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MEMORIAL DAY MESSAGE
(Continued from page 25)
rines alone, found foreign graves in the Avar with
the Barbary pirates and the war with Mexico.
Americans of today, whose influence upon the
world is felt far even beyond Tripoli, keep faith
with those who died at Chapultepec if they resolve that wherever the name of the United States
is spoken it shall mean the best hope on earth.
America America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confine thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law.
The Civil War a century ago, during which
Julia Ward Howe wrote these words, was the nation's darkest hour. Yet the flaw was mended and
the soul of the nation confirmed. The troops
whom Mrs. Howe had visited just before she wrote
the words did not die in vain and the land of
amber grain and the land of cotton still are one
"America the Beautiful." Heirs of the Civil War's
victims owe them continued self-control and the
recognition held by both Union and Confederacy
that liberty truly is in law.
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From every mountainside,
Let freedom ring.
Samuel F. Smith, who wrote "America," had
been dead three years when the Spanish-American
War was fought. Those who went into battle during that conflict, in the Philippines, Cuba and
Puerto Rico, put the United States inescapably
into the midst of a world and challenged later
Americans to spread the pilgrims' pride and devotion to the Author of liberty.
And we won't be back
'Til it's over,
Over there.
The words were prophetic. Thousands of American soldiers found death "over there" in World
War I. Like them, the nation never really re-
Sexson E. Humphreys
turned to its own sheltered shores
after the peace was signed. There
was a world to be made safe for
democracy and the "doughboys' "
task is not yet done. It was never
over, over there.
God bless America, land that
I love.
Stand beside her, to guide her.
The task was not done, and perhaps more than
ever before, in World War II, America needed the
guiding hand of God. The sacrifice of blood in
World War I in Europe, was multiplied in World
War II in other continents, on islands and seas.
Military cemeteries were opened in deserts and
jungles. The price of freedom from despotism,
never cheap, was higher than ever. But the idealism of America was as high as ever too. Menaced
from across both oceans, the United States arose
with more might than it ever had wielded, to put
down Hitler, Mussolini and Tojo and set free
their captives.
Walk on, walk on, through the wind and the
rain,
And you'll never walk alone.
The weapons laid down in 1946 were so soon
taken up again, against a new tyranny, and in
1950 the United States led a United Nations force
against aggression in Korea. Thousands of more
Americans died for freedom. A weak and oppressed
land did not have to walk alone through wind
and rain from Stalin and Mao.
Saratoga, New Orleans, Monterey, Gettysburg,
Santiago Bay, the Argonne, Okinawa and Inchon
—in all these, American blood was shed that "gave
proof through the night that the flag was still
there," and that a faith was still there, faith in
freedom and the rights and dignity of man.
On Memorial Day Americans gather to renew
their vow to uphold the "nation so conceived and
so dedicated" and to express anew their tribute of
respect to those who gave their lives in the cause.
At 4 p.m. on Sunday May 24, the people of Indianapolis will have their memorial service on the
south steps of the War Memorial.
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| Transcript | MEMORIAL DAY MESSAGE (Continued from page 25) rines alone, found foreign graves in the Avar with the Barbary pirates and the war with Mexico. Americans of today, whose influence upon the world is felt far even beyond Tripoli, keep faith with those who died at Chapultepec if they resolve that wherever the name of the United States is spoken it shall mean the best hope on earth. America America! God mend thine every flaw, Confine thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law. The Civil War a century ago, during which Julia Ward Howe wrote these words, was the nation's darkest hour. Yet the flaw was mended and the soul of the nation confirmed. The troops whom Mrs. Howe had visited just before she wrote the words did not die in vain and the land of amber grain and the land of cotton still are one "America the Beautiful." Heirs of the Civil War's victims owe them continued self-control and the recognition held by both Union and Confederacy that liberty truly is in law. Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims' pride, From every mountainside, Let freedom ring. Samuel F. Smith, who wrote "America," had been dead three years when the Spanish-American War was fought. Those who went into battle during that conflict, in the Philippines, Cuba and Puerto Rico, put the United States inescapably into the midst of a world and challenged later Americans to spread the pilgrims' pride and devotion to the Author of liberty. And we won't be back 'Til it's over, Over there. The words were prophetic. Thousands of American soldiers found death "over there" in World War I. Like them, the nation never really re- Sexson E. Humphreys turned to its own sheltered shores after the peace was signed. There was a world to be made safe for democracy and the "doughboys' " task is not yet done. It was never over, over there. God bless America, land that I love. Stand beside her, to guide her. The task was not done, and perhaps more than ever before, in World War II, America needed the guiding hand of God. The sacrifice of blood in World War I in Europe, was multiplied in World War II in other continents, on islands and seas. Military cemeteries were opened in deserts and jungles. The price of freedom from despotism, never cheap, was higher than ever. But the idealism of America was as high as ever too. Menaced from across both oceans, the United States arose with more might than it ever had wielded, to put down Hitler, Mussolini and Tojo and set free their captives. Walk on, walk on, through the wind and the rain, And you'll never walk alone. The weapons laid down in 1946 were so soon taken up again, against a new tyranny, and in 1950 the United States led a United Nations force against aggression in Korea. Thousands of more Americans died for freedom. A weak and oppressed land did not have to walk alone through wind and rain from Stalin and Mao. Saratoga, New Orleans, Monterey, Gettysburg, Santiago Bay, the Argonne, Okinawa and Inchon —in all these, American blood was shed that "gave proof through the night that the flag was still there," and that a faith was still there, faith in freedom and the rights and dignity of man. On Memorial Day Americans gather to renew their vow to uphold the "nation so conceived and so dedicated" and to express anew their tribute of respect to those who gave their lives in the cause. At 4 p.m. on Sunday May 24, the people of Indianapolis will have their memorial service on the south steps of the War Memorial. -27- |
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