Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 164, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1919 — A REMINDER [ARTICLE]

A REMINDER

Walk humbly, O America, to the crowning of peace— With meek heart and reverence to the meeting of our peers; Forget not, America, the weary months of ” silence. The black high pride of three long years. Remember, O America, the dead who lie in Flanders, . The wounded and the slain of our great allies; Remember, too, the sacrifice of the women and children, The months we lay in darkness, unseeing with our eyes. Make no demands, America, of the men who fought before us. Be not domineering o’er the men who suffered most; < We have not known the whole white flame of sacrifice. If we have saved democracy, let not that be our boast Walk humbly, O America, to the crowning of peace— With meek heart and reverence to the - meeting of our peers; Forget not, O America, the weary months of silence. The black high pride of three long years. —Katherine K. Johnson in Life.