Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1878 — A PATRIOTIC DUTY. [ARTICLE]

A PATRIOTIC DUTY.

A meeting will be he.ld in ,Starr’s Hall, Monday night, 28th instant, for the pMrpoFe of organizing nn assodh-'

tion to take charge of the soldiers’ graves hf Weston Cemetery. It will be the duty of thia association to see that these graves are kept in a tidy condition perpetually, or as long ns the organization ahull exist; to arrange a programme each year for the proper observance of Decoration day; If provide ways and means to defray the actual necessary expepSe attendant upon these nets. Invitation Is made general for the attendance of all citizens wiio feel an interest rn this matter, and especially of those, who have relativues but led in those graves, to attend and participate in the deliber* aliens of this meeting. Remember that the meeting is to be held in I Starr’s Hull, next Monday evening, 7rgo <:‘i , tor ,J Tr~- So far those WIIB 1 have t iken’the most interest in this matter are people who are actuated by purely patriotic gratitude—they -frnvcy-tnhthvr"pa-rent-.-- child nor kitiJ died resting there; will not relatives show as much honor for Ilia dead as strangers?