The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-05-30
(Official City, State and County
Newspaper
Foreign Representatives
SMALL, SPENCER, BREWER
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Lights Over the Graves

Lights Over the Graves
The nation today pays tribute to its
onored dead and in so doing it should
Ike stock of history.
On this day, when we bow in rever-
ice at the graves of our loved ones,
take special notice OF the mounds
hich mark the resting places of those
hose lives teach us the lesson of pa
iotism, service and sacrifice.
If we shut our eyes and project our
inds back through the years, we see
,e various crises through which this
alton has passed and we thrill anew
the resolution and courage with
hich Americans always have solved
cir national problems.
In this bi-centennial year, we see
e gigantic figure of George Wash
gton facing defeat, misery, death
I'd disgrace in the dark hours of the
volution. We see him baked and
.trayed, maligned and condemned by
any Of the very persons for whom
gave his all.
We see the disgraceful record of dis
ganization and disunion whic h
arked our feeble efforts in the war
1912, lightened here and there by
heroic deeds of our sailors at sea
I'd the victory of Andrew Jackson at
wv Orleans.
From 1861 to 1865 we see the spec
Gle Of nation divided against it
If as few nations have been in his
~. Millions of lives were destroyed
I'd millions of hearts were saddened
cause the people of the United
ates could not find peaceful Solu-
IN to a problem which common
nse should have mastered.
We see the graves of Spanish
nerican war veterans who fought to
ee peoples who now show little ap-
eciation Of the sacrifices made for
EN-.
We see the graves of still younger
.n who fought to Make the world
fe for democracy" What must they
ink as they roam that undiscov-
I'd country from whose bourne no
aveler returns as they look down
on world more imperialistic, less
tied and more at odds now than it
is before the World war began?
What must all these detached spir-
think as they see the futility with
itch we, who remain behind. strug-
with the problems of economic in
Utility brought on by a surplus of
DDS? What must they think of the
"a Of production of wheat,
lat, lumber, cotton. wool and host
other products, and surplus of la
+, in a world where many are hun
v, ill-clothed and poorly sheltered?
era in which we deny ourselves
;allse we are afraid to make use
the talents of our brothers who are
ling for employment?
Truly, We have little cause today to
&c. pride in the way We have used
heritage bequeathed to us.
And yet, as the arches of the years
exon us to look back to other trying
les in this republic, we find cause
hope. The spirit of '76, of 81
d Of 1918 still lives in the breasts
American citizens. We are begin
lg to see the dangers Of both polly
ma internationalism and rabid ma
naltsn with which we continually
propagandized.
We labor forward in the darkness
d uncertainty of trying times with
spirit Of America guiding US.
Ne resolve anew, as we kneel at the
ives Of those who gave unstintine
:rifice that this nation might live
1t We viii be worthy Of them: that
too. will discharge the response.
tiles which the times have placed
IN ". II they could sacrifice, Sc
We. II they could solve the prob.
- Of threat without, treachery
hin and poverty everywhere, We
solve the lesser problems Of in
itable distribution, rampant self
ness and scornful power Just as oul
. hers did.
.1ao 1iRht above those yerdant graves