The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-05-31
WREATHS0F
GLORY FOR THE
HEROIC DEAD
Memorial Day Observed
With Impressive
Ceremonies

and blossoms on blossoms placed
Memorial day by loving, reverent
hands mark again the sleeping
places of the heroic dead. 1t was
a day fraught with memories and
early in the morning details from
the patriotic organizations visited
all the cemeteries, carrying flow
ers of remembrance. The SER
vices of the day closed with the
exercises in Music Hall. Cham
berlin post, Grand Army of the
Republic, their numbers reduced
to Ia followed the colors into the
hall. Behind them marched the
E. B. Frost Camp, Sons of Vet
Grams, the Lucy A. Young Tent,
Daughters of Veterans and MEM
bers of Chamberlin Woman's Re-
lief corps.
The stage was decorated with
the poppies of Flanders and every
where were the colors, carried by
the various organizations and
massed on the stage. After a STIR
ring number by the st. Johnsbury
band and a prayer of conservation
by the Rev. l.. E. Peabody, Sup
erintendent c. c. Hitchcock pre-
sented Miss Alma Reed who read
Gen. Grants and Gen. Logans or
ders. Miss Catherine Morrison
with Miss Alice Hall d: the piano,
sang patriotic solo, I, pretty
march and song number was given
by the fourth grade of the Port
land street school, directed by
their teacher, Mrs. Rerta Tilton,
Robert Blodgett gave Lincoln's
address at Gettysburg, st. Ga
briel's band played a selection and
encore, and the audience Joined in
the singing of the Star Srangled
Banner lead by Mrs. R. d. Sherry
and Miss Morrison. This folowed
flag salute n which the audience
also Joined. Comrade Charles
Ross of the Grand army held the
colors supported by Elmer Hook
er, patriotic instructor of the
Sons of Veterans and by Ralph w.
Hay of the American Legion. The
speaker of the afternoon, Dr..
George w. Hylton gave forcefui
eloquent address.
at is always debt of justice to
pay superior honors to those who
have devoted their lives in fight
ing for their country, declared
Dr.. Hylton.
Inspired by these sentiments
we do honor always to the mem
ory of the gallant men who fell
in the defense of the Republic and
who now sleep in the sacred pre-
cints of the cemetery and to those
who still wear the uniform of
those days. Their magnificent
services and their splendid
example of patriotism which they
displayed entitle them, not merely
to our decorations of their graves
and to our poor tribute of praise,
but to the gratitude of every
friend of human freedom in all the
world.
"Today, with the rising of the
sun even to the going down there
of, throughout the length and
breadth of our land professions
will wend their way to the taste
full cemeteries of our country.
With sober, thoughtful mein, they
will bear the choicest floral deco
rations that the most skillful
hands can produce and the most
tender love can collect, for the
establishment of the graves of
| the honored dead. Surely We
ought to remember these men who
are gone and these who remain.
We owe them a debt of gratitude
which words arc all too feeble to
express and yet, whether they
have been gathered in silence Of
the grave or are now lying where
they fell in their long and weary
marches, in the thickets of the
mountains or the dense and
tangled swamps, today, with
heartfelt emotions and sinferest
words of praise we will recall
their virtues and thank God that
the land of our fondest love found
such sons and defenders in the
time of her greatest need.
"And more than this, their pre-
cious graves wherever known we
will moistcn with tears We shed
above their sleeping dust. We
will teach the names of our heroic
dead to our children and their
| children's children. Yes, these
blessed names shall be spoken by
every purling brook of our many
hills, by the sounding waves of
the near Atlantic and the gentle
murmurs of the far Pacific.
"Thcy shall be written upon
every hillside and every mountain
crag and summit. Yes, in our
! hearts these lanes shall be in
/ scribed, so that they shall never
be oblterated or forgotten.
Speaking earnestly to the little
remnant of the Grand Army oc-
cupying the seats in front of him
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