Grand Forks herald., 1922-05-31
ORIA DAY OBSERV AllE S
CLOSED WITH fine PROGRAM:
P.DAVlESGEVES THE ADDRESS

VS. |l'.!|''' IhlE / ! |. !, ADDRESS !! [
and the. distant lands abounds in 81.
.cloents which shed glory on American
arms and show forth the real man
hoUu G1 io1 tne american soldier. +.
the unity Of the American nation
had been established. The western
hemisphere, it. seemed, had been
freed from foreign domination, and |
It's peoples left free to work out their |
own destiny in whatever orderly way
they chose. There seemed to be no l.
reason why America should not en-
Joy perpetually the blessings of peace \
But across the ocean the monster Of
militarism reared Itself aloft and !
threatened to trarple under foot all |
that had been cchieved for freedom /
7throughout the history of the world.
Nations which, like our own, enter. !
tanned the conception Of ordered liber-
ty under democratic institutions
sought to stay the progress Of tho
monster. But the planning and
preparation Of nearly half a century
bore its fruit.
You know the Nstory Of Chate eau
Thierry, OF Belleau Wood, of the Ar
gonne,' for You were there. You
know Of hunger and thirst and ex-
haustion: of cold and muddy trenches;
OF dirt and vermin unspeakable; Of
MANNED and shattered bodies; of
death in its most horrible forms.
You know, for you had the experience.
that the tinsel and glitter, the, pomp
and circumstances Of war Sre sham
and pretense. But you know, for you
had that experience also. that cold
and hunger and pain and wounds can
not quench the joy that there is in fthe1
complete and thorough doing Of a
worthy piece Of work.
A Nation of Peace. :.
America. dedicated to liberty, has
been traditionally. and essentially a
nation of peace. Her people, had be-
fore them a continent to explore. to
develop, and in which to build
mighty nation. Her ideals preclude
the sthought1 of warfare for conquest.
Her wars have been waged in further
ance Of the cause Of righteousness.
Liberty. is not special creation,
nor does it come Of spontaneous gem
Grafton. What its source may be we
do not know. Perhaps we shall know
when we understand fully-what is this
source of life, for the two are Of like;
proceed by like stages of slow and
often painful development.
on such occasions as this we. deal
largely in the Incidents and the sur
roundings of war; but. our, mission is
not that of war, but ri. neace. War is
destruction in its most com prchensiye
form. Inexcusa bia in every way
when waged for it's own sake, or-for
the purpose Of oppression. It becomes
not merely s1ustifiable but mandat ory.
when 1T presents the only means Of
resisting oppression and defending the
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