Memorial Address (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Memorial Address If the recurrence of this day brought with it only thoughts of rest and recreation, its importance would be slight indeed; but there is a lesson of individual responsibility and national duty, inspired by the fragrance of its flowers rising like a sacred incense over the green that drapes the graves of our dead. This beautiful ceremonial of patriotic sentiment sprang from the hearts of the people like all divine forces which make for righteousness in the world, and did not wait upon its ordination by law. Thirty-eight years ago, the fifth of this month. General Orders, No. 11, were issued from the Adjutant General´s office. Headquarters, Grand Army of the Republic, containing these words: - "The 30th day of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defence of their country during the late rebellion and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village and hamlet churchyard in the land." These orders were signed by the first civilian soldier of the Republic - General John A. Logan. So whole-souled, patriotic and universal was the response, that on April 12th, of the following year. General Orders, No. 21, again issued by General Logan, contained these words, which, let us hope, may be handed down from generation to generation so long as this Republic endures. "The 30th of May proximo - a day set apart by the Grand Army of the Republic to commemorate the glorious deeds of our departed comrades - will be observed throughout the United States in such manner as befits the solemnities of the occasion and as will testify the undying love of a grateful people for the memory of those who died that the nation might live." The intervening years have only exalted the cause and glorified the names of those whose blood purchased the regeneration of the Republic. Tremendous, indeed, must have been that epoch, which, in the evolution of Anglo-Saxon liberty, gave to the world Abraham Lincoln, the greatest, the wisest, the noblest, the gentlest, the purest, the sweetest character that has visited this earth since the Son of Man walked the shores of Galilee. The first flowers were strewn by comrades of the dead, bereft widows, heartbroken mothers and sorrowing brothers and sisters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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