Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-04-22
WILL HONOR HEROES
Commonwealth Of Kentucky To
Raise Funds For Memorial
Building at Lexington

a
young people from evrey section o
Kentucky attending the State Uniyer
sity at Lexington. Records of Ken
tucky's part in the war, work OF PR
vate citizens and of those in the mill
tary service, will be kept there in ad
| ditiOn TO war trophies.
An army of 10000 school children
will start out Monday, April "a, t
raise one dollar each. The plan wa
endorsed by State Superintende:
George Colvin and the Kentucky Ed
cational Association at its annua
| meeting in Louisville. Superinte'
dents, principals and teachers har
been requested to assume direction o
the school children's soliciting, actin:
as treasurer aid either turning in th'
funds to the woman County Chairmay
or sending them to State Headqual
tiers, 30 Fifth Street, Louisville.
Governor Morrow's proclamation
follows:
"Those who have not forgotten tn
courage of the living and the eloriou:
sacrifice of the dead; those who re
member the soldiers of the great we
who offered and gave themselves TO
US, will during the week OF April q
90 conduct throughout Kentucky ;
campaign to raise 100000 for the put
,, pose of erecting at the University o
. Kentucky a memorial chapel to per
! petuate the lives and deeds and ser
vices of the Amecap soldiers of tn:
great war.
"The University of the Common
wealth is linked with the young mar
hood of Kentucky, and it is there
fore fitting that on such a spot there
should stand memorial to the couI
ageous youth of cur State. No rea
monument or other memorial! has beer
erected In Kentucky for this purpose
thus far. am, therefore, corfiden
that this appeal will reach the hear.
and the purse of the patriotic citizen
of the State. We honor ourseIve
when we honor those who died for uc
We make certain that the spirit
yesterday will live throughout our tt
morrows if we honor courage and nc
biIty and sacrifice.
al, therefore, set aside the week c
April 1928 as War Memorial WeeE
and call upon the men and women c
Kentucky, the sons and daughters c
all for which the dead have died t
lend their hearts and hands to tn
success OF this campaign. The Iivin
offered and the dead gave their live
We can give out of that which &C
has given TO US that the memory
their deeds shall abide forever wit
U.s."
James c. Wilson, of Louisville, VIII
was one of the most successful direc
tors Of Liberty Loan campaigns i
the South, has been appointed Stat
Chairman for this campaign.
The following poem, defeating tht
Kentucky Memorial Building to the
fallen heroes, winner of Il statewide
contest, was written by Mrs. Eleanoi
Duncan Wood, of Maysville:
Dear Motherland, Kentucky, here we
bring
The names of these thy sons wht
molly died.
Who for Thy sake and Freedoms put
aside
Young Love, and Lusty Life, and Cal
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 harkeneC
for
The cardinal among the hills of home
They live
But in our hearts-and these arr
fugitive.
We shall go down to dust even a.
they.
So to Thy Heart, Kentucky, bring We
now
These deathless names. A coronet fol
thy brow
Rest-loyed. and Beautiful. And thor
shalt pay
Urending 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,
"We'll live for what they died for
spite of fears"
So faith shall spring once more from
blood and tears.
Keep safe these names; Thy sons who
would not save
Themselves at price Of Liberty ant
Thee.
The "Old Kentucky Home" shall hal
lowed be
Throughout the ages by the blood they
gave;
Keep thou them safe, Thy Beautiful
and Brave.
This poem will be on marble OIL
bronze and placed in the Memorial
Building