Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-05-22

If we fail in this we shall deserve all dis
aster which will surely be visited upon US. because
of failure.
Surely no more fitting place can be found for
official recognition of the spirit of Memorial Day
by the United States Government than this Ma
tional Shrine at Arlington. 1t thrills every good
American who stands by it. Back of 1t is the great
white marble amphitheater, built for patriotic
gatherings of the people and impressive beyond
words in quality of material, simplicity of design
and perfection of proportions. In front lies the
smiling Potomac Valley, with the winding river,
and beyond the Capital City Of the nation with
the George Washington Monument the Lincoln
Memorial and the Capitol itself in plain view.
And the tomb itself is than memorial
to the Unknown Soldier'-to the American
Fighting Man who gave his life to his country. 1t
symbolizes far more than this 1t is symbol of
every patriotic service rendered by loyal people.
1t symbozes the soldier who never got beyond
the training camp "Over Here; the woman who
toiled at Red Cross bandages; the children who
went without sugar 1t Is symbolic the Flag
itself:
Sea fights and land fights. grim and great.
Fought to make and to save the state;
Weary marches and sinking ships;
Cheers of victory dying lips
Days of plenty and years of peace:
March of strong lands swift increase;
Equal justice, Fight and law;
Stately honor and reverent ave.
Sign of nation, great and strong.
To ward her people from foreign wrong;
Pride and glory and honor-a1l
Live in the Coors to stand or fall.
And Memorial Day to the American people
means all these things.
President Harding said this in a different way
when the body of the unknown Soldier"
placed in the tomb at Arlington. Fitting words
they were indeed:
we do not know the eminence of his birth, but
we do know the glory of his death. He died for
than this. He died unquestioning, accomplishing.
with faith in his heart and hope on his lips, that
ufv Aa a
democracy, he fought and died, believing in the
indisputable Justice of his countrys cause.
We gather him to the Nations breast, within the
shadow of the capitol of the towering shaft that
honors Washington, the great father. and of the
{. exquisite monument to Lincoln the martyred
savior. Here the inspirations of yesterday and
the conscience of today forever unite to make the
republic worthy of his death for Flag and country.
Some day this Arlington National Cemetery will
be as much part of the Capital as If it were
the other side Of the Potomac For the United
States Government has begun work on the Airing
ton Memorial Bridge. for which congress has au-
thorzed the appropriation of $l5,000,000 Five
years will see the completed bridge and ten years
the completed project. Then the official funeral
cortege of the great will move from the Capitol to
Arlington Amphitheater over way worthy of the
occasion An extension will link up Mount Yer
non where lies George Washington who directed
the planning Of the city that bears his name In
Arlington lies Major L'Enfant who under Wash
ington planned the city destined to be the most
beautiful in the world Also in Arlington stands
the Washington-Lee Mansion, to be restored; Ar
lington as everyone knows, was the home of Rob
ert E. Lee which he left when he followed Vir-
ginia out of the Union. And In Arlington sleeps
"Fighting Joe" Wheeler, the dashng Confederate
cavalry leader who the Blue at West Point
and on The Plains the Gray on many hard
fought battlefield of the Civil War. and the Khaki
in the Spanish American War. The Potomac was
the dividing line In the Civil War between the
North and South; many time Lincoln, under the
stars and Stripes of the White House. saw the
stars and Bars dehantly waving on the Virginia
shore.
So the majestic new bridge is fttingIy named
the Arlington Memorial Bridge It Is new link
between the North and South And President