The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter., 1961-11-24
SENATOR
SAM Erwin.
1 SAYS \
MORGANTON

MORGANTON - On November
11th grateful nation pays homage
each year to those who gave their
lives fighting for America. The first
Armistice Day, November IL, 1918,
was celebrated by nation swept
with fresh hopes for lasting peace.
Again when it changed the name of
Armistice Day to Veterans Day,
Congress declared that the day is
ito be dedicated to the cause of
world peace" In so doing, Congress
merely re-echoed mankind's age-old
prayer for the day when men "shall
beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning
hooks. The unpleasant reality of
this and all generations who have
gone to war is that even "the post
pious may not live in peace, if it
doesn't please his wicked neighbor."
History recalls that mankind has
spent large part of his blood,
treasure, and time in waging war.
The United States has spent twen-
ty-eight years of its relatively short
existence fighting eight wars, and
576,161 Americans have died in
wars during the part fourty-four
years.
DAY TO REMEMBER - A
journey through Northern France
would rekindle the memories of
those who served in two great wars.
Those who died for America speak
to US in the words of one Of the
great poems of history:
ain Flanders field the poppies
blow Between the crosses, row on
row
Theodore O'Hara spoke feelingly
in a poem written by him in 1S47
to commemorate the Americans
slain in the Battle of Buena Vista.
Standing in the quietness of the au-
tumn sunshine in Antietam Nation
al Cemetary in Maryland one can
read his words engraved on metal
slab tablets in that national shrine
to American heroes. Two tablets
state:
~The muffled drums sad roll
has beat
The soldiers last tattoo,
No more on Life's parade shall
meet
The brave and fallen few.
"On Fame's eternal camping
ground,
Their silent tents are spread
And Glory guards, with solem
round
The bivouac of the dead"
KEEP THE FAITH - The pride
of American soldiery walks in silent
tribute round the clock at the Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier in Airing
ton National Cemetary. Two Jima,
Bellau Wood, Antietam, and Gets
burg have merged into a single rev.
erence for all Americans who have
died for their country. Veterans and
all Americans must keep the faith
with those who died on many fields
of battle if we are to give mean
ing to their sacrifices. Let US dedi-
cate ourselves to these propositions:
America must remember. America
must keep faith with those who
sleep in Flanders Fields.
MORGANTON - In travelling
extensively throughout North Caro-
lima since the Congress adjourned,
/ find a deep concern about the
resumption of nuclear testing, fall
out, and all of the problems of the
nuclear age in which we live. This
would certainly be a far happier
world if man had never learned
to split the atom and if the Com
munists were willing to let the rest
of mankind live their lives in peace
full ways. The Illustrations of this
age are not new to mankind. Long
ago someone once asked an old
colored man of my acquaintance
how he was able to maintain his
composure under trying conditions.
He replied that he endeavored to
cooperate with the inevitable. His
ST tement is valuable one. Amer
leans must adjust to the inevitable