Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-05-21

If we fail In this we shall deserve all the dis
aster which will surely be visited upon u.s. BECAUSE
OF failure.
Surely no more fitting place be found for
official recognition of the spirit of Memorial Day
by the United States Government than this Ma:
tiOna Shrine at Arlington 1t thrills every GOOD
American who stands by it. Back of it 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 Solder-to the American
Fighting Man who gave his life to his country. 1t
symbozes far than this. It is a symbol OF
every patriotic service rendered by loyal people,
It symbolizes 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 as symbolic as the Flag
itself:
sea fights and land fights grim and great
Fought to make and to save the state
Weary marches and sinking ships s
Cheers of victory dying lips;
Days of plenty and years of peace;
March Of strong lands swift increase;
Equal justice, right and law;
Stately honor and reverent awe;
To ward her people from foreign wrong;
Pride and glory and honor-aH
Live in the Colors to stand or fall
And Memorial Day to the American people
means all these things.
President Harding said this in different way
when the body of the unknown Soldier was
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
his country, and greater devotion hath no man
than this He died unquestioning, accomplishing,
with faith in his heart and hope on his lips, that
his country should triumph and its civilization
of Att va
democracy, he fought and died, believing IN the
Wa eather him to the Nations breast within the
shadow Of the capitol of the towering shaft that
bnnors washington the great father, and of the
EXQUISITE monument to Lincoln. the martyred
savior Here the inspirations of yesterday and
science Of today forever unite to make the
renublic worthy of his death for Flag and country.
Some day this Arlington National Cemetery will
he as much a part of the Capital as if it
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-
thorized the appropriation of $15OOO,OOO Five
Years will see the completed bridge and ten years
the completed project. Then the official funeral
cortege of the great will from the Capitol to
Arlington Amphitheater over way worthy of the
occasion An extension will link up Mount Ver-
non where lies George Washington, who directed
the planning Of the city that bears his name. In
Arlington lies Major LEnfant who under Wash
inoton MANNED the city destined to be the most
heautiful in the world. Also in Arlington stands
+bo washington-Lee Mansion to be restored; Ar
lington, as everyone knows, was the home OF Rob-
ert r. Lee which he left when he followed Vir-
oinio ont of the Union. And in Arlington sleeps
sFighting Joe" Wheeler, the dashing Confederate
cavalry leader who wore 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
enc 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 defantly waving on the virginia
shore. .., 1900
So the majestic new bridge is httngiy Named
the Arlington Memorial Bridge. 1t is ne" INK
bo+uaan the North and South. And President