Poem Stilled Strife and Memorial Day Peace
A Civil War era poem reflects on Blue and Gray, burial grounds, and reconciliation. It recounts women decorating graves of all soldiers, Finch's The Blue and the Gray, and how Memorial Day rituals foster harmony between North and South. The piece notes General Logan's 1868 decoration order and Memorial Day becoming a legal holiday, linking shared remembrance to social unity.
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Francis Miles Finch
Logan
New York
Prize Bust of Lee Found on Captured Gunboat
A Union infantryman prize trophy carved from walnut and depicting Gen. Robert E. Lee was recovered from a battered Confederate gunboat aground on a Natchez sand bar. The bust’s carver remains unknown and it has become a memory among G. A. R. veterans.
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Robert E. Lee
Natchez
Mississippi
Displaying the Flag on Memorial Day Protocol
The flag is hoisted to full staff at sunrise, lowered to half staff until noon, then raised to full staff again until sunset. The noon hour follows the local standard or daylight saving time in use.
American Patriotic Songs Through The Revolutionary War
A compact history lists key American patriotic songs and their origins from colonial times to the Civil War era. It covers Yankee Doodle, The Liberty Song, The Star Spangled Banner, Columbia the Gem of the Ocean, America, Battle Hymn of the Republic, and marching tunes like John Brown’s Body and Marching Through Georgia with notes on authors and contexts.
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Illiam Billings
John Pan Jones
John Stafford Smith
Anacreon
Boston
America
John Brown
William Steffe
Sherman
Julia Ward Howe
Army of the Potomac
George F. Root
Lincoln
Henry Clay Work
Georgia
Johnny
Patrick 8S
Glimore
Louis Lambert
Remembering Patriot Dead On Memorial Day
Memorial day observances honor not only the fallen but the living inspired by their example. The piece notes how the Grand Army of the Republic has faded yet devotion to national honor, the Constitution, and the causes for which soldiers have died remains unaltered.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Bull Run
Appomattox
Indianapolis
Rugged World War I Monument at Bu zancy France Still Stands
A monument on a hill east of Buzancy France marks the American army s furthest western advance in World War I and sits amid German war relics. The site also recalls earlier historic clashes from 1870 to 1641 with Napoleon era battles nearby.
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Buzancy
France
Moltke
Meuse
Napoleon II
Napoleon
Central
Europe
Waterloo
Richelieu
Ever Faithful Veteran's Final March Tribute
A devoted veteran readies for what may be his last march as he answers the bugle call one final time. He stood loyal in war and now prepares to pay homage to fallen comrades, marching with the remnants of a once great army in peace.
Memorial Day Poem by Warman in Indianapolis News
Memorial Day verses describe gathering garlands of white and red roses for soldiers buried in fields of battle. The poem recalls fallen comrades and the duty of friends to lay flowers and water the graves with tears, keeping vigil in memory of the noble dead.
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Warman
The
Indianapolis News
Farm Wives of Today Have Much More Freedom
Rural women gain leisure as modern equipment and gas stoves cut cooking time. Libraries on wheels bring books and magazines to isolated areas, boosting education, clubs, reading, and arts.
Bad Bill Sent to State's Attorney by Money Order
A North Bavarian village burgomaster reported a counterfeit 100 mark note case in five tight pages. Munich officials found the note missing from the long report and asked for its immediate sending by mail. A telegraphic reply stated the bill had already been sent two days earlier by money order.
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Bavaria
Munich
London
Crossing the Gallows Caused Morning Banter
An American and an Irishman walk by a gallows. They joke about the fate of the gallows and a hypothetical wedding. Mike replies with a quiet line about walking alone and avoiding a “gallon wedding” to prevent risks, playing on words and misread phrases.
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Mike
States
Fragmented science note hints at meat cure and soup claim
A garbled OCR fragment references a scientist, a dubious meat cure, and soup at a unspecified location. It mentions a likely sour lion and a beginning phrase about a poem or tale titled Pinge, with unclear context and no identifiable persons or organizations.
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Cating Iy
Unknown Soldiers Rest Across Europe and Rome
The Unknown Soldier from France lies under the Arc de Triomphe eternal flame, guarded in a niches grille. Britain places its Unknown Soldier in Westminster Abbey under the nave, while Italy inters an Unknown Soldier beneath the altar at the Victor Emmanuel monument in Rome.
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Arc de Triomphe
Paris
France
Great Britain
Nes
Westminster Abbey
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Rome
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