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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 26., Patriot's day Observance. (search)
s by Orator York and the patriotic selection by the Regent were followed by the march to the Captain Hall house. Just a few of the Grand Army men mark time's inroad upon their ranks. Various organizations were represented, but the modern Scouts, both boys and girls, were out in numbers, all awaiting the coming of the new Revere. Longfellow's poem was recited by Henry Hormel of the High School, and the children's voices swelled out in America the Beautiful. We quote a few words from Mayor Coolidge's address:— There are gathered here today, soldiers, civilians and children. From the soldier and civilian has come response in the past. Today there is a continuing occasion for response of unselfish service in the cause of the common welfare. But it is from the children of today that comes the response of tomorrow. These troops of Scouts, these boys and girls of the community are the patriots of the future. To them the patriots of the past hand on the torch. May they hold it
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 26., William J. Bennett Memorial (search)
rch today are the 101st Engineers—among them our own Company E. It may with truth be said that in its seventy years the men of the Lawrence Light Guard have served with distinction from Bull Run to St. Mihiel. Thus, in the earliest days was founded the tradition of which Medford is proud. Thus, at intervals in intervening years, whenever the curtain of time is drawn back, we glimpse the unending line of citizen soldiers marching on. In that moving column, the colonial blue and buff blends into the navy blue and again into the khaki. There we discern Bennett marching among the youth of our own day into the Great War now ended. As he gathered up his soldier's equipment and joined that great company, as he gave up his life in the midst of conflict, he upheld the tradition of his city and his neighborhood. This tablet, through his name that it bears, symbolizes both the proud tradition of the city and the response that was his,—the response of eternal youth. —Richard B. Coolidge