The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-06-07
BY suPT. F. H. LIVINGSTON

"a, tneJe WIS pIOIldtHlCu a o"y
when all the nation was to bow
its head in memory of those who
died in the service of this country.
Since that first Memorial, n day
in the spring of every year is OBJ
served by each state. Busy people
leave their work to pause rever-
emily at the graves of those who
sacrificed their lives and to live
once more in the days of the
Swallowed past. All join in a COM
mon thought and purpose. Per
hans no other of our national holi-
days holds so deep and noble a
sentiment.
So it is with a feeling Of fervent
patriotism that we assemble this
day to strew flowers on the graves
of dear departed one and recount
the deeds of those who died that
our country might live.
But while we decorate the
graves of those who are buried
here. let us not forget that there
are thousands of the graves in
Flanders Field where Il boys
laid down their lives that the
liberties established by the fathers
who sleep here might not perish
from the earth. So while we de-
corate the graves before us let
rs in spirit also strew flowers on
The graves of those whose remains
are far from friends at home,
buried on a foreign shore.
It is fitting that we drape the
STARS and Stripes" and strew
with beautiful and fragrant flow
ers the graves of our heroes who
have passed into the Great Be
vord. Thousands of illustrious
names are included in the list of
the dead. =
During the youth of this coun-
try we have fought several great
wars, and as we assemble on
Decoration Day to do honor to IL
departed heroes, we must not
neglect or forget any of them.
Revolution Laid Foundation
The Revolutionary War was
fought to enable u Colonial
Fathers to found a government of
our United States of America that
would provide for the full and
complete rights of all men to life,
liberty and the opportunity for
the pursuit of happiness. The
soldiers of the Revolution were not
seekers after vulgar glory. They
were not animated by the hope OF
Dlurder or lives of conquest.
They fought to preserve the bless
of liberty and that their
children might have peace and
safety. They were the defenders
of humanity, the destroyers Of pre-
JUDGE and, in the name of the
slew the monster of tyran-
ny that threatened to bind them
in servitude.
The War with Tripoli establish
ed the principle of "Millions for
Defense but not n n cent for
tribute"
About the middle Of the last
century we fought a war with
Mexico, and u years later mark
ed the beginning of u bloody
Civil War.
When the last battle of the
Civil War had ended and the bat
tie flag had been furled and the
dove of peace had settled over the
north and south, all hoped and be-
ieved that the God of War would
never again rear his ugly head in
our beloved land. But a gener-
alton had not passed away when
he piteous cries of a prosecuted :
people in the historic Island OF +
Cuba called out men to arms and I
he cruel tyranny of Spain I
was driven from the Western !
Hemisphere. {
In 1917 the cry of Civilization {
hat was about to be o%verthrown
,alled millions into the World :
War and there our brave boys {
lied by the thousands. We mourn T
'or them today as they passed
so recently we a hardly f
that they are gone. t
Dead Vet Live t
But are they dead? In the
,ody. yes. In the spirit, no. They t
lover as a cloud of witnesses G
hove this nation. Are they dead e
hat yet speak louder than we can Y
.peak, and a more universal Ian t
Are they dead that yet |
.ct? Are they dead that yet move r
Ipon society and inspire the peo- il
lie with nobler motives and more o
leroic patriotism? o
You that mourn, let gladness e
ningle with your tears. He was T.
our son; but now he is the ma s
ions. He made your household e
right; now his example inspires II
thousand households. He has n
established Ideals which we must d
laintain. a
When the clear call came for
he defense of an Ideal against the :.
uthless assertion of brute force -