People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1894 — PATRIOTIC OBSERVATION. [ARTICLE]

PATRIOTIC OBSERVATION.

The Doty and Privilege of a Loving and Grateful People. At this season there should be no alloy in the golden tribute of our country to the soldiers. Their memory should be cherished, their bravery extolled and their examples emulated. It is impossible to value too highly their deeds on southern battle fields, nor to speak too emphatically of their patriotic motives. The inculcation of the lessons of patriotism is as much a duty as the defense of the country. The an-

niversary of the day when the graves of our beloved heroes are strewn with the flowers of a nation’s love should be observed with all the fervor which a patriotic and home-loving people can command. The observation of Decoration day should not be left alone to the organizations of old soldiers. A grateful nation should make of the day an annual occasion for the rehearsal of the valorous deeds of “the boys of ’01;” citizens should vie with each other in exemplifying their affection for them, and the youth of the land then, if at no other time, should hear the history of their achievements. A patriotic people must not suffer the stigma that they.have allowed the enthusiastic and hearty recognition of this occasion gradually to fait—Chicago Graphic.