Milford chronicle., 1959-01-09
1t. Coz. Bucks0n Speake,
At Valley Forge
Ceremony
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resentatives to whom the total un-
ion was more important that the
individual state men who saw
that separately the states could not
long survive: men who believed
that together they could forget a
dream on earth for all people of
the world to turn to in admiration
and imitation :. without those
great leaders and devoted citizens
of our State of Delaware and their
intelligence and foresight :. none
of us would possibly be here to-
day" Mr.. Buckson declared.
"Or If we were," he continued,
I'VE would not be honoring this
resting place of heroes. but rather
this would be cemetery for mis-
cradle fallen rebels who died for a
desperate losing cause.
LET us not be mistaken. In 1887
the states that had beaten Britain
were in sad straits and Eng
land was all too ready to pOunce
back and reclaim her former colo
nies one by one -. +. until the
freedom for which our forefathers
fought and died would have been
lost forever.
$50 the men we honor here !.
the Delawareans and all the others
who fell in this Valley of Sorrows
built better than they knew.
Perhaps on silent nights their spir-
its gather here, round a phantom
campfire and they discuss the pro-
gress of their country and the de-
velopment of their dreams. Then,
they must surely be filled with won
der at the greatness that their lives
and their deaths created" Lieuten-
ant Governor Buckson continued.
In reference to modern times the
lieutenant governor declared that
in retrospect the past year was
not good one for our friends" ;"
True" he said, "the cold war did
not develop into a hot war !. but
this negative virtue is not enough
to make US remember with yearn-
ing the year just past.
TOO many skirmishes were lost
+. too many friends disappeared
in the whirlpool of world politics
&. too many defeats were suffered
by ourselves and our friends" the
speaker continued.
The recession is passing and
our cOuntry's economy may even
tually be stronger for that period
havElg been with US. Our friends
overseas, in the main, have been
staunch in the face of Russia's
rrnouaoo au1 kEo &1,0xx. ~R yxyo~% D.
lin may yet puncture, in deadly
fashion, the thick hide of Russian
Imperialism.
"All of these things are good
and are positive events in a medic
ere year but to me an
American =. one of the greatest
happenings was the admission of
our 49th state the great new
star in our flag Alaska. It was
source of even greater pride to
me as / wondered just what
the men of Smallwood's Delaware
regiment of the Continental line
and all other suffering heroes
of these hills would have thought
if they had known in that dark
winter of 1777 that scarcely
$50 years later their nation would
not only span continent, but
reach out far to the north and bring
within its borders vast region
whose riches even today are beyond
calculation.
with these thoughts in mind,
Lieutenant Governor Buckson con-
cluded, may the year Of Our Lord
1859 and those years to follow find
US forging ahead, instilled with the
courage of those we honor here
today, so that we may conscien-
tiously promote their cause and
eternally perpetuate their achieve
ments and their dreams. With Gods
help we shall succeed" ]"
Following the service visitors
heard the chapel carlton bells, in
spected the adjacent museum and
were served refreshments with DIR.
and Mrs. Hart serving as hosts.