The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-05-31
AMERICAS WORLD WAR VETERANS LIFTED
FLAG TO GREATEST HEIGHT FROM WHICH
NCAN EVER WAVE, SAYS MRS. ". ". DAVIES
he was a man but like a man he died
Glorious Chapter in history.


There is no more glorious chapter in
III. history Of the World war than the
story Of their unconauerable souls y
thousand years from now the names or
ST. Mihiel, Chateau Thierry, Beliau
Wood and the Argonne will quicken the
pulss and thrill, the blood of the men
and women who read the story or liu'
mauily's long climb TO freedom.
when the smoke OF battle had drift
ed from the battlefield. when al the
rlass had been furled ard brought hack
home II was found that our Starry Ban
ner had been placed BY dill the nations
OF the earth above al othcr Tags ~,
Our forefathers cortended lor no
crty. but II was their own.
Our very own fathcrs-the men OF
'Gl-lifted the flag little higher. TheS'
TOO commended for liberty. but 1t was
for the liberty of a race In their own
land and under their own ilas
The boys Of 1898 lifted the flag
little higher. They contended Tor the
liberty OF a single people across the sea
and under a strange banner.
9TH. boys Of 1917. catching the IN
snIration of all our mighty past. li1'ed
our flag TO the greatest height from
which II can ever wave. they contend
ed for the liberty OF all peoples IN all
lands and under all llass'
Sacrifice Of New Are.
To the record Of courage. daring and
self sacrifice Of the veterans or inc
Civil war and Spanish American war
living and dead. whom the nation mas
honored these many years has Deen
added the sacrifices OF a new age ana
the blue and the khaki march proudly
under the flag they rendered stainless
Mrs Davies here quoted The Oh
E1sr Forever" by Frank l.. Stanton:
"sbs.. nm therc-Old Glory-where
lightnings are sped:
She dazzles the nations with ripp!es
OF red;
And she'll wave for US living. or droop
Ger us dead
The Flag Of our country forever!
she's up there-old Glory-how orish'
the stars stream.
And the stripes like red signals VI i'o
erty CLEAN.
And We dare for her, lVihs' OF uree"
the last dream
.S.atb tho flag of our country forever!
shes ND there-old G!ory-no tyrant-
dealt scars.
Nor blur on her brightness. no stain on
her stars!
The brave blood OF heroes hath GRIM
soned her bars
She's the flag Of our country forever!
MANY thousand of our boys today.
Mrs Davies continued, sleep In the
homeland and many thousands sleep IN
foreign lands and among the popn'es
which make bright the nelds or france
forming the cornerstone or the Founoa'
ton OF Peace af the world.
Crosses Among the Poppies.
Today. in the Argonne. In Flanders
everywhere in France-the popples
bloom, What . beautiful sight Bu'
more beautiful stu Is the sight when
tho wind blows and the peoples bend
down and the little white crosses are
seen, each bearing the name of hero
"Tolay. throughout this broad land
~ ours. wherever q flower is laid.
flag set n song sung or a prayer utter
cd there will be magic power to watt
,hc heart OF America across tho seas
70 where our heroes sleep among tho
peoples.
purpose TO this place OF remembrance
..Wherliug chapter Soryice Star Ls-
zion presents this beautiful Garden OF
Flowers In honor Of Ohio county boys
who made the supreme sacrifice.
"The Star Is the symbol Of the Scrr-
ice Star Legion and Lest We Forget is
the national motto.
This spot shall be hold sacred to the
memory Of these heroes.
May the roots Of these flowersist"lke