious
sacrifice Of the dead; those who re.
member the soldiers of the great war
who offered and gave themselves for
US, will during the week o; \pril g.
90 conduct throughout Kentucky a
campaign to raise 100000 for the Fur
pose of erecting at the University Of
Kentucky a memorial chapel to per-
petuate the lives and deeds and ser.
vices of the Ameican soldiers Of the
great war.
"The University Of the Common
wealth, is linked with the young man.
hood Of Kentucky, and Il is there
fore fitting that on such spot there
should stand a memorial to the cour-
ageous youth OF our State. No real
monument or other memorial has been
erected In Kentucky for this purpose
thus far. | am, therefore, confident
that this appeal will reach the heart
and the purse Of the patriotic citizens
when we honor those who died for US.
We make certain that ne spirit OF
yesterday will live throughout our to-
morroWs if we honor courage and no.
bility and sacrifice.
"a, therefore, set aside the week OF
April 23-29 as War Memorial Week,
and call upon the men and women of
Kentucky, the sons and daughters of
the Republic, those who inherit and hold
all for which the dead have died to
lend their hearts and hands to the
success of this campaign. The living
offered and the dead gave their lives.
We can give out Of that which God
has given to US that the memory of
their deeds shall abide forever with
u.s."
James c. Wilson, Of Louisville, who
was one of the most successful dirpc-
tOrA of Liberty Loan campaigns in
the South, has been appointed State
Chairman for this campaign.
The following poem, dedicating the
Kentucky Memorial Building to the
fallen heroes, winner of q. statewide
contest. was written by Mrs. Eleanor
Duncan Wood, of MaysviIe:
Dear Motherland, Kentucky, here we
bring
The names of these thy sons who
nObIy died.
Who for Thy sake and Freedoms put
aside
Young Love, and Lusty Life, and Call
of Spring,
And strobe down Deaths dark ways
adventuring.
We cannot bring them back; we can.
not give
To their young eyes the joy of sun.
rise. nor
To eager ears that call they harkened
for
The cardinal among the hills OF home
They live
But in our hearts-and these are
fugitive.
We shall 20 down to dust even as
they.
So to Thy Heart, Kentucky, bring we
now
These deathless names. A cOrOnet for |
thy brow
Bestowed, and Beautiful. And thou
shalt pay
Unending honor till Times latest day.
And it shall be throughout the coming
years
Young hearts shall proudly read these
herO-names
And feel within their own the sacred
flames,