Memorial Ceremonies on the Occasion of Decorating the Graves of the Federal Dead, at Magnolia Cemetery, May 29th, 1869Republican Job Office, 1869 - 12 páginas |
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A. J. Ransier ADDRESS arms arrangements ashes Auspices of Post beautiful Bless brave Charleston cherish the memory Commander N. K. Reed Commander-in-Chief commemoration comrades contend for equal copies for six CORNER MARKET D. H. Chamberlain D. T. Corbin DAILY REPUBLICAN DECORATING THE GRAVES defence devotion to duty earth Emblem father FEDERAL DEAD fell Fellow-citizens floral offerings flowers and evergreens forever fought Frequent letters garlands HARVARD COLLEGE head-board HEADQUARTERS GRAND ARMY hearts honored dead L. T. Potter ladies and gentlemen MAGNOLIA CEMETERY marked Unknown MARKET AND MEETING MEETING STREETS members of Post MEMORIAL CEREMONIES mounds nation might live o'er OCCASION OF DECORATING old flag PATRIOT DEAD patriotism and devotion peace peril Prayer prompt Reading the order remember Republic REPUBLICAN JOB OFFICE resting-place sectional strife sleep their last slumbers sorrow sound and safe South Carolina Republican strew tears Thou tional banner to-day triumph Webster wreath of evergreens yonder
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Página 8 - THERE is a tear for all that die, A mourner o'er the humblest grave ; But nations swell the funeral cry, And Triumph weeps above the brave. For them is Sorrow's purest sigh O'er Ocean's heaving bosom sent : In vain their bones unburied lie, All earth becomes their monument ! A tomb is theirs on every page, An epitaph on every tongue : The present hours, the future age, For them bewail, to them belong.
Página 8 - They sleep their last sleep, they have fought their last battle ! No sound can awake them to glory again!
Página 11 - I cannot be with you on this most interesting occasion, but it is now too late to make the necessary arrangements. The nation cannot too tenderly cherish the memory of her dead heroes, or too watchfully guard the well-being of those who survive; and may we not indulge the hope that ere long...
Página 11 - ... like commemoration of the fallen brave of the army of the Union ? The dead are not dead — they have only gone before, and now see eye to eye. Why may not we all borrow from their sacred graves oblivion of the past differences, and henceforth unite in noble and generous endeavor to assure the honor and welfare of our whole country — of all her States and of all her citizens ? (Signed) SP CHASE.
Página 11 - And may we not indulge the hope that ere long, we who adhered to the National cause, will be prompt also to join in commemorating the heroism of our countrymen who fell on the other...
Página 8 - Again we are called to assemble among the habitations of the dead, to behold the ' narrow house appointed for all living.' Here, around us, in that peace which the world cannot give, sleep the unnumbered dead. The gentle breeze fans their verdant covering, they heed it not ; the sunshine and the storm pass over them, and they are not disturbed ; stones and lettered monuments symbolize the affection of surviving friends, yet no sound proceeds from them, save that silent but thrilling...
Página 4 - May proximo — a day set apart by the Grand Army of the Republic to commemorate the glorious deeds of...
Página 8 - Saviour having been with them when they were called to pass through the valley of the shadow of death.