Milford chronicle., 1932-05-27
GLENDALE
Memorial DaH

TO those WEo IN the many wars TINS
country has been engaged, save
their lives in defense OF the ilaS
Are the growing youths taught, both
in the home and school the great
deeds performed by the heroes
whose bodies are scattered in all
parts of the country, and do ;hey,
while enjoying government. which
is so great in its magpihcence as to
command the attention of the world
at large and flag whose beautiful
folds wherever unfurled means
freedom gor all those people who
are loyal and love the old nag for
what it stands frrF
We say are the growing youths
grateful enough to these men who
gave to them a cOrntry so free and
whose institutions are the bes- in
the world, whose public schools
command the respect of all, and go,
north or south, east or west in this
vast country of ours. You see moth
ing or hear nothing which does not
say to all that freedom is in the
very air they breathe. This has been
handed down to us by those men
who sacrificed their lives on the
battlefields, home and abroad, and
the people and growing youths
should be grateful and aid in deco
rating the graves of the departed
heroes.
The graves of those who fought
under Washington and others,
whose bodies lay inferred in many
places, search them out, and deco
rate fully, for to them we owe the
splendid government in which we
now live. The heroes of rs have
long ago gone to their reward, but
the deeds they performed will live as
long as the world shall stand.
In the war with the British Gov
eTnment in the year of 1872, many
men fell in defending the flag and
we can never forget General jack
son and his men who in the battle
of New Orleans, drove the British
hosts back to their ships. These men
have gone to their reward also.
In the war with Mexico in the
year, 1S48, many four men fell on
foreign soil, and many of them are
buried here-search them out, and |
decorate their graves wherever they |
may be found.
The Civil War-a very few of the |
old veterans are left. What few there |
is, either North or South, are in !
such a feeble condition from old age |
that only a few are able to attend !
the reunions which they have. 1t |
would be a grand thing before the
final summons should come that
those who wore the blue and those
who wore the gray could have one
good time together when past diff
ferences would be forgotten and
friendship sealed which would last
for all time. These men fought for
what they believed to be right, and
in decorating the dead heroes graves
make no distinction, but place a flag
on the grave of those who wore the
gray, the same as you. do on the
graves of those who wore the blue.
The war with Spain was brought
about by the oppression of the Gu
ban people. 1t was short but decis-
i've. Many fell-decOrate their graves
they are worthy.
1 hC WI III w al AllC iLODL hloAo7
tTous of all wars, both as to men
killed and money expended. The
United States was drawn into the
conflict to aid those countries which
were threatened with destruction,
and to make the world safe FOR de-
mocracy. Many of our young men
gave their lives in defense Of the
flag and are buried ON foreign soil,
but many are buried here. Their
graves need to be decorated, and
behooves those soldiers as class
themselves as the American Legion {
to see that not only their comrades
graves are decorated, but the graves
of all in any of the wars in which
the United States has been engaged {
in and who gave their lives in de- I
tense of the flag, are decorated fully !
on Memorial Day 7
1t would also be proper to set !
apart this Memorial Day, when we /
,an father around the graves of our [
loved ones and with flowers placed |
upon their graves, show that we still v
Keep their memories green in our '
hearts and minds.
neuuclnS STATE Expenses G
The people of Delaware owe a f
iebt of gratitude to Governor Buck i
or not only cutting his own salary r
EN- per cent but also calling upon il
,ther State employees to do the t
iame. s
We are glad to say they are re- t
iponding in a most willing manner. "
While this only applies to State s
employees how about those who are c
Employed by the different counties ii
md cities, are they not willing to W
llow a cut in their salaries equal D
o what the Governor is demanding e
# the State employees? These are o
'erilOus times and no one who is S
bile to give should withhold at the
resent time. AS far as the writer Ii
an see there is no prospect of the a.
nding of the depression until next cl
1inter is passed by if then. This le
yill devolVe upon the charitable SO D.
ieties to double their efforts to get tt
unds so that the suffering of the m
oor shall be as small as possible. IL
Wages are too high. They have been IL
oosted until today they are beyond s.
easOn. The cost of living has come CT
own at least one half. Why not the st
ages be lowered accordingly. The V,
My men we know are the carpen- m
,rs and laboring men who have is
Oluntarily lowered their own m
ages. to
The public schools of the State of OF