Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 117, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1918 — NATION’S DEBT TO VETERANS [ARTICLE]

NATION’S DEBT TO VETERANS

Glorious Achievements of the Couwtry Only Made Possible by TheirJ Great Sacrifices. Let us ever remember that the Present grows out of We are\ne and undivided bewuse our fathers fought for the Union which they considered more precious than life itself. The greatness and achievements of the American nation have been made possible because of the sei vices and sac-

rlfices of those whose memory we cherish and whose graves we decorate. The foundations of our present-day immunities were laid in blood, and the present has no meaning isolated from the past. Because of our periodical looking backward upon heroism and sacrifice and manhood we learn how to be brave and patriotic today and to revalue the principles and institutions that jnafte for the highest and noblest and national life. Our lowpmf and triumphal arches, our pageantry and luster, our successes and

achievements are rooted deeply In tht sacrificial past. We must go to the grave to find the meaning and explanation of our modern civilization.