The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-06-05
Simple but Impressive Ger
emonies Held in River
View Cemetery
PROGRAM ARRANGED
BY DICTIONARIES
AS Speaker of Day Warnock
Emphasizes Service of
Men Under Arms

The nations soldier dead were hon
ored in Kennewick by simple
but fitting observance Of Memorial
Day. The short program arranged by
Robert w. Ely post of the American
Legion, was impressively carried out
II River View Heights Cemetery. j.
". Tobin acted as officer of the day.
Prayer was offered by Rev. E.. I.
Mitchell and the address of the day
Was delivered by Phil G. Warnock
who said in part:
The Flag that has never lowered
to a more powerful adversary in. all
the history of the nation, is now low
cred in submissiveness to the all
powerful conqueror death; it stands
At half-mast in honor Of those who
in battle against that adversary and
in defense Of their country have paid
the last supreme sacrifice.
And the flag gives no thrill today
to those who do not love this country.
The stars and stripes unfurled to the
breeze stirs no emotion in the heart
-of one who knows nothing Of its his
tory and the travail Of the country
that gave it birth. He who cares not
for our flag and this country stands
dull and unmoved as that flag goes
By.
In minds eye we look down the
aisles Of history vision Is before
~, coming out Of that past We hear
tie stirring appeal Of orators; Paul
Revere is with as again; we hear the
clatter Of hoofs in the night as he
riaes through the streets Of Lexing-
ten; We are with Warrington at VAL
~ Forge, Old Glory is floating above
t. snows Of winter and We see the
l>oodstains made by the feet Of his
posrly clad soldiers; we are with
tAsm in the fury Of battle; we see
Molly Pitcher as she raises again the
nag fallen from the hand Of her slain
husband and valves It in defiance at
tie enemy. And as we think. Of the
stirring scenes woven into the his
tosy Of this emblem Of the free, and
rsaliss that we are privileged to be-
joag to the nation for which 1t stands
thsn our hats 60 off and we swell
with pride and reverence as the flag
gees by.
Today We are met to pay loving
homage to those who gave their lives
that the flag might continue to wave
over a nation of the free, undivided,
unvexed by foreign oppressors. and
untrampled by foreign autocracy.
They have all passed who fought to
give the nation birth; and few there
are, and fewer each day, Of those who
fought that this nation might be pre-
served to US undivided. Year by year
the line grows thinner but the old
martial bearing and spirit is there,
ana old fires are re-kindled at the
stirring notes Of fife and drum and
thoughts dwell again on the old
seenes. Years pass, then again the
laaarm is sounded and the cry goes
ont Remember the Maine" The
ougie sounds and again the trample
of feet, and many, of those who an
swered that call have fallen asleep,
yet many are with US today.
Then we thought there would be
no more war, the nation became as
peaceful slumbering giant, not easy
. awaken. The conflagration Of war
broke out again and it was creeping
nearer and nearer to our door, yet
we hoped against hope that it might
De avoided, but again the alarm: 'Fhe
united States has Declared WarP
AT first We could hardly believe it.
inen the seriousness of ia came upon
- When We thought that the youth
VI our nation must go perhaps never
" return. The scene is in the MEM
1y OF those even yet in their teens.
h is action again, military cities
stow up like mushrooms in the night
receive those who are to fight. A
sgnficent multitude responds, sons,
:Ouslns, husbands, fathers. The scene
repeated even to the smallest ham,