Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-10-29

that hat" And Great Britain was no less stunned
than Captain Dacres by the Constitutions
victory
August 30, 1872 all was gloom in Boston. Gen.
William Hull had surrendered Detroit without
semblance of defense. The garrison at Fort Dear
born (Chicago) had been massacred On land the
war was story of disaster after disaster
And then appeared the Constitution bedecked
with flags and guns booming victory. The nation
rejoiced and took fresh heart The Constitution
departed to outsal, outmaneuver and out
fight the enemy as before Was "Old Ironsides"
providential? Judge for yourself Anyway, she is
a national institution worthy of her third restora-
tion-this time at the hands of American school
children!
Object Lesson In Peace.
What an object lesson of peace is shown today by
our countries to all the world! No grim-faced
Qualifications mark our frontiers huge batte-
ships patrol our dividing waters stealthy spies
lxrk tranquil border hamlets. Our pro-
lection is in our fraternity armor is faith.
and the tie that binds, firmly each year, is
ever-increasing acquaintance and comradeshp
through interchange of citizens; and the compact
is not of perishable parchment but of fair and
honorable dealing which, God grant, shall continue
for all time.
These words by Warren G. Harding, twenty
ninth President of the United States, are written
in bronze on the Harding international Good Will
memorial recently dedicated in Stanley park, Van
couver, B. G. (No p. 1t was erected by the vol
untary subscriptions of $4,000 American and Cana
dian members of Kiwanis International. 1t
placed there rather than in Washington or Marion
because it was at Vancouver that the first Presi-
dent of the United States to visit Canada spoke
these words bronze tablet contains his profile
portrait Bronze figures symbolizing the United
States and Canada stand guard Another fitting
picture for Armistice Day and a suggestive one
In the seven years since November H. 1918, all
the world has come to know what the Star
Spangled Banner and the Unknown Soldier"
stand for And the great of earth, setting foot
on our shores hasten to pay homage at this
national-and international shrine. One day it is
President Machado of Cuba (No. y. And the next
it is Joseph Caillaux, minister of finance of the
French---who worship the individual hero, as
shown by their memorial to Alan Seeger, American
soldier poet who kept his Rendezvous With
Death (No. 81.
eve do not know the emnence of this
Unknown Soldiers BIRTH but we do know the
glory of his death. He died for his country and
greater devotion hath no man than this"
SO said the kindly gentleman and true patriot
who has "Gone West" to Join the boys "Over
There" And President Hardings words are
founded the eternal verities.
We Americans are fortunate in having national
holidays that peculiarly our own. On Tnde-
pendence Day celebrate our birth as the one
nation of earth dedicated to freedom and the
rights of man. On Memorial Day we honor our
patriotic dead who had the will to offer life itself
in loyalty to the Flag On Thanksgiving Day we
give TO Divine Providence our thanks-the thanks
of Christian people for the guidance that has
made us the most prosperous and powerful nation
of earth. Flag Day and Defense Day and Navy
Day equally in accord with the true national
spirit of the American people. All the holidays
embody the genius of the American nation
Armistice Day has something of each of these
truly American holidays The "Unknown Soldier"
truly symbolizes every man and every woman
who give their best when the nation calls .