[p. 56] Edward F. Smith, Officer of the Guard. Isaac H. Gardner, Quartermaster Sergeant. Oscar A. Allen, Patriotic Instructor. William H. Alden John F. Barrows John L. Brockway James H. Burpee Royal F. Carr Arthur D. Chickering Nason B. Cunningham William H. Dunbar Charles W. Ellis Willard B. Emery Edgar A. Hall Winslow Joyce Thomas B. Kelley Fred. A. Kent Joseph F. King Daniel W. Lawrence Charles W. Libby J. Everett Pierce Alvin R. Reed George R. Russell James W. Smith The exercises of this year mark a transition period in the observance of Memorial Day. It is unlikely that the veterans will march on future occasions as before. They invited the young veterans now home from oversea, and who are forming the new American Legion, to participate with them in the duties of the day. So to the Legion comes the heritage of the Grand Army of the Republic, which will continue its organization and maintain its principles to the last. These younger veterans will take up the patriotic duty, and year by year, though old comrades fail to appear, will be manifest the enduring principles of American citizenship and loyalty. Just what form the details of the annual observance under the newer organization will take, we may not say, but the Grand Army of the Republic has set a worthy example.
This text is part of:
Table of Contents:
[p. 56] Edward F. Smith, Officer of the Guard. Isaac H. Gardner, Quartermaster Sergeant. Oscar A. Allen, Patriotic Instructor. William H. Alden John F. Barrows John L. Brockway James H. Burpee Royal F. Carr Arthur D. Chickering Nason B. Cunningham William H. Dunbar Charles W. Ellis Willard B. Emery Edgar A. Hall Winslow Joyce Thomas B. Kelley Fred. A. Kent Joseph F. King Daniel W. Lawrence Charles W. Libby J. Everett Pierce Alvin R. Reed George R. Russell James W. Smith The exercises of this year mark a transition period in the observance of Memorial Day. It is unlikely that the veterans will march on future occasions as before. They invited the young veterans now home from oversea, and who are forming the new American Legion, to participate with them in the duties of the day. So to the Legion comes the heritage of the Grand Army of the Republic, which will continue its organization and maintain its principles to the last. These younger veterans will take up the patriotic duty, and year by year, though old comrades fail to appear, will be manifest the enduring principles of American citizenship and loyalty. Just what form the details of the annual observance under the newer organization will take, we may not say, but the Grand Army of the Republic has set a worthy example.
Medford, MA. 1919.
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.
An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.