New Britain herald., 1923-05-28
ORDERS OE DAY FOR
 ALL EX.SERVICEMEN
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the bright vision of the rolling uRr lands and rich valleys of our own Am erica, with its husy farms and towns There are crowded streets and pleas ant avenues, and quiet roads that run between rich felas and sualll hills, Along these highways one sees the citizens Of a strong and free republics men, women and children who go about the daily ordering of their lives in assurance and security, In the towns there are busy thousands, and nlamOr of traffic and labor,
 Amidst all these are silent cities here and there, where dwell the dead, Their t0mhs arc shaded with trees and quiet paths lead round about among them Here lie the bodies of men of many generations, the soldiers of Amerieai who took np arms in time or trouble, and died to make America secure, Life has been bright ened and hroadened for the quick, by virtue of the service Of the dead, And therefore. for one day in every year, We living citizens lay down our en- deayors and give over our oceura- tions, and gather in tha graveyards to pay due honor 10 our soldier dead, Their graves are hrlghtened with flowers, and their monuments are deeked out with the labor of loving hands: and they lie quietly in their own land amidst the homes Of their own people. The trees Of their own soil grow about their graves, and tho winds Of their home skies murmur through the leaves,
 But there are thirty thousand graves in France Across three thousand miles Of the gray sea, beyond the quiet fields Of Anjou and Pieardy, in the ruined land redeemed by suffering and the death Of men, lie the outposts Of America today; and there white cities of crosses may be seen, with the bright banner of our own land flying over them. Each cross in those still cities, marks the grave of q young man of our own race. who died in the world war. Let us not be forgetful Of those crosses, let us remember those men today and honor them.
 God of our fathers, known of old,
 Lord of our far flung battle line. Beneath Whose awful hand we hold
 Dominion over palm and pine, Lord God of hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget-lest we forget.
 Let us reflect with bowed head, and take counsel each of us with his own heart, on the observance of this day devoted to the dead. For Me- morial Day is not a day of self-con- dolences and fiatterings of pride. It Is q day of casting of accounts. 1t IS a time set apart to consider deeds that were done and to arm ourselves there- by with a new determination and a deep resolve.
 The commanders request that all cx service men regardless of whether they are members of an organization or not, turn out on Memorial Day, and they can meet at the following places between \ and 9:S0 a. m; Spanish War vetabns at State Armory, Arch street. Eddy Glover post at post rooms. Arch street: Private Walter J. Smith post. y. F. w., at rooms, Arch street; Disabled Veterans of America at rooms, Main street; Kosciuszko post. World War veterans, at Wash ington street.
 '"rhe dress is uniforms where 1t is possible, and civilian clothes where an cy-scrviceman has no uniform
 Parade starts on Franklin Square at 1o a. m. and all patriotic organi- cations are invited to fall in.
 "A G. Hammond Camp, |. s. w. ".
 ALFRED II. GRISWOLD.
 "Eddy-Glover Post,
 American Legion
 "W. w. T. SQUIRE.
 Private Walter J. Smith Post,
 Veterans of Foreign Wars,
 "RAYMOND FROST.
 "Disablcd Camp of American
 Veterans,
 DEWEY SELANDER.
 "Kosciuszko Post,
 World War Veterans,
 LEO HABERSk1."