The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-04-25
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THE OVERSEAS GRAVES
ENDOWMENT FUND

ENDOWMENT FUND.
Your bit for the buddy who stay
ed? For the comrade who fought
with you shoulder to shoulder? Who
! laid down his life for his flag and
still sleeps in far-off lands with that
4 flag flying over him? Have you re-
membered him? Has your post con-
tributed to the 100000, endowment
fund which National Commander Ows-
! ley is now raising, and which will
serve during all the years to come
for the loving decoration of the graves
of those who sleep in foreign soil?
IN PREVIOUS CAMPAIGNS,
MINNESOTA HAS LED.
Heretofore, the Legion's practice
has been to raise enough money each
year to cover just that years decora-
ton and remembrance. But this
100000 endowment fund is different
for it is trust fund, the principal of
which will not be touched, the interest
of which will serve from year to year
to carry on this labor of love. To all
previous campaigns for the decoration
of the graves of our overseas dead
Minnesota's answer has been en-
phatic. The North Star State has
been the leader each year in the task
of placing on their graves the tribute
of grateful nation.
THIS YEAR, CITIZENS
ARE ASKED TO AID.
! In previous years the Legion has
shouldered this task alone. This year
! every citizen is asked to aid. The
Mayors of our cities will help by
issuing fitting proclamations, news
papers will broadcast information
about the drive for funds, theaters
] and other amusement centers will help
! by advertising and by donating part
or all of their receipts from certain
showings. Clergymen will announce
this project from their pulpits and
may even designate special collec-
ton for this purpose. Civic, semi
civic and fraternal organizations will
help by circularizing their members.
EVEN THE LITTLE SCHOOL
CHILDREN WILL HELP.
Everywhere in Minnesota there will
be the spirit of cooperation between
our Legion posts and the public to the
end that all may unite in honorlng
/
flag. Even the little school children
will want to contribute their mite, for
many will thus be paying tribute to
the memory of father or brother or
uncle who did not return. In all this
work, careful record must be kept
of the names and amounts of contri-
buttons, so that all may be credited
with doing their share. Memorial
Day is fast approaching. Leaders of
the Legion all over Minnesota must
lose no time in organizing to honor
the memory of those we seek to keep
green in our hearts. Dignified ac-
uuiescense is not what your national
and department officers want. We
must have the enthusiastic coopera-
ton of all our posts, and thru them,
of all our citizens.
/ WHAT WILL YOUR POST DO?
Think back to 1920-1921-1922. If
yours was one of the Minnesota posts
which contributed then, you have cause
to feel proud and happy now. And If
| in the years which have passed, your
post has neglected this solemn duty,
/ is not that all the more reason why
amends should now be made by throw
ing your full influence into this drive,
destined to be the last which you will
have the honor and privilege OF sup
porting-IF EVERY POST WILL
4 SHOULDER NOT SHIRK ITS
SHARE. And the only way you can
assure that. every post will prove
true to its trust is FOR YOUR POST
TO GET HEART AND SOUL Be
HIND THIS CAMPAIGN. Over in
France, your buddies are sleeping.
Begin today your tribute, to, their
memory by forwarding at least 50
or $40 check, payable to the Depart
ment Treasurer, to be credited your
post and promptly forwarded to Ma
4 tional Headquarters for inclusion in
! the 100000 endowment fund and re-
cording in the archives of the Legion,
j forever to show the part you have
played in establishing this perpetual
!. memorial.
! THEN ORGANIZE
YOUR COMMUNITY.
| That done, proceed to organize
your community along the lines sug-
! gested in the preceding paragraphs.
\ accurately noting the names of all
! contributors, whether individuals OF
] organizations, and the amounts they
/ have contributed, sending all by post
; check to your Department Treasurer,
) to be credited as Minnesota's contri-
button and forwarded to the Endow-
ment Fund at National Headquarters,
I Memorial Day will soon be here. On
!; that day, will your post have q share