Milford chronicle., 1924-05-23
Memorial Day Is
Call to Patriots
Last MesssCe Of Gene al
LOgan's Widow Urges
Decoration Of Graves.


MAT Gen. john A. Lo'.an founded
the observance of Memorial Day,
IN honor of The soldiers and sail
ors killed in the civil war, is not gen
orally known To tn" children. At IA
meeting Of tie Chicago chapter,
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ti0n. Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker present
ed the last message of her mother,
the widow OF General Logan C'Black
Jack'), prepared by her for the chill
dren, telling how the day was first
established
Exactly tifty-tWO years ago. on the
Both of May, Gen. John A Logan. com
mander in chief of the organization Of
the Civil war veterans known as the
Grand Army of the Republic, issued
an order that the Both day of May
should be observed as Memorial Day
for the soldiers and sailors who had
died for their country in the Civil
war He also ordered that their
graves should be decorated with flow
ers and that Old Glory should fly over
them.
General Logan died many years ago,
but the Memorial Day he instituted
still lives, and this year the memory
Of the brave soldiers and sailors who
died in the recent war will be hOnOred
with those of the past. For many
years Mrs. Logan decorated the grave
of her husband each Memorial Day,
and she carried flowers to the last
resting place of many other heroes
of the Civil war
Mrs. Logan left the following mes
sage for Memorial Day to the children |
of America:
Il wonder if you are old enough to |
understand the meanings of the bless
ings you enjoy, and if you realize to
whom you are indebted for them You
owe a never-ending debt of gratitude
to the brave and wise men who first
conceived the idea of free government
for tile people and by the people, and
who offered their lives in the days of
the American Revolution for the estab-
lishment of such a government to be
known as republic.
"The descendants of those men have
from time to time during the long
years since the Declaration of Inde- !
pendence responded to their country's n
call for its defense against all foreign
or domestic foes. Each generation has s
had its heroes who have rushed to a
arms to keep the symbol of liberty
our American flag-waving alOft for {
the protection of all mankind from the
ruthless hands of tyrants a
MANY of you children are the n
great-grandchildren of the loyal men
who fought, bled and died for their 1
country. Their loyalty and gallant
deeds are your greatest Inheritance. n
Do not prove unworthy of this envi- y
able gift. A greater responsibility \
rests upon you than upon your for r
)ears because of the Advancement of n
he age in which you live. t.
General Logan fOresaw what would el
ome in the future and therefore
made his appeal in his Memorial Day 10
rder as commander in chief of the 81
irand Army of the Republic to the la
hildren Of the heroic dead to keep
live the memory Of the patriotism " "
nd dauntless deeds of their ancestors. II
Ie trusted that you children might NJ
mulate your brave forefathers when ",
he hour of conflict should come for
be preservation of civilization, human
y and liberty. Children though you
lay be, remember that what you are da
Ow you will be when you are grown. W;
he record you make for good citizen ad
hip now will stand for or against you Sc
)r evermOre.
Cover the graves Of the soldiers III
lried in the national and home ceme- ne
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g so think of the men who have recent i+,,
died for their land. Have for your ~
otto those heaven-inspired words: s,1,
ly country: May she ever be right; Ha
It, right or wrong my country for the
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