Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1917 — The Little Bronze Button. [ARTICLE]

The Little Bronze Button.

How dear to the heart of each grayheaded soldier Are thoughts of the days when he still wore the Blue While memory recalls every trial and danger, And scenes of the past are brought back to his view. Though long since discarding our arms and equipments, There’s one thing- a soldier most surely will note — The first thing he sees on the form of a comrade Is the little bronze button he wears on his coat. The little brown button, The sacred bronze button, The Grand Army Button He wears on his coat. How much did it cost? said a man to the soldier, That little flat button you wear on your coat. • Ten cents in good money, he answered the stranger, And four years of marching and fighting tofoot. „ The wealth of the world cannot pur- - dhMe 1 tide emblem L t Except that the buyer once wore the brave Blue, And it shows to mankind the full marks of a hero, A man who to honor and country was true. , Then let us be proud of the little bronze button And wear it with spirit both loyal and •bold; . Fraternally w'elcome each one who supports it With love in our hearts for the comrades of old. Each day musters out whole battalions of wearers, And soon will be missed the loved token so dear; But millions to come will remember with honor, The men who’d the right that Bronze Button to wear.